“Elenora Pertz shows herself to be a sensitive and highly competent interpreter… and also knows how to create the right ambience with a wide range of nuances”
TERRA Solo Album Release
Elenora releases her debut solo album, TERRA, a reflection on the piano and the Earth element. Featuring pieces by Fazil Say, Janáček, Bartók, Stravinsky, Grieg, Mel Bonis, Sheila Silver, Mary Howe, Brahms, Bach, Beethoven and Robert Schumann. Represented by Solo Musica label and Büro für Künstler PR.
TERRA Solo concert
Elenora performs her new solo program, TERRA, connecting the piano with the Earth element.
Post-Winterreise
postWinterreise, is a new rendering of Schubert’s classic cycle where music, sound, ice, and water are cyclically linked in a dramaturgy of environmental and physical transformation — asking who we will become in a world where winter itself is becoming a memory. For voice, piano, melting ice and sound art.
Rhapsody of a Dream with Kendy Gable
Together in collaboration with the neuroscience department at Oxford University, Elenora and singer-songwriter Kendy Gable create a concert which musically expresses the different stages of the sleep cycle. The work is a combination of Brahms’ Intermezzi op. 117 with indigenous lullabies from around the world.
Brave New World with Valerie Eickhoff
Brave New World features European composers who before and during the Second World War fled to America in search of a safer and brighter future. Works by Schönberg, Alma Mahler, Korngold, Ruth Schoenthal, Hans Eisler, Berthold Brecht and Benjamin Britten.
Brave New World with Valerie Eickhoff
Brave New World features European composers who before and during the Second World War fled to America in search of a safer and brighter future. Works by Schönberg, Alma Mahler, Korngold, Ruth Schoenthal, Hans Eisler, Berthold Brecht and Benjamin Britten.
Force des Femmes with Valerie Eickhoff
Force des Femmes highlights female composers who supported one another professionally and personally, showcasing the strength and importance of female friendship. Works by Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Florence Price and Margaret Bonds.
LMN Benefit Concert with Theresa Pilsl, Jeeyoung Lim, Amelie Wallner
An evening celebrating the life and mutual creative output of Robert and Clara Schumann, featuring readings from their diaries as well as Lieder and violin sonatas by the pair and Johannes Brahms.
Force des Femmes with Valerie Eickhoff
Force des Femmes highlights female composers who supported one another professionally and personally, showcasing the strength and importance of female friendship. Works by Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Florence Price and Margaret Bonds.
Lied the Way Workshop
Elenora is the founder and director of the Lied the Way workshop. This year will be the fifth workshop, which supports 16 female Lied duos to Mascarade Opera in Florence in holistically collaborating with one another and creating authentic career paths. Other mentors include soprano Marlis Petersen, pianist Anna Tillbrook, and director Emily Hehl among others.
CD Recording— Winterreise with Valerie Eickhoff and Renner Ensemble
A new arrangement of Schubert’s cycle for male choir, mezzo-soprano and piano.
Post-Winterreise
postWinterreise, is a new rendering of Schubert’s classic cycle where music, sound, ice, and water are cyclically linked in a dramaturgy of environmental and physical transformation — asking who we will become in a world where winter itself is becoming a memory. For voice, piano, melting ice and sound art.
TERRA Solo concert
Elenora performs her new solo program, TERRA, connecting the piano with the Earth element.
Eppaner Lied Sommer with Brigitte Fassbaender
For the sixth summer, Elenora is the official pianist for Brigitte Fassbaender’s masterclass, accompanying the next generation of Lied artists.
Susanna Sultana: A Liedcycle Project
A new song-cycle about the incredible story of soprano Alma Sadé’s grandmother, a survivor of WWII. Music by Elena-Kats Chernin and libretto by Susanne Wolf. Written for soprano, piano, double bass, violin, clarinet and oud.
Susanna Sultana: A Liedcycle Project
A new song-cycle about the incredible story of soprano Alma Sadé’s grandmother, a survivor of WWII. Music by Elena-Kats Chernin and libretto by Susanne Wolf. Written for soprano, piano, double bass, violin, clarinet and oud.
Susanna Sultana: A Liedcycle Project
A new song-cycle about the incredible story of soprano Alma Sadé’s grandmother, a survivor of WWII. Music by Elena-Kats Chernin and libretto by Susanne Wolf. Written for soprano, piano, double bass, violin, clarinet and oud.
