Kalle Randalu

Kalle Randalu (born in Tallinn, November 25 1956) is a Estonian pianist.

He was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Vlasenko. In 1981-82 Randalu shared the VII Tchaikovsky Competition's 4th prize and the VIII Schumann Competition's 3rd prize with, respectively, Dmitri Gaiduk and Balázs Szokolay. He subsequently won the 1985 ARD Competition in Munich, and settled in Germany in 1988. He is a professor at the Musikhochshcule Karlsruhe and a honorary doctor of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Randalu has performed internationally. He has took part in recordings of Carl Reinecke, Zdeněk Fibich, Gabriel Fauré, Charles Koechlin, André Caplet, Béla Bartók, Erwin Schulhoff, Gideon Klein, Paul Hindemith and Pēteris Vasks' chamber music. In addition, he has recorded Raimo Kangro's 2nd piano concerto and Lepo Sumera's Piano Concerto.

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