„One is, so to speak, oneself merely
an instrument upon which the universe plays“– Gustav Mahler
The Spider’s Feast – Family Concert
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Insect Concerto
Works by
Albert Roussel, Danny Elfman, Ingo Luis
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Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Victor Calero
André de Ridder, conductor
The audio production of the Recycling Concerto, recorded in 2025 with the SWR Symphonieorchester at the SWR Funkstudio Stuttgart and released on the Recycling Concerto vinyl record, will be broadcast on May 8 in the “Abendkonzert” on SWR Kultur.
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SWR Symphonieorchester
Vivi Vassileva, percussion
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The light behind the Eyes, World Premiere
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
The Spider’s Feast – Family Concert
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Insect Concerto
Works by
Albert Roussel, Danny Elfman, Ingo Luis
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Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Victor Calero
André de Ridder, conductor
The Spider’s Feast – Family Concert
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Insect Concerto
Works by
Albert Roussel, Danny Elfman, Ingo Luis
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Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Victor Calero
André de Ridder, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The Light Behind the Eyes
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
5th Workshop Concert: “Whispering Woods – Bringing Nature to Sound”
Moderated chamber music in the Tischlerei
Antonio Vivaldi
“Il gardellino” – Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Basso continuo, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428
Franz Schubert
“Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” (The Shepherd on the Rock), for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano
Robert Schumann
Selected Songs, arranged for Trombone and Percussion
Sofia Gubaidulina
“Garden of Joys and Sorrows” for Flute, Viola, Harp, and Speaker
Gregor Mayrhofer
“Lageder Octet” for String Quartet, Double Bass, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn
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Musicians of the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Soprano: Lilit Davtyan
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The Light Behind the Eyes
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The Light Behind the Eyes
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The Light Behind the Eyes
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The Light Behind the Eyes
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
The Light Behind the Eyes
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
Percussion & Piano Concert
Ravel
“Une barque sur l’océan” from “Miroirs”
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
“Plastic Bottle Cadenza” from “Recycling Concerto”
Péter Eötvös
“Speaking Drums”
for percussion and piano
Sauli Zinovjev
Commissioned work
John Psathas
“Angelus” from “Halo”
for marimba, vibraphone, and piano
Gershwin
Excerpts from “Porgy and Bess”
Chick Corea
“Spain” among others
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Percussion: Vivi Vassileva
Piano: Frank Dupree
10 Years of Dreiviertelblut and the Munich Symphony Orchestra
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Tipping Points. Vierzehn Arten den Klimwandel zu beschreiben
Works by
Olivier Messiaen & Franz Liszt
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Ensemble for Contemporary Music of the HfMDK
Harald Lesch, texts and presentation
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
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Philip Glass
Opening from Glassworks
Philip Glass
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, III. Finale (Alla breve)
Rita Strohl
Piano Quartet, II. Andante
Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 for String Orchestra
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Kairos Kollektiv
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
Nina Gurol, piano
At the HIDALGO Festival, dedicated to young classical music, high culture, mainstream, and niche come together. Boundaries between genres and artistic disciplines are broken down. Together with outstanding young artists, classical music of the highest level is performed in unusual venues.
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Anne Keckeis and Gregor A. Mayrhofer, artistic directors
Ferruccio Busoni
Berceuse Élégiaque (1909)
Alban Berg
Seven Early Songs (1907)
Alexander Zemlinsky
Six Songs after Maeterlinck, Opus 13 (1910)
Anton Webern
Passacaglia, Opus 1 (1908)
Arnold Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony, Opus 9 (arr. Anton Webern, 1906)
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Het Collectief (Chamber Music Quintet)
Gregor A. Mayrhoffer, Conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanksgiving glorifies Me)
Johann Ludwig Bach
Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen (For You will not leave my soul in hell)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
New work for choir and orchestra
Commissioned by the Netherlands Bach Society
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (God has gone up with a shout)
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Netherlands Bach Society
Johanna Soller, conductor
Soloists:
Carine Tinney, soprano
Alex Potter, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthias Winckhler, bass
Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Recycling Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
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Otto Tausk, Conductor
Vivi Vassileva, Percussion
Silent Film Concert
BERLIN – SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY
with music by PM Schneidt
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Ensemble Kontraste
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
„I consider him to be – as one says –
a ‚born‘ conductor.“– Peter Eötvös
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Secular oratorio inspired by the environmental encyclical »Laudato si’«
Orchestra of Change with musicians from the Staatskapelle Berlin
Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Tanja Tetzlaff, cello
Rinnat Moriah, soprano
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano
Conny Thimander, tenor
David Steffens, bass
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, Head
Markus Vogt, libretto
Dramaturgy and text collaboration:
Juliane Hendes, Matthias Fuchs, Felicitas Magdalena Pfaus, and Elisabeth Mayrhofer
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Jonathan Nott, conductor
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, co-conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded at the Philharmonie Berlin, 07 September 2024
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Percussion: Vivi Vassileva
Vivi Vassileva, Percussion
SWR Symphonieorchester
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
2025
18th aDevantgarde Festival, Schwere Reiter Munich
29 June 2025 (world premiere)
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Co-production with BR-Klassik
Sound engineer: Jörg Möser
Video: Johannes Then
Franz Schubert – Johannes Maria Staud
ensemble KONTRASTE
Christoph Prégardien, vocals
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
Lucile Richardot, Yves Saelens
Het Collectief - Royaumont 2020
The Juilliard Lab Orchestra
Lucerne Festival
Ensemble intercontemporain
Vibraphone: Matthias Kessler
Piano: Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Eine Dokumentation zum Werk „Wir sind Erde"
von Max Kronawitter, Axel Mölkner-Kappl und Ulrike Reisch
WIR SIND ERDE
Weltliches Oratorium
inspiriert von der Umweltenzyklika "Laudato Si" von Papst Franziskus
Komposition & Dirigat: Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Libretto: Markus Vogt
Im Auftrag der Stiftung Kulturelle Erneuerung

Gregor Mayrhofer is performing as pianist in the Jazz-Duo Imbrothersation.
Together the two brothers are like a state of mind between
melodic madness and rhythmic ecstasy.
They are Jazz, Classic, Tango, slapstick and pure improvisation.