Anouchka Hack

Cellist Anouchka Hack (*1996), winner of the Prix Firmenich for best young cellist at the Verbier Festival 2021, the Leyda Ungerer Music Prize 2022 and the Special Prize of the German Foundation for Musical Life at the German Music Competition 2023, brings the stage to life both as a soloist and in duo with her sister, pianist Katharina Hack, with a dazzling variety of sounds and a strong will to express herself. Her concerts are characterized by creative programmes that understand the concert hall as a place of encounter and that, in addition to the grandiose standard repertoire, also include free improvisations, often inspired by impulses from the audience, and the discovery and performance of works by female composers. As a crossover artist, she does not allow herself to be restricted by genres, and on her new duo album “Alle Menschen werden Schwestern” (All people become sisters), for example, she adds music by Alicia Keys to Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven, and in the “Kneipenmukke” program with harpist Noelia Cotuna, Irish folk to tango and jazz standards. Their music-making is characterized by deeply penetrating interpretations and serious dedication, which allow great narrative and playful freedom in the moment of the concert.