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Musical expanses
What should drive an artist? Curiosity, says cellist Kian Soltani. There is room for it everywhere - especially in classical music. The fact that the Austrian with Persian roots is driven by a thirst for knowledge and a love of experimentation is vividly evident in his concerts. On this evening, he takes on Tchaikovsky's cello cosmos and presents a piece of Russian late Romanticism with the Nocturne in D minor, originally written for piano and later reworked for cello and orchestra, as well as the famous Rococo Variations. Another sound artist, Gustav Mahler, also walks the line between Romanticism and Modernism. His Fifth Symphony symbolises a turning point. From the sombre funeral march opening to the radiant final chorale, this masterpiece offers a journey through melancholy, passion and triumph and unfolds its full radiance in the interpretation of the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne under Cristian Măcelaru's direction in this concert at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. (Pro Arte Frankfurt)