Gottfried Hemetsberger

Gottfried Hemetsberger (born February 8, 1952 in Feldkirch ) is an Austrian pianist and music teacher .

Live and act

Hemetsberger completed studies at the Musikhochschule and University of Vienna , including piano with Walter Panhofer . He completed his studies with Jörg Demus , V. Margulis, St. Neuhaus. Since 1980 he has been teaching at the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music (formerly Bruckner Conservatory) in Linz , Upper Austria. In 2004 he qualified as professor for piano. In 2005 F. Noetzel published the compendium “Basics of Artistic Piano Playing”. Hemetsberger headed the keyboard instruments department in Linz for 20 years and has given concerts in Europe as well as the USA, Africa and Asia. He is particularly fond of the Viennese Classic and German Romanticism . CDs are also dedicated to these styles.

Discography (selection)

• Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces (selection). Classic Concert Records
• Franz Schubert - Piano Works. (including Wanderer Fantasy, serenade), SoundStar sound
• Johann Sebastian Bach - chorale preludes arranged by Busoni, Reger and others. SoundStar tone
• Virtuoso piano music. Works by Brahms, Chopin, Liszt and others. Weinberg Records; Symicon
• Virtuoso piano music. Lyrical rarities. (including Schumann, Bruckner, Wagner, Tchaikovsk, Berg, Reger, Schmidt, Rachmaninoff, Fauré), SoundStar-Ton; ORF
• Gottfried Hemetsberger - piano works. (including Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Liszt), Weinberg Records
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas in G major - D894, A minor - D784. ORF LP

Publications

• Basics of artistic piano playing. Compendium for teachers and students. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2006. (Music Pedagogical Library, Vol. 49), ISBN 978-3-7959-0875-1 and ISBN 3-7959-0875-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Gottfried Hemetsberger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website from Gottfried Hemetsberger
• Profile at the Anton Bruckner Private University
• Gottfried Hemetsberger - CD program
• therein: Gottfried Hemetsberger (PDF file; 623 kB)