Karsten Scholz

Karsten Scholz (born November 6, 1969 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German pianist and conductor .

biography

Scholz took piano lessons at the age of seven and soon began to write his first compositions. As a schoolboy he also opened up the organ literature. In 1987, Scholz began his pianist training with Wilhelm Neuhaus at the Cologne University of Music and with Olaf Dreßler in Munich as a young student (began studying in 1989 after graduating from high school). In 1992 he studied conducting with Volker Wangenheim in Cologne. Karsten Scholz worked as a conductor in 1998 at the Cologne Opera and at the Bielefeld Theater in 1999 before he decided to concentrate solely on working as a concert pianist and piano teacher.

His repertoire focuses on the works of the Viennese classics - especially the sonatas of Haydn and the 32 sonatas of Beethoven , - as well as the piano compositions of the Romantic period , emphasis on Schubert and Brahms - and the work of Franz