- Valentin Schiedermair
Valentin Schiedermair, born
28 October 1963 inFrankfurt/Main ,Germany is a German concertpianist who lives inLondon .Past
Valentin Schiedermair gave his debut at the sold-out Berlin Philharmonic Hall and has been developing his unique blend of virtuosity and insight in concerts, recitals and orchestral performances world wide for more than 20 years. From the age of five he took piano lessons with Elizabeth Bleile in
Heidelberg . At 16 he won first prize at the Leimen piano competition and played on German radio.Fact|date=October 2007 At 17 years he studied with Paul Dan at the Music Academy Heidelberg-Mannheim and had lessons with Chopin-prizewinner Halina Czerny-Stefanska and her husband Ludwig Stefanska. At age 20 he won a prize inBarcelona and was chosen as one of two German students in the performing arts to continue his studies inNew York Fact|date=October 2007 with scholarships from the Annette Kade Foundation and the Fulbright Commission. In New York he had lessons withGary Graffman ,Vladimir Horowitz 's favourite pupil, who taught him much of the core classical and romantic repertoire. He continued his studies at the Vienna Music Academy under Hans Kann and then in London with Peter Wallfisch at the Royal College of Music. Master classes with virtuosos Shura Cherkassky, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Mieczyslaw Horszowski and many others completed his studies. He is now in demand for master classes in Europe and Asia where he passes on the musical tradition he experienced first hand. Recent masterclasses have taken place at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Shenzhen University in China, the National Chiayi University in Taiwan, the Chinese Culture University and Aletheia University in Taipei as well as the Mannheim Music Academy in Germany.Present
Valentin Schiedermair’s recent solo tours of China, Taiwan and Singapore drew enthusiastic audiences in fifteen major cities. Fact|date=October 2007 For the second year running the final concert in Taipei finished only after five encores and the University of Shenzhen awarded him a guest professorship in recognition of his contribution to the musical exchange between China and Germany. Fact|date=October 2007 Within his very extensive repertoire he focuses on the works of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ,Ludwig van Beethoven ,Frédéric Chopin ,Robert Schumann andFranz Liszt .External links
* [http://www.valentinschiedermair.com Official Website]
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