"A terrific, engaging release" (The Arts Fuse)

 "With full-blooded commitment" (Gramophone)

 "With passionate temperament and delicate musical  harmony" (Fono Forum)

 "Interpretational moments of bliss"  (Pizzicato)

 "With full-blooded commitment" (Gramophone)

 "That's smashing" (Concerti)

"A Juwel" (Audiophile Audition)

                                                                                     "Enthusiastically recommended" (Fanfare Magazine)

                                                                                     "Infectious musicianship" (WDR 3)

                                                                                     "Magical" and "expressive" (The New Listener)

Esther Birringer at the Xiamen University in China

In December 2017 the pianist  is a guest at the chinese cities of  Qingdao, Nanjing, Xiamen and Guangzhou where she gives masterclasses and lectures.

FAMILY ZONE – The theme of this year’s Davos Festival

 
What could be more appropriate to the theme than two sisters who have been playing music together since early childhood?

Experience Esther and Lea Birringer in Davos, Switzerland, from 6 to 20 August 2016. Hear the pair of sisters in the widest variety of musical settings, performing works from Beethoven, Schubert, Silvestrov, Casella, Martinu and many more.

“There needs to be discussion, friction, otherwise boredom sets in”
 
Here you can read an article (in German) that recently appeared in Swiss magazine ‘Musik & Theater’, about musical sisters Lea and Esther Birringer, their work as a duo and their participation in this year’s Davos Festival.


Musik & Theater, Special Edition Davos Festival 2016

Esther Birringer at Zentrum für Musik und Sprache Hannover

From now on Esther Birringer is also teaching at Zentrum für Musik und Sprache Hannover. Here you can find more information and the possibility to apply.

Classical music in schools
Lea and Esther Birringer involved with ‘ Rhapsody in School’ outreach programme

 “In a sense, we see ourselves as being ambassadors for our generation.” This statement doesn’t have anything arrogant or apodictic about it. This naturalness is much more a sign of their own, quite personal aura.

Source: Musik & Theater, Special Edition Davos Festival July 2016. Text: Christoph Vratz

A guest of Germany's federal president Gauck -

Concert at the Bellevue palace

Pianist Esther Birringer recently appeared at the Bellevue Palace, the official residence of Germany's federal president, for the occasion of the state visit by the president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto. Other guests of honour included the Mexican football star Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández and his wife.

Esther & Lea Birringer's DEBUT-CD  has recently been released

The disc has been on sale since 17/01/14. The siblings play sonatas by Szymanowski, Hindemith und Respighi.
  

Distribution: Avi-music/Harmonia Mundi

Order number: 4260085534326

First outstanding press reviews:

"The 2 sisters [...] make an out-and-out commitment to offer us a magnificent, landmark record."
Clic Musique, April 14

"Three sonatas that one rarely hears played in concert, are discovered with spirit, vitality and passion."
ORF, 25/04/14

"A very beautiful program, extremely original too, and very well led by two musicians who made a strong impact with their first record."

France Musique, 23/04/14

"Thundering piano chords and a dramatic recitative on the violin impelled by a darkly glowing energy... a thrilling introduction."
FonoForum, Issue April 2014

"Lea and Esther Birringer [...] begin their CD with an exclamation mark. [...] A very bold debut by two already very independently accomplished artistic personalities. The name Birringer is one to remember!"

WDR 3, 06/02/14

"Two sisters have the courage, curiosity and the musicianship to discover chamber music areas that you cannot hear in concert every day. A big compliment for such an obstinacy."

BR-Klassik, 25/01/14

"The sisters Lea and Esther Birringer have been performing as a duo since childhood. Their debut recording together is enhanced by their natural rapport. All phrases are expressed as one, all the rises and falls of the music are in harmony. It is enthralling to see how they both interpret the nervous tension and constant momentum of Szymanowski's sonata. One can clearly sense the feeling of starting anew in the music of the early 20th century.
The Birringer sisters even remain highly focused at times when the extreme pressure  eases off . There are moments of poetic beauty in their slow phrases."

NDR Kultur, 10/01/2014

"Lea‘s expressive as well as analytical playing is often carried by Esther’s orchestral waves of sound. The captivating cascades are grounded with powerful basses, but apart from that the pianist delights her audience with a fragile, soft sparkling way of playing."
SZ, 30/12/2013

October 2013

On October 4th, the Birringer sisters had the great opportunity to perform at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin in honor of Mariss Jansons' being awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by President Joachim Gauck.