- Justus Frantz
Justus Franz (born
May 18 ,1944 inInowrocław ,Poland , then Hohensalza,Germany ) is a Germanpianist , conductor, and television personality.Life
Frantz began playing
piano at the age of four and later studied withEliza Hansen andWilhelm Kempff under a scholarship from theStudienstiftung des deutschen Volkes , or German National Scholarship Foundation. He and another man won second place in a competition by playing a duet forvioloncello and piano. In 1967, he won an international musical competition hosted by a famous German television station. He first played with theBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra , conducted byHerbert von Karajan in 1970. In 1975, he played in his U.S debut concert with theNew York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted byLeonard Bernstein , who became his lifelong friend. Other conductors with whom he has played includeCarlo Maria Giulini andRudolf Kempe . He founded theSchleswig-Holstein Music Festival in 1986 and became aUNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 1989, a post from which he has since retired. He also founded thePhilharmonia of the Nations in 1995.He has two sons named Christopher Tainton, who he had with pianist
Carol Tainton , and Justus Konstantin Frantz, who he had with Xenia Dubrowskaja.Repertoire
Frantz mostly plays music from the Classical and Romantic periods, particularly by Mozart. He has played many pieces for piano duet or four hands with
Christoph Eschenbach .Performances (selection)
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Festspiele Balver Höhle (1994 - 2007)External links
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