Justus Zeyen

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Justus Zeyen (born June 9, 1963 in Kiel ) is a German pianist and song accompanist .

Life

Justus Zeyen first received violin and piano lessons (among others with Cord Garben). In 1980 he successfully took part in the national competition Jugend musiziert and received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Foundation in 1982 and 1986 . After graduating from the Kiel School of Academics in 1982, he studied at the Hanover University of Music and Drama with Martin Dörrie , Karl Engel and Bernhardt Ebert. In addition, he took courses with Erik Werba and Hartmut Höll .

Justus Zeyen's musical focus is chamber music. He gives concerts all over the world as a soloist, but above all as a song pianist. Previous prominent companions were z. B. Juliane Banse , Christiane Iven, Sibylla Rubens, Doris Soffel , Siegfried Lorenz , Michael Schade and Bernd Weikl as well as the choirs of the Bavarian and Süddeutscher Rundfunk. Numerous recordings and radio recordings complement his musical work. Since the first joint concerts as part of the Kremerata Musica in Lockenhaus in Burgenland in 1994, Justus Zeyen has worked regularly with Thomas Quasthoff . Measha Brueggergosman is accompanied by Justus Zeyen in recitals.

Zeyen teaches a. a. Coaching at the music academy in Hanover.

Awards

Discography

selection

  • Songs by Brahms and Liszt (together with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 477 7433 (2000)
  • Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, Johannes Brahms: Four serious songs (together with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 471 0302 (2001)
  • A Romantic Songbook (with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 474 5012 (2004)
  • Franz Schubert: The beautiful miller (together with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 474 2182 (2005)

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  1. ↑ This information as well as the previous ones: contemporary witnesses
  2. ↑ Hanover University of Music and Theater

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personal data
SURNAME Zeyen, Jupiter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and accompanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel