Linz Brucknerhaus

Martin Rummel: Cello concert with companions

Martin Rummel is not only a professional musician, but has also been Rector of Linz Bruckner University since 2021(Bild: Maria Frodl)

The rector of Bruckner University shows a different side of himself: In the anniversary year of the Brucknerhaus, the cellist is celebrating his 50th birthday. On Tuesday, November 26, he will be giving a concert in the Middle Hall to mark the occasion and has invited some top-class musical companions to join him. The concert will benefit a social fund.

"As a child, I was 'diagnosed' with absolute deafness and then - because a wind instrument would not have been possible due to my severe hay fever - my parents advised me to consider playing a string instrument," explains Martin Rummel, Rector of Bruckner University in Linz. And so began his career as a cellist, which took him to many concert halls years later. He played at the Brucknerhaus for the first time 35 years ago.

Now, on the occasion of his 50th birthday - and the 50th anniversary of the Brucknerhaus - he takes stock of his decades of activity as a musician together with companions including soprano Ursula Langmayr and pianists Lovre Marušić & Clemens Zeilinger.

The musical man of life
The program: "Pieces that connect us! My 'musical man of life' David Popper is not missing, but Schumann pieces are also close to my heart." You will also hear works by Bach.

The exceptional concert at the Brucknerhaus is a charity event, with all participants playing free of charge. The net proceeds will go to the university's social fund.