Hanke Brothers

Founded in 2017, the Hanke Brothers is a chamber music ensemble, which moves between the music genres minimal music, Neue Musik, classical and pop music.

The members are four brothers from Sindelfingen: David Hanke (recorder), Lukas Hanke (viola, percussion), Jonathan Hanke (piano, composition, percussion, melodica) and Fabian Hanke (tuba, violin). They come from a musical family, the father Matthias Hanke is Landeskirchenmusikdirektor [de], the mother Theresia is a professional violinist.

Career edit

2014: First CD recording of the Hanke family (Matthias, Theresia, David, Lukas, Jonathan and Fabian) together with the cellist and academic teacher Gerhart Darmstadt
2015: Biennale Sindelfingen, first appearance as "Hanke & friends"
2016: "HANKE IN CONCERT" in der Martinskirche Sindelfingen, premiere "4#David" by Jonathan Hanke for recorder and piano
2016: "Pinocchio und der Flötenspieler" world premiere, musical children's fairy tale in a new version for the Hanke family by the Graz composer Viktor Fortin [de]
2016: Erste Colourful Concerts (Jubiläumskonzert Stadtkirche Backnang, Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart)
2017: Biennale Sindelfingen: Hanke Brothers – Moonlight Serenade (First appearance under the name "Hanke Brothers")
Summer 2017: 5 concerts in Wittenberg at the World Reformation Exhibition.
September 2017: Premiere of THE BIG BROJECT, Stadthalle Sindelfingen, with world premieres by Aleksey Igudesman, Juri de Marco, Stephan Boehme and Jonathan Hanke
January 2018: Theaterhaus Stuttgart
January 2019: Release of the first CD "Elements" on the label H-Factory Records with compositions by Aleksey Igudesman, Oliver Davis, Juri de Marco, Stephan Boehme, Roland Szentpali and Jonathan Hanke.
Further performances in 2019: Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik Schwäbisch Gmünd, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Konzerthaus Dortmund (as part of the German Protestant Kirchentag), u.v.m.
2020: 70th anniversary Sozialverband VdK Deutschland [de] Deutschland Berlin, Premiere "Heimspiel 2020", Weihnachtsliederstreamen^[1] among others the Stuttgarter Kickers together with Patrick Bopp from the Füenf [de].

Other special performances by the Hanke Brothers took place at galas such as "10 Years of the MSOE Grohmann Museum Milwaukee" and the Vienna Red Cross Ball.^[2]

Aleksey Igudesman has composed the full-length work Seven Continents exclusively for the Hanke Brothers. Here he tries to convey each continent, above all, emotionally.^[3]

In the meantime, over 30 original compositions have been composed for the Hanke Brothers, including Stephan Boehme, Oliver Davis, Jonathan Hanke, Jan-Benjamin Homolka, Aleksey Igudesman, Nicolas Kok, Christoph Reuter and Sören Sieg.

Recordings edit

Familie Hanke Von Barock bis Sakro-Pop, 2014.^[4]
Hanke Brothers: Elements, bei H-Factory Records, 2019.^[5]
Arcadia: Oliver Davis, Signum Classics, 2019.^[6]

References edit

^ ejwadmin. "Home" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ Homepage of the Vienna Red Cross Ball Review Vienna Red Cross Ball 2017".
^ Hanke Brothers website - 7 continents Aleksey Igudesman on his composition for the Hanke Brothers.
^ Familien CD Das Album "Familie Hanke".
^ "Hanke Brothers CD Elements" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "Arcadia". Signum Records. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

External links edit

Literature by and about Hanke Brothers in the German National Library catalogue
Official website
Hanke Brothers at IMDb

[1] wadmin. "Home" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[2] Homepage of the Vienna Red Cross Ball Review Vienna Red Cross Ball 2017".

[3] Hanke Brothers website - 7 continents Aleksey Igudesman on his composition for the Hanke Brothers.

[4] Familien CD Das Album "Familie Hanke".

[5] "Hanke Brothers CD Elements" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[6] "Arcadia". Signum Records. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

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