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Anders Muskens

13 March 2025 · 3 min read

The Importance of a Rhetorical Approach to Performance

An abridged version of my prize-winning paper: During the period 1740–1830, the classical art of rhetoric was still largely connected to music. Eighteenth-century theorists emphasized crucial links between rhetoric and the musical arts.

2 March 2025 · 7 min read

The Biedermeier Salon

An introductory article about the salon during the Biedermeier age, which accompanied my recent album release. This album immerses listeners in the intimate musical world of the Biedermeier period (1815-1848), a flourishing era of domestic artistry in Central Europe, celebrating values of…

8 February 2025

MOTETTE: Bach-Sohn & Beethoven

Saturday, 8 February 2025 · 20:00 · Stiftskirche Tübingen

3 February 2025

Masterclass in Hunter NY (USA)

Join Anders Muskens at the Academy for Fortepiano Performance 2025 Exciting news for lovers of historical performance! Renowned fortepianist Anders Muskens will…

1 December 2024 · 12 min read

Rediscovering Beethoven’s Concerto Op. 61

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is revered today as a cornerstone of classical music, renowned for its monumental scale, emotional depth, and sublime beauty. Yet, intriguingly, Beethoven himself adapted this masterpiece into a lesser-known piano concerto version shortly after its première.

29 November 2024

„Der meint‘ es treu!“: Music for Fortepiano & Winds from the Biedermeier Salon

2024 · CD

24 November 2024

J.C. Bach Klavierkonzert: Musik zu vier Händen und für zwei Tasteninstrumente

Sunday, 24 November 2024 · 15:00 · Pfleghofsaal, Tübingen

25 October 2024

Beethoven: The Forgotten Concerto for Pianoforte, Op. 61a

2024 · CD

23 October 2024

Orchestra Concert: Myth & Music for Shakespeare, Ovid, & Ariosto at the Mannheim Court

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 · 20:00 · WestVest 90, Schiedam

16 October 2024

Carl Theodor’s Mannheim – The city, its people and the Elector

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 · 18:00 · MARCHIVUM, Mannheim

13 October 2024

Mozart vs. Vogler: Rivals in Mannheim

Sunday, 13 October 2024 · 11:00 · Greifenberger Institut für Musikinstrumentenkunde gGmbH, Greifenberg

27 September 2024

Mozart vs. Vogler – Rivalen in Mannheim

Friday, 27 September 2024 · 19:00 · Laurentiuskapelle, Walldorf