November 22, 2024: Julius Asal (piano): “Scriabin – Scarlatti – deluxe” released by
Deutsche Grammophon

In addition to Julius Asal’s album “Scriabin – Scarlatti” (DG 5/2024) the label now has digitally released a DELUXE version of it.

(c) Michael Reinicke

This extended edition features five previously unreleased tracks.
For more information on Julius Asal, exclusively contracted with Deutsche Grammophon, and this new release please use the following links:
the artist’s profile on the website of Deutsche Grammophon
the artist’s profile on Reinicke Artist’s website
the artist’s website

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October 2, 2024 The Joolaee Trio’s debut album “Morgenwind has been released today

The Joolaee Trio has given its debut CD the title Morning Wind, after a poem from the Divan by the 14th century Persian poet Hafiz, who is famous in both East and West.

(c) Irene Zandel
Like the morning wind – in Persian poetry it blows from the East, has a fertilizing effect, holds the secrets of lovers and brings spring – the seasonal spring, the Joolaee Trio brings the musical spring by fusing different musical traditions in an original way.
The Joolaee Trio has an innovative line-up of kamancheh, piano and ethnic percussion, and its members have received numerous awards, including the German Record Critics’ Award. Schaghajegh Nosrati is a classically trained pianist and Bach expert, Misagh Joolaee is a kamancheh virtuoso trained in classical Persian music and Sebastian Flaig is a percussionist specializing in jazz, oriental and early music.

For more information on the Joolaee Trio please use the following links:
the trio’s profile on Reinicke Artist’s website
the artist’s website

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May 09, 2024: BBC Radio 3 selects Julius Asal for its New Generation Artists scheme

BBC Radio 3 has issued a press release announcing Julius Asal‘s election to its New Generation Artists (NGA) scheme. According to BBC Radio 3: “… Launched in Autumn 1999, the talent development scheme supports some of the world’s most promising young instrumentalists, singers and ensembles…”

(c) Michael Reinicke

On its website “BBC Radio 3 also has announced a series of performances and partnerships with venues across the UK, marking the 25th anniversary of its New Generation Artists talent development scheme… Besides the special performance opportunities, the New Generation Artists regularly appear at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues and festivals, including the Norfolk and Norwich and Cheltenham festivals, the BBC Proms, and Wigmore Hall in London, as well as with the BBC orchestras and with partner ensemble The Hallé. Regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 make sure that the rising stars on the New Generation Artists scheme are heard by listeners all over the UK, and across Europe through the European Broadcasting Union….” For more information about the NGA scheme of BBC Radio 3, please go to BBC’s website.

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September 20, 2022: Representation of LiLa (cello) in all countries except China

Reinicke Artists is very delighted to start representing the young cellist LiLa (20). LiLa, born in China and currently studying at the prestigious Kronberg Academy is a multiple First Prize winner at International competitions.

LiLa has given concerts on many international stages such as the Verbier Festival, Schloss Elmau, Tsinandali Festival, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Moscow Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Tokyo Suntory Hall. As a soloist she has worked with orchestras such as: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Moscow Virtuosi, the State Symphony Orchestra “New Russia“, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra. And conductor such as: Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Spivakov, Yury Tkachenko, Norichika Iimori. For more information about this highly talented young musician, please click.

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November 01, 2024 :­ With Diyang Mei, a multiple First Prize winner at international competitions and the Principal First violist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, two CD’s have been released in October 2024.

  1. For Sony Classical Diyang and the Berlin Barock Soloists (Berliner Barock Solisten) have recorded Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto K622 arr. for viola and strings and the composer’s Sinfonia Concertante K364 (with the violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley).

2) Also in October 2024 SWR Music has released the Concertos by William Walton and York Bowen. These compositions were recorded with Diyang Mei as a soloist and the German Radio Philharmonic (Deutsche Radiophilharmonie) under the baton of Brett Dean.

(c) Michael Reinicke

Diyang Mei is internationally considered as one of the best violists of the younger generation. His concerts, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, regularly take him to numerous renowned venues. Conductors with whom he has already collaborated as a soloist include Christoph Eschenbach, Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev and many others.
For more information on Diyang Mei please visit the
the artist’s profile on Reinicke Artist’s website

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June 12, 2024: Start of general management for the cellist Philipp Schupelius

We are delighted to be working with the young cellist Philipp Schupelius (21). Philipp is currently studying with Prof. Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt at the Kronberg Academy and has already received impressive awards, including the German Music Competition 2023, the First Great Award at the Manhattan Music Competition, and the Discovery Award from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2020. Despite his young age, he has already gained attention with remarkable concerts, including performances at the Rheingau Music Festival, KKL Luzern, Tonhalle Zürich, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival (among others with Daniel Hope), and in 2017 with the Bergische Symphoniker.

(c) Rüdiger Schestnag

In the fall of 2023, he performed the commemorative concert for the 50th anniversary of Pablo Casals at the Beethovenhaus in Bonn. At the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival in 2024, Philipp Schupelius will perform again and present the world premiere of Fazil Say’s “Middle Eastern Children” together with percussionist Leon Lorenz, a piece specifically written by the composer for the two of them. Philipp Schupelius is also the winner of the Fanny Mendelssohn Advancement Award 2022. For more information about Philipp Schupelius, please visit his profile: click.

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3rd May, 2024 – Julius Asal’s 1st album for Deutsche Grammophon “Scriabin – Scarlatti” is out now

Julius Asal’s first album for Deutsche Grammophon is now on the market. For his debut as one of the label’s exclusive artists, works for solo piano by Scriabin and Scarlatti as well as two improvisations by the pianist (Transition I and II) were recorded.

(c) Michael Reinicke

On the occasion of the release of his album on DG, several media have already dedicated a portrait to the pianist, including the magazine ‘The Auditorium’ from South Korea and the Berliner Zeitung (Germany), among others. In addition, the “Qobuz” magazine presents Julius Asal in a detailed interview, which we link as following click.

You can access the album via the label or the relevant streaming platforms linked to below (Deutsche Grammophon)

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16th February, 2024 – Deutsche Grammophon releases second e-double single from Julius Asal’s album “Scriabin – Scarlatti” to be released in 2024

Today Deutsche Grammophon has released a second e-double single from Julius Asal’s upcoming album with works for solo piano by Scriabin and Scarlatti.

Original photo: Michael Reinicke

The works released with this new e-double single are Scriabin: Prélude in C Minor, Op. 11 No. 20
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 466 (Upright Version)
You can access the album via the label or the relevant streaming platforms linked to below (Deutsche Grammophon).

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October 24, 2023 – Julius Asal signs exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon

   credits: Bernd Jaworek

For more information, please read the press release by DG: click

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