CD Projects

Since it has become very difficult for young, freelance artists to secure their existence through concerts, Reinhard Piechocki, the initiator and moderator of the Piano Summer and the Chopiniade, two joint series of events with the Putbus Theater, had the idea of ​​helping particularly worthy virtuosos, such as the pianist Mari Namera, who comes from Japan and lives in Rostock, by financing their first CD.

To support Mari Namera, money is being collected for the production of her own CD. The target group were people of all ages who are interested in music.

Mari Namera is a pianist who has received an excellent education and has already achieved a lot through hard work. Everyone who donated at least €15 received a personally signed CD.

The Putbus Theatre Friends Association supported this project and successfully completed a campaign on the crowdfunding platform 99 Funken of the Sparkasse Vorpommern.

On April 14th, 2023 and October 13th. 2023: In two concerts, pianist Daniel Seng performs Chopin's 24 Etudes  with impressive virtuosity. "among the most difficult riddles ever set in the hand of a pianist.".

Even the two most famous Chopin interpreters of the twentieth century, Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) and Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), have admitted that they were downright afraid of some etudes because of the extreme technical difficulties and never played them publicly in concert .

During the National Socialist era, the 24 Etudes of the pianist Alice Herz Sommer (1903-2013) saved the life because she gave over 100 piano concerts for her fellow prisoners in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
The moderator of the concerts, Reinhard Piechocki, and Melissa Müller wrote the book "A Garden of Eden in the Middle of Hell", which made the forgotten pianist world-famous.

The Putbus Theatre Friends Association supported Daniel Seng in producing a CD with a fundraising campaign. A CD with a personal signature was sent to all donors.