Hinrich Alpers

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Hinrich Alpers (* 1981 in Uelzen ) is a German pianist .

Life

Hinrich Alpers received his first piano lessons at the age of six, studied from the age of eleven with Bernd Goetzke at the Hanover University of Music and Drama, and from 2005 spent a year at the Juilliard School ( New York ) with Jerome Lowenthal . In 2004 he won first prize at the international Grieg piano competition . He was also a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. As a soloist and chamber music partner, he began his career with numerous appearances in northern Germany. After various international awards and appearances at renowned festivals, he made his debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2008 . Following the publication of a CD with works by Robert Schumann, he performed in the Berlin Philharmonic and in Munich's Gasteig in 2009 .

In December 2009 Alpers won the International Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn. He is the initiator and artistic director of the International Summer Academy Lüneburger Heide, which has existed in his hometown of Uelzen since 2010 and takes part in masterclasses for piano, double bass, violin, viola and violoncello.

Hinrich Alpers lives in Berlin and teaches piano and chamber music at the Barenboim-Said Academy there.

Recordings

  • Schumann - piano works
  • Rudi Stephan - chamber music and songs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d biography , homepage of the artist
  2. ↑ a b Telekom: Hinrich Alpers. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  3. ^ Hinrich Alpers pianist ( memento of October 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), the artist's homepage
personal data
SURNAME Alpers, Hinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Uelzen