2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K11

GLOBAL GROOVES

What happens when two cellists take their instrument beyond the familiar boundaries of the classical repertoire? As CelloFellos, Bryan Cheng and Leonard Disselhorst reveal just how limitless the cello can sound.

Their programme brings together original compositions with jazz, tango, folk and musical influences from across the world. “Toichi’s Mountains” meets Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin, Astor Piazzolla encounters Béla Bartók, and Romanian themes merge with Leonard Disselhorst’s own distinctive sound worlds. Along the way, the cello becomes by turns a melodic voice, a bass, a rhythmic engine – or an entire ensemble in its own right.

„Global Grooves“ thrives on virtuoso precision, spontaneous energy and the sheer pleasure of leaving familiar boundaries behind. A late Saturday-night concert filled with rhythmic drive and infectious joy in music-making.

Participants

Programme

Leonard Disselhorst (*1990)
Kingfisher, Jasmine Ode

Tigran Hamasyan (*1987) & Howard Shore (*1946)
Toichis Mountains

Herbie Hancock (*1940) & Bobby McFerrin (*1950)
Turtle Shoes

Mariano Mores (1918–2016)
Taquito Militar

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Nightclub

Traditional medley of Romanian themes

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 BB 68

Milena Dolinová (approx. 1859–1891) & Kryštof Mařatka (*1972)
Čsardáš III

 

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