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Neuschwanstein Cobcerts 2025

director: Andreas Morell
lightdesign & DoP: Henning Brümmer
operator: Lucas Plank
editor: Hagen Schöne
production: Kinescope Film Matthias Greving

A summit meeting of classical music stars in the royal palace

My dear swan! – No other line from Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin” sums up the diverse programme of the Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025 better than this one.
From 1 to 5 August, the inner courtyard of Neuschwanstein Castle will once again be transformed into a world-class sound cosmos. The five exclusive open-air concerts in front of the breathtakingly illuminated dream backdrop will be a true summit meeting of the classical music scene. World-class artists present unmistakable arias and works from the Romantic and modern eras, which merge with musical flair and artistic finesse to create a unique overall composition.

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all concerts on ARTE

Javier Perianes in the Real Alcázar

director: Arturo Morales Rodriguez
lightdesign & DoP: Henning Brümmer
producer: EuroArts, Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno
for ZDF, RTVE, Films Figures Libres, ARTE

Javier Perianes plays Scarlatti & Albéniz in the Real Alcázar in Sevilla.

If Scarlatti, an adopted Spaniard, had lived in the 20th century, he would have composed a work like “Iberia” by Albéniz. If Albéniz had worked for the Spanish kings in the 18th century, he would have created endlessly imaginative piano sonatas strongly influenced by Spanish folklore. A true admirer of his former colleague, in the real life Albéniz often included sonatas by Scarlatti in his own concerts as a pianist. This programme explores the many parallels between the two composers and leaves one question hanging in the air: Could it have been the other way around? The musical performance takes place in evening atmosphere, without audience in the Salón de la Bóvedas of the Real Alcázar. Beside that the viewer get to know the beauty of the different halls and patios of the Alcazár, e.g. in the Salón de los Embajadores (Ambassadors’ Hall) or the Patio de las Doncellas (Girls’ Courtyard). Javier explains the musical significance of both composers and why the Alcázar of Seville is the ideal place to perform this repertoire.

The Mozart Session

Säälchen am Holzmarkt, Berlin
Music Show D, 2017, 43 min
First broadcast: 14.01.2018

director: Michael Beyer
lightdesign: Henning Brümmer
producer: Bernhard von Hülsen, Maria Willer
editor ZDF: Holger Faber

No show, no lighting effects, not even a presenter are between the musicians and their audience. The “Mozart Session” relies completely on the power of music and the personalities of the musicians. The audience can experience a genuine conversation between quite contrasting friends who inspire and challenge each other talking about their quite personal relationship to Mozart.

Deutscher Jazzpreis 2021

director: Joachim Bartz
lightdesign: Henning Brümmer
produced by: Inferno Events/Elbjazz and Vaterblut

Deutscher Jazzpreis

Open Air at Brandenburg Gate

Stuckrad Late Night

1.+2. season

director: Christian Ulmen
lightdesign and DoP: Henning Brümmer
production: Elena Gruschka / Ulmen TV / ZDF neo

La Bohème

mit Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon

Regie: Vincent Paterson
DoP: Henning Brümmer
focus: Hilda Mercado
gaffer: Bill Otto
production design: Drew Dalton
line producer: Paul Fenkart
producer: Bernhard Fleischer

Jonas Kaufmann – You Are The World To Me

Großer Sendesaal Nalepastraße Berlin
director: Andy Sommer
light design and DoP: Henning Brümmer

BFMI for ZDF

Fotos: (c) Magdalena Lepka

Khatia Buniatishvili

“Mind in the Wilderness”

director: Ernestine Böttcher
dop: Henning Brümmer
producer: Bernhard Fleischer

Kha­tia Buni­at­ishvili’s play­ing has been de­scribed as hav­ing »an aura of el­eg­ant solitude and even mel­an­choly« It’s a per­fect char­ac­ter­iz­a­tion of the pi­an­ist with such a wide palette of ex­pres­sion. Kha­tia Buni­at­ishvili com­mands a nat­ur­al mu­sic­al­ity. »Force of nature«, »Spir­ited­ness«, or »In­fin­ite free­dom« are fre­quently men­tioned at­trib­utes of her in­ter­pret­a­tion. These im­ages epi­tom­ize the earth­i­ness of the young Geor­gi­an.

Stuckrad Barre