Jung & Piano

The classical music audience is getting older; today, the average age is already 65. At the same time, concert halls are becoming increasingly empty. In this difficult context, the “TONALi Grand Prix” is creating new momentum in Hamburg with an inspiring concept. Jung & Piano documents this cultural event, which has won several awards and is only superficially a high-profile competition between the best young musicians living in Germany. The TONALi Grand Prix focuses on the big question of the future of classical music and how concert life should change in order to preserve it. The two Hamburg cellists Amadeus Templeton and Boris Matchin have developed a holistic concept with which they want to inspire young people to take an interest in classical music and change the image of classical music as a genre. “Jung & Piano” shows the 2013 music competition with its high, unusual demands on the talented young pianists, who have been preparing for this event for months. The camera is also there when the participants in the competition play at concerts in Hamburg schools in front of a very young audience, who are often listening to classical music for the first time.