Hanke Brothers Explained

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, the mother Theresia is a professional violinist.

Career

• 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
• 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 Deutschland Berlin, Premiere "Heimspiel 2020", Weihnachtsliederstreamen^[1] among others the Stuttgarter Kickers together with Patrick Bopp from the .

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

• 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ejwadmin . Home . 15 March 2021. de.
2. http://www.wienerrotkreuzball.at/review/ball-information/ Homepage of the Vienna Red Cross Ball
3. http://www.hankebrothers.de/7-continents Hanke Brothers website - 7 continents
4. http://www.davidhanke.com/familiehankecd/ Familien CD
5. Web site: Hanke Brothers CD Elements . 15 March 2021. de.
6. Web site: Arcadia . Signum Records . 15 March 2021. en-US.