Hiphop x lied with Christoph Prégardien
An evening combing hip-hop music with German art song.
Die schöne Müllerin with Bryan Benner
Schubert’s classic cycle with a few twists together with baritone and Erlkings leading man, Bryan Benner.
Defining love with Valerie Eickhoff
An exploration of the different types of love in Ancient Greece through song. A collaboration with three leading Classicists from Oxford University: Fiona Macintosh, Stephanie Oade and Emily Pillinger.
Force des Femmes with Valerie Eickhoff
Force des Femmes highlights female composers who supported one another professionally and personally, showcasing the strength and importance of female friendship. Works by Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Florence Price and Margaret Bonds. In this particular performance they will collaborate with NYC-based dancer and choreographer Julia Hines, one of Elenora’s life-long friends.
post-Winterreise
postWinterreise, is a new rendering of Schubert’s classic cycle where music, sound, ice, and water are cyclically linked in a dramaturgy of environmental and physical transformation — asking who we will become in a world where winter itself is becoming a memory. For voice, piano, melting ice and sound art.
Lohengrin with JOana Mallwitz
Pianist and Musical Assistant of Joana Mallwitz in a new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin.
Collaborative Piano Residency- vanderbilt university
Giving masterclass on German Lieder and French Mélodie to the young duos of Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music.
Eppaner Liedsommer with KS Brigitte Fassbaender
Elenora returns for the fifth time to the Eppaner Liedsommer to work with legendary Brigitte Fassbaender and the next generation of art song singers. Final concert on September 7th with Elenora on the piano.
Wild Women of Song
Elenora and Israeli Mezzo Hagar Sharvit give the opening concert at the inaugural Lied the Way festival. They present songs from the voice of the wild woman: women at home in their true nature. Songs by Ravel, Debussy, Rita Strohl, Rebecca Clarke, Manuel de Falla, Wolf, Ives, Weill, Hanns Eisler, Sheila Silver, and Bernstein.
Lied the Way Workshop
Elenora is founder and artistic director of Lied the Way workshop for female art song duos. She is a mentor for the participants alongside pianists Anne Le Bozec, Erika Switzer, soprano Marlis Petersen, doula and vocal coach Kendy Gable, and director Emily Hehl.
Brave New World
Together with German Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff, Elenora presents a program of European composers who sought refuge in America at the beginning of the 20th century. Featuring works by Alma Mahler, Ruth Schonthal, Kurt Weill, Erich Korngold, Hanns Eisler, and Benjamin Britten.
Richard Strauss Tagen with Marlis Petersen
World-renowned German soprano Marlis Petersen and Elenora teach a masterclass on Lieder by Richard Strauss in his hometown festival at Garmish-Partenkirchen. Final concert on Saturday, June 28th with Elenora on the piano.
Die Schöne Müllerin
Acclaimed Schub-adour Bryan Benner and Elenora Pertz take on Schubert’s timeless cycle, with original English translations by Bryan himself.
Brave New World (Postponed)
Together with German Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff, Elenora presents a program of European composers who sought refuge in America at the beginning of the 20th century. Featuring works by Alma Mahler, Ruth Schonthal, Kurt Weill, Erich Korngold, Hanns Eisler, and Benjamin Britten.
Brave New World (postponed)
Together with German Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff, Elenora presents a program of European composers who sought refuge in America at the beginning of the 20th century. Featuring works by Alma Mahler, Ruth Schonthal, Kurt Weill, Erich Korngold, Hanns Eisler, and Benjamin Britten.
Salzburg Festspiel- Khovanshchina
Elenora is rehearsal pianist and musical assistant for the production of Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” at the Easter Festival of the Salzburger Festspiel.
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Director: Simon McBurney, Assist. Conductor: Elias Brown, Dramaturg: Gerard McBurney
Piano Salon Christophori
Concert with soprano Carla Cottini, featuring works by Debussy, Montsalvatge, Villa-Lobos and Helza Cameu.
Liedklasse HfK Bremen
End of semester concert for Elenora’s Lied class at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.
TERRA Recording
Elenora’s debut solo album TERRA connects the piano to the earth element. She will record the CD in the Dolomite mountings of Toblach, Austria together with recording Engineer Phillip Reif.
Wandelkonzert- Festspielhaus Baden Baden
Matinée together with Valerie Eickhoff, featuring songs by Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Margaret Bonds, Kurt Weill, and Benjamin Britten.