Organ evening with Lukas Hasler

Musical agency «Dala Classic» presents:

Having visited Kazakhstan for the first time in 2023, this performer caused real delight among the public. On June 26, 2024, on the stage of the Zhambyl Kazakh State Philharmonic, the bright and talented Austrian organist and composer, laureate of international competitions, Lukas Hasler, will present a new concert program in Almaty.

Concert program:

• Florence B. Price (1887–1953)

Organ Sonata No. 1

- Introduction – Maestoso

• Camille Saint-Saens (1835–1921)

Fantasia in E flat, no. 1

- Con moto

- Allegro di molto e con fuoco

• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

 Sonata No. 4, B flat major, Op. 65/4

- Allegro con brio

-Andante religioso

- Allegretto

- Allegro maestoso e vivace

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

- Chorale prelude «Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr», BWV 662

- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

- Choral prelude «Smücke dich, oliebe Seele», BWV 654

• Leon Böllmann (1862–1897)

Gothic Suite, op. 25

- Introduction-Choral

- Menuet gothique

- Prière à Notre Dame

- Toccata

*the organizer has the right to make changes to the concert program

Lukas Hasler is an Austrian organist and composer.

From childhood he began studying piano, but soon turned his attention to organ art. Studied organ skills at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (Austria), (class of Ulrich Water). In 2020, he studied for a year at the Académie Supérieure de Musique in Strasbourg (France) under the mentorship of Johann Weho. Lukas Hasler is active in concert activities, performing in cathedrals and concert halls: the USA, Germany, France, Israel, Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine, etc.

Lucas has also won the Prima la Musica music competition several times, and in 2019 received the Grand Prix at an international competition in Malta. In 2014 he was awarded the Styrian State Prize in the category «Hochbegabte Jungmusiker» for the best interpretation of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. A year later, he became a finalist in the «Jugend komponiert» («Youth Compose») competition and was able to impress audiences with his suites. Lukas Hasler took part in master classes of such outstanding masters as Jean Guillot, Ton Koopman, Ludger Lohmann and Skip Sempe.