Alexander Schimpf

Alexander Schimpf (born August 28, 1981 in Göttingen ) is a German pianist .

Life

Schimpf completed his studies with Wolfgang Manz, Winfried Apel and Bernd Glemser and received further suggestions from Cécile Ousset and Janina Fialkowska .

Concert appearances have taken him to numerous German cities (including Gasteig Munich, Konzerthaus Berlin , NDR Hanover, Beethovenhaus Bonn, Music and Congress Hall Lübeck, Philharmonie Cologne) as well as to festivals such as Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, Heidelberger Frühling and Ludwigsburg Castle Festival . This was followed by invitations to France (Auditorium du Louvre and Salle Cortot in Paris), Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, England, Russia, Spain, the USA and several times to South America. His debut concert at New York's Carnegie Hall took place in December 2011.

Schimpf has been Professor of Piano at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media since 2016.

Awards

2008: Prize of the German Music Competition
2009: 1st prize at the International Beethoven Competition in Vienna.
2011: 1st prize at the International Piano Competition in Cleveland (as the first German pianist in the history of the competition)
2013: Bavarian Art Prize

Recordings and publications

The first solo CD by Alexander Schimpf with piano works by Mozart , Beethoven , Albéniz, Debussy and Sieber was released in 2010. A second CD with piano works by Ravel , Scriabin and Schubert was released in January 2013, followed by another CD in 2015 with works by Brahms and Debussy and Beethoven.

Web links

Website by Alexander Schimpf
deutsche-stiftung-musikleben.de , accessed on April 22, 2013
Prof. Alexander Schimpf at hmtm-hannover.de, accessed on August 11, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media: HMTM Hanover: New professorships for WS 16/17. In: www.hmtm-hannover.de. Retrieved October 30, 2016 .
↑ The young star pianist Alexander Schimpf gives a piano recital in Erlangen. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013 ; accessed on March 19, 2020 .
↑ Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art (Ed.): Bavarian Art Prize 2013 awarded in the music and dance section . August 13, 2013 ( online [accessed October 23, 2013] press release).
^ OehmsClassics: Schimpf, Alexander. In: www.oehmsclassics.de. Retrieved October 30, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schimpf, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goettingen

[1] Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media: HMTM Hanover: New professorships for WS 16/17. In: www.hmtm-hannover.de. Retrieved October 30, 2016 .

[2] The young star pianist Alexander Schimpf gives a piano recital in Erlangen. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013 ; accessed on March 19, 2020 .

[BKM-3] Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art (Ed.): Bavarian Art Prize 2013 awarded in the music and dance section . August 13, 2013 ( online [accessed October 23, 2013] press release).

[4] OehmsClassics: Schimpf, Alexander. In: www.oehmsclassics.de. Retrieved October 30, 2016 .