Hanni Liang is a pianist, concert creator, researcher, lecturer at the University of Music and Theatre Munich and founder of the TONALiSTEN Collective with which she is searching for the future of classical concert life.
Next to concerts in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Piano Festival Ruhr or Kurhaus Wiesbaden, she is initiating social-artistic and participative concerts at festivals like Heidelberger Frühling, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Reeperbahn Festival or Mozartfest Würzburg. The next season sees her in performance projects together with Konzerthaus Berlin, Pinakothek der Moderne and Nottingham Concert Hall
»I want to have been
a loving mother of two wonderful children«
a Pianist, who has listened deeply and never stopped seeking«
a concert-creator who has made a difference, even if in a small way«
a researcher who has never stopped learning and being curious«
a teacher, who has inspired students to shape their own future«
a woman, who has stood up for society, nature and human rights«
Who do you want to have been?
JOURNAL
Music for
Climate
Humanity
Future
Live
May
21.5.2023 At 11:00
The 17 Goals – Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
How do the 17 sustainable development goals sound like? What if they are interpreted musically? An experimental concert about climate, taking actions and individuals.
28.5.2023 At 19:00
Höller and Zimmermann – Leverkusen, Germany
A concert of two contemporary composers: York Höller and Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Jun
3.6.2023 At 20:00
Caroline Shaw: Watermark Piano Concerto – Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
I‘m very looking forward to coming back to the Elbphilharmonie, playing Caroline Shaw‘s Watermark Piano Concerto under the baton of Garrett Keast and his Berlin Academy of American Music
14.6.2023 At 19:00
StadtBegegnung – Mozartfest Würzburg
I‘m happy to curate the festival in festival which is taking place at the M PopUp. Four weeks about different views, happenings, thoughts and feelings which is connecting us with the city we‘re living in and people we‘re living with.
17.6.2023 At 17:00
MozartLabor – Mozartfest Würzburg
What is the classical concert and what can it also be? What is the future of classical music life. Together with the students from MozartLabor, we‘re going to ask these questions and to develop a concert for the Mozartfest 2024
23.6.2023 At 19:00
Broken – Brussels, Belgium
A performance which is questioning perfectionism and the aim to show unperferctionism instead
30.6.2023 At 19:00
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto – Rostock
Mendelssohn Piano Concert No. 1, in g Minor with Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock
Jul
2.7.2023 At 19:00
StadtTreffen – Mozartfest Würzburg
The final concert of the festival in festival taking place at Mozartfest Würzburg and ending in a big concert of enhances all over the city
8.7.2023 At 19:00
Tipping Point – Gasteig HP8, München
How would we look at ourselves from the future? What if we have already successfully overcome climate crises?
15.7.2023 At 17:00
Walking concerts – Versicherungskammer München
I‘m very happy to curate the walking concerts connecting people of the city with classical music and topics of our time
Sep
17.9.2023 At 15:00
Rise Up – Berlin, Germany
A concert about equality with works by Alberga, Shaw, Wallen, Smyth and Milliken
Oct
1.10.2023 At 17:00
Festival Pianos de Kinshasa – Kinshasa, DR Congo
That is going to be an adventure: One week of residency and concerts in Kinshasa the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Working and collaborating there with local artists and planning participative concerts with Congoleses. Looking forward!
Feb
10.2.2024 At 20:00
Fusion – Prinzregententheater, München
Four Percussion and One Piano. A Program all about Fusion with works by Psathas, Gershwin, Holst, Cruixent and more
Mar
14.3.2024 At 20:00
SYN – Guernsey, UK
A concert about unity and equality. With music by Smyth, Alberga, Milliken and more
17.3.2024 At 19:00
SYN – Nottingham Concert Hall, UK
A concert about unity and equality. With music by Smyth,and more
»She doesn't just want to bang ecstatically on the keys, to amuse in rapture or to soothe in rapture. She wants to change society, to have an effect with what she does and within her scope of action«
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