by contributor Dimitrios Machairidis
“When the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg talks everybody listens,” they say in the European Union. The tiny country and one of the founders of the European Union, is one of the stronger factors of the European integration procedure. This time however, Luxembourg showed its remarkable cultural power. Visitors to the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, designed by the architects Bernard Tschumi and Michalis Fotiadis, listened to the piano recital of Sabine Weyer, the young pianist from Luxembourg. Her brilliant performance filled the spaces of the iconic museum with the music of Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and Ruiz de Corral.
Sabine Weyer
“It is a very special feeling playing the piano next to the beauty of the Acropolis. I really feel honored to be able to blend music with the statues and the rest of the Greek art of the Acropolis Museum,” Weyer told Hollywood on the Potomac. Held in collaboration with the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Greece, the piano recital was a joyful surprise to the visitors of the Museum. As they were strolling through the perfection of the marbles of the Parthenon they were listening to the notes of Sabine Weyer’s piano playing.
“Blending music with other forms of art is an extremely beautiful idea. Though I am a musician, it is very important for me to be an artist in the complete sense of the word. This is why I created and coordinated an art festival in Luxembourg, ‘The Classic Jam Sessions’, that blends classical music with theatre, poetry, photography, dance, song, cinema and other forms of art” remarks Sabine.
Despite her young age, the 28 years old Sabine Weyer is very active in the international music scene. Her concert engagements include performances in concert halls in several cities of Europe and also China. “Since I was a child I was dreaming of playing the piano. At the age of four I first touched the piano keys. Since then I have always been immersed in music. It is my passion. I am really happy when people feel connected to the music I play during a concert. The impact on the listeners is that it allows them to discover feelings within themselves that they ignored until that moment. At the end of the concert, people take with them the very special moments we all shared. These very personal feelings of the audience is my inspiration during my performances.”
Sabine Weyer’s second CD with concertos for harpsichord and strings by J.S. Bach and the Double Concerto for Piano and Violin by F. Mendelssohn is coming up soon. At the same time, the young piano prodigy from Luxembourg is preparing her recitals in Germany and Norway and then in the United States starting from California. Don’t miss them.
Photo credit: Dimitrios Machairidis
