Oboist Sebastian Breit, soloist of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic, and pianist Diána Fuchs, an award-winning Vienna-based musician, present a program exploring poetic and romantic soundscapes.

About the Concert

Experience a captivating musical conversation between two distinct instruments — Sebastian Breit (oboe) and Diána Fuchs (piano) bring together rich historical traditions and expressive modernity. The program highlights the poetic and emotional depth of chamber music, featuring Schumann’s Romances, Britten’s Metamorphoses after Ovid, and Beethoven’s groundbreaking Pathétique Sonata. The duo explores the oboe’s lyrical qualities alongside the piano’s dynamic versatility, weaving through Romantic and contemporary compositions, from Heinz Holliger’s Lied to Liszt’s visionary Legends. The evening concludes with Kalliwoda’s refined yet playful Salon Piece, leaving audiences with a smile. Through their artistry, Breit and Fuchs transcend time and genre, offering a performance that is both intimate and expansive—an homage to the power of musical storytelling.

Concert Program
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About the Artists

Sebastian Breit: Born in 1998, solo oboist of the Vienna State Opera and recently also a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. At the age of eight he already devoted himself to his instrument, studied in Vienna, won prizes early on, gave concerts with important orchestras, such as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra as well as the Ensemble Modern under such important conductors as Blomstedt, Barenboim, Muti, Dudamel. He performed as a soloist and chamber musician in various formations in Europe, the States and Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan. With this duo program he wishes to, in the truest sense of the word, let the oboe speak.

Diána Fuchs: Born in 1992, Hungarian, studied piano in Vienna at the Conservatory and University as well as at the Royal Academy in London after an early musical education in her home country; this was complemented by the study of historical keyboard instruments and pedagogy, currently still musicology for the doctorate. She also holds a teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts of the City of Vienna. She has been teaching, performing internationally as a soloist for a decade, winning numerous prizes, accompanying and giving chamber music concerts in both the instrumental and vocal fields. And: she devotes herself to women’s studies, project by project. In Hungary she founded and artistically directs the festival ClassiKo in Komló.

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