Tag Archives: Hans Keller

Hans Keller and the anti-competition

Posted on 24 May 2019 by

Hans Keller was implacably opposed to the concept of competition in music, maintaining that whilst it was something one could associate with sport, the arts were for communication, not competition. Nonetheless, he sat on many competition juries and judging panels, … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller 100: the view from Another Place

Posted on 19 March 2019 by

Hans Keller and Haydn were sitting together in the Ambrosia Café in Another Place enjoying a cup of Viennese coffee and a gossip. “Happy Birthday old man”, said Haydn pushing a roughly-wrapped package across the table, “this is for you”. … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller 100: a full score of events.

Posted on 15 February 2019 by

“If there is any point in an anniversary at all (victimization by over-exposure apart) it is a momentary pause: we stop at the traffic lights to reflect, for a moment, upon where we are going. Or rather, we know where … Continue reading →

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The Keller Bradshaw letters: a new way of communicating?

Posted on 30 November 2018 by

I can’t remember when I have enjoyed reading a series of letters quite so much as those between Hans Keller and Susan Bradshaw (although perhaps those between Keller and Robbins Landon in the 1950s run a close second). The meeting … Continue reading →

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“…not ‘just’ a great composer…” Hans Keller and Beethoven

Posted on 22 June 2018 by

“… here is, not ‘just’ a great composer, but one of the most towering minds in the history of culture and civilization – humanity has not, in demonstrable fact, thrown up anything greater …”  So writes Hans Keller in his … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller as composition coach: Elisabetta Brusa reflects

Posted on 8 June 2018 by

Coaching and mentoring, whether it was string quartets, individual instrumentalists, analysis students or young composers, was central to Hans Keller’s life. His over-riding aim always was to make himself redundant by helping his students to find and trust their own … Continue reading →

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The Eclecticism of…Hans Keller’s Library*

Posted on 6 April 2018 by

“Goodness”, I thought to myself as I was wrestling the books in Hans Keller’s library into something resembling a coherent order with which I could work, “this is an eclectic collection”. But then I though – actually, SW, so is … Continue reading →

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