Live From Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Premiere: MONday, June 24
11:00 aM PT | 2:00 PM ET | 20:00 CET
Live From Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson performs J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, live from Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The concert will be broadcast live via Steinway & Sons Spiriocast to Spirios in venues around the world. Experience this incredible live acoustic performance via Spiriocast. His Carnegie Hall performance of the Goldbergs was sold out last season. Don't miss this unique opportunity to see Ólafsson via Spiriocast.
Program approximately 75 minutes
Víkingur Ólafsson
Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has made a profound impact with his remarkable combination of highest level musicianship and visionary programmes. His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon - Philip Glass Piano Works (2017), Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), Debussy Rameau (2020) and Mozart & Contemporaries (2021) - captured the public and critical imagination and led to album streams of over 260 million. The Daily Telegraph called him “The new superstar of classical piano” while the New York Times dubbed him “Iceland’s Glenn Gould.”
Now one of the most sought-after artists of today, Ólafsson’s multiple awards include Gramophone magazine’s 2019 Artist of the Year, Opus Klassik Solo Recording Instrumental (twice) and Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
Ólafsson continues to perform with the world’s leading orchestras and as artist in residence at the top concert halls and festivals. He also works with some of today’s greatest composers.
A captivating communicator both on and off stage, Ólafsson’s significant talent extends to broadcast, having presented several of his own series for television and radio. He was artist in residence for three months on BBC Radio 4’s flagship arts programme, Front Row. Broadcasting live during lockdown from an empty Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, he reached millions of listeners around the world.
Víkingur Ólafsson appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH. His recordings are available on STAGE+, the streaming service for classical music by Deutsche Grammophon.
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Spiriocast
A live experience like no other...
The Steinway & Sons Spirio | r, the world’s finest high resolution player piano capable of live performance capture and playback, now offers Spiriocast: high resolution, live broadcast from one Spirio | r to another.
“Spiriocast is brilliant because besides being an acoustically perfect instrument, it also brings concert-level performances right into your home.”Deb Martin, Editor in Chief, Downtown Magazine
The ultimate live experience
An unrivaled, unfiltered audio and visual experience delivered to any and every Steinway & Sons Spirio | r, the world’s finest high resolution player piano.
Spiriocast is the broadcast of high resolution music data, perfectly in sync with video and audio from one Spirio | r piano to one or many Spirio instruments.
real fidelity
High fidelity is defined as the reproduction of sound with little distortion, giving a result very similar to the original.
Spiriocast introduces real fidelty: it’s not a recording and not a reproduction — it’s your instrument playing live.
The Steinway patented proprietary sensor system in Spirio | r captures the movements of the hammers and pedaling and Spiriocast transfers the high resolution data to recreate an identical acoustical experience on all Spirio receiving the cast.
Beyond Stereo
The best seat in the house is yours.
A complete audio, visual and acoustic experience, Spiriocast can be integrated with your home AV system allowing you to attend live concerts in your own living room.
Experience the thrill of watching a pianist hands dance across the keyboard as you see and hear the world best pianists perform live on your Spirio.
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Spiriocast software is seamlessly embedded in the Spirio app and is intuitively easy to use. Join a Spiriocast invitation from a friend, join a public broadcast on the calendar, or host and start a new Spiriocast all in seconds.
An iPad with the Spirio app and a Spirio piano are all that is required to host or to join a Spiriocast.