About ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz - Learn to Unlearn

Age  Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+

Austrian cellist, Valerie Fritz, is a musical adventurer who loves nothing better than to create unique concert programmes and invent new performance formats. Already an established soloist and chamber musician, she’s played at major festivals, and is a regular with Camerata Salzburg and contemporary music group Ensemble NAMES.

Unburdened by tradition, in Learn to Unlearn Valerie places classical music alongside performance works that are about more than just cello playing. With Manuel Zwerger’s Violin Tuition with visuals as a starter, she delves back to the music of Bach and Britten, through mid-century avant-garde composer George Crumb, and forward to experimental works with visuals and electronics by Michael Beil, Simon Steen-Andersen and others. Plus, there’s a cutting edge new commission from Jennifer Walshe, “The most original compositional voice to emerge from Ireland in the past 20 years” (The Irish Times).

An hour-long Sunday morning concert, with coffee/tea and a slice of cake available beforehand, included in your ticket.

Rising Stars are nominated by the artistic directors of Europe’s most prestigious venues which are members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO).

See the full B:Classical Season here

Booking Info

Running Times

Our performance running times are usually confirmed close to the show. Where available we'll post the times as soon as we can get them, so check back about a week before for updates. Performance running times are approximate and subject to change.

Offers