Christiane Klonz

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Christiane Klonz (born June 23, 1969 in Lübz ) is a German pianist and composer .

Life

Christiane Klonz began taking piano lessons at the Parchim music school . She received further training at the “Rudolf Wagner-Régeny” Conservatory in Rostock with Walther Heinecke-Oertel and Karl-Heinz Will, and later at the “Hanns Eisler” University of Music in Berlin with Jürgen Schröder . She completed her studies with an excellent concert exam.

The pianist got suggestions for her further development through participation in various master classes and through consultations, e.g. B. at Justus Frantz ( Hamburg ), Walter Blankenheim ( Saarbrücken ), Amadeus Webersinke ( Dresden ) and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling ( Hanover ).

From March 2000 to March 2007 Christiane Klonz was a lecturer at the “Hanns Eisler” University of Music in Berlin .

In 2011, she called in Stuer the International Music Festival Plau - Piano days Stuer to life.

Christiane Klonz lives in Twietfort, a district of the municipality of Ganzlin am Plauer See . From 2004 to 2014 she was a knowledgeable resident member of the school, youth, culture and sport committee of Ganzlin.

Appearances

Since 1992 Christiane Klonz has made guest appearances in the "Musiksommer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern", most recently in 2003 in the series "MusikSommer-Stargast", at the Usedom Music Festival , as part of the Bayreuth Festival, in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg , in the Konzerthaus Berlin, at Mirabell Palace in Salzburg , as part of the Festival de Wiltz and the Chopin Festival in Marienbad. Internationally she has given concerts in Austria , Switzerland , Luxembourg , Denmark , Poland , the Czech Republic , Hungary , Bulgaria , Russia , the USA , Canada , Korea and Cyprus . On April 21, 2008 she made her debut in New York at Carnegie Hall .

Awards

Christiane Klonz was awarded a diploma at the competition in honor of Robert Schumann in Zwickau in 1985 and a gold medal in 1987. In 1996 she received an artist grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for one year . She is the first female pianist to receive this grant. For her committed and creative work in cultural life, the concert pianist was awarded the “Art and Culture Prize 2004 of the Parchim District”. Christiane Klonz has been a " Steinway Artist" since September 2006 .

Discography

Her CD recordings include piano works from different eras, including works by Bach , Haydn , Dittersdorf , Mozart , Beethoven , Schubert , Schumann , Grieg , Chopin , Liszt and Shostakovich . Christiane Klonz has also published her own compositions. Several of these recordings have already been broadcast on the radio: on NDR Kultur , on MDR Figaro , on RBB Kulturradio , on hr-Klassik , on hr2 , on SR 2 Kulturradio , on SWR 2 , on BR-Klassik , on Klassik Radio and on Nordwestradio (Bremen).

Christiane Klonz has been under contract with the classic label claXL since 2007. So far the following CDs have been released there:

  • Bach - Mozart - Chopin - Shostakovich (1997, with animato 2006, new edition with claXL 2007)
  • Bach - Beethoven - Schubert - Liszt (1998, new edition by claXL 2007)
  • Romantic works: Schumann - Chopin - Grieg (2002, new edition by claXL 2007)
  • Mozart - Beethoven - Liszt - Klonz (claXL 2007)
  • Christmas Piano (Heide & Christiane Klonz, claXL 2007 - piano for four hands)
  • Ballads (claXL 2007 - own compositions)
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Piano concertos in A major and B major ( Oliver Weder (conductor), Thuringian Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt , claXL 2009 - world premiere recording)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katrin Misera: Profiles from the Parchim district. Volume 2. Zinke, Raben Steinfeld 1999, ISBN 3-932746-07-4 , p. 191.
  2. ^ Antje Bernstein: Piano sounds from four nations. Schweriner Volkszeitung (Lübz edition), August 30, 2011, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Silke Voss: A Steinway grand piano on the mill pond. Nordkurier (Müritz-Zeitung), 23 September 2011, p. 14.
  4. ↑ Members Committee for School, Youth, Culture and Sport Ganzlin in Plauer Zeitung , August 19, 2009 (PDF; 3.49 MB)
  5. ↑ Dieter Hofmann: Pianist conquers North America. Schweriner Volkszeitung (Lübz edition), May 31, 2008
  6. ↑ EHF scholarship holders of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, letter K (accessed on November 20, 2011)
  7. ^ Parchim district ( Memento from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 27, 2014)
  8. ↑ Steinway Artists, letter K (accessed November 20, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Klonz, Christiane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Luebz