"Wind and Strings" is an artistic collaboration between Anton Isslhardt and Pongpat Pongpradit. Since their founding in 2017 they have become a leading duo of this musical genre in South East Asia. Their wide repertoire contains well-made transcriptions of the Renaissance and Baroque period. Original compositions from Beethoven’s and Schubert days in Vienna lead to the musical language of Romanticism of some central and southern European masters like Johann Kaspar Mertz, Mauro Guliano, Luigi Legnani and Joaquin Rodrigo. In addition, the delightful compositions by Latin American composers from the early 20th century until the 21st century are building a strong block of their repertoire, as well as the distinguished compositions by French composers of the early 20th century.
Since 2006 Anton Isselhardt has been the head of the Classical Music Program of the Goethe Center in Phnom Penh. He has organized various international music projects in the Southeast Asian Region. He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Music at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, and is regularly performing in Europe and the SEA region. Pongpat Pogpradit is head of the classical guitar department and lecturer at the Silpakorn University in Bangkok. He is the director of the Silpakorn International Guitar Festival and member of the Thailand Guitar Society. Pongpat regularly performs on many International Guitar Festivals in South East Asia and on other international stages.
Sunday October 5th at 5pm, Courtyard at Cheong Fatt Tze - The Blue Mansion, RM 80