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Lübbecke. For the eleventh time, the Rotary Club Lübbecke and the Sparkasse Minden-Lübbecke Foundation for the Promotion of Art and Culture are jointly organizing the “Solista” benefit concert. According to a press release, this year too, young, highly talented, music-loving scholarship holders from the Sparkasse Foundation will be performing with the Lübbecke Symphony Orchestra to offer guests a musical evening.

The concert starts on Sunday, September 29th, at 6 p.m. in the Lübbecke town hall. Three scholarship holders and two scholarship holders will perform together with the Lübbecke Symphony Orchestra that evening: 17-year-old Niobe Eckert has received a two-year scholarship in 2022 and a one-year extension. She is being taught singing by Sabrina Watermann at the Becker Music School in Minden. Niobe Eckert sings the songs “Padam Padam” (Edith Piaf) and “Bound to you” (Christina Aguilera).

Lenard Voth is 17 years old and received a two-year scholarship last year. He plays the piano and is taught by Hae-Kyung Choi at the Pro Musica music school in Lübbecke. Lenard Voth plays a movement from Ludwig van Beethoven’s third piano concerto.

From Mozart to Aguilera via Beethoven

Tabea Riegel also plays the piano and is also taught by Hae-Kyung Choi at the Lübbecke Music School. The 16-year-old has also received a two-year scholarship in 2023 and will play the first movement of the Piano Concerto in C KV 467 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

16-year-old Jana Esau plays the violin and is taught privately by Eugen Penner in Espelkamp. She received a two-year scholarship in 2022 plus a one-year extension and plays the first movement of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto.

Noel Ewert is 18 years old. He received a two-year scholarship in 2022. He plays the trumpet and is taught privately by David Jarquin in Löhne. Noel Ewert plays a concert etude by Alexander Goedicke. The Lübbecke Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Heinz-Hermann Grube accompanies the young musicians and also plays works by Aguilera, Beethoven, Bruch, Goedicke, Glanzberg and Mozart.

Proceeds for Inclusive Village Circus

Two former scholarship holders of the Sparkasse Foundation will also perform: Justus Varvaras and Edvard Salvesen. The two will be supported by Johanne Crämer. The trio will play the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.

This year, the proceeds from the concert are planned for the inclusive village circus “Maluna Kunterbunt” under the direction of Angela Hölscher in cooperation with the SV Eggetal Börninghausen-Eininghausen. The money will be used to support public circus performances. “We are happy to support this very nice inclusive project. People of very different ages with a wide variety of special needs meet and develop trust in one another through shared movement. They overcome boundaries and experience themselves as part of the community. This is a very great enrichment for their everyday lives. The project is unique in our region, as people with and without disabilities across generations work together on their passion, the circus,” says the press release.

Tickets are now available. They cost 20 euros for adults and there is free admission for children and young people up to 16 years of age at the Bücherstube Lübbecke, Lange Straße 46 in Lübbecke, Tel. 05741 8584.

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Foundation’s support for talented students

The awarding of scholarships for young musical talents has been a key focus of the Sparkasse Minden-Lübbecke Foundation’s funding activities for the promotion of art and culture since 2001.

The aim is to support talented young musicians between the ages of 13 and 17. The foundation will pay the scholarship holders’ music school tuition fees of 1,200 euros per year for a period of two years – a one-year extension is possible immediately afterwards, according to the foundation.

Both municipal and private music schools are considered. Every year, as part of a talent audition, up to five students from local music schools who have the talent to become professional musicians are selected for funding by an expert jury headed by church music director Heinz-Hermann Grube and are supported by the payment of scholarships.

A total of 123 scholarships – 94 two-year and 29 one-year – have been awarded in recent years. This corresponds to a funding volume of around 240,000 euros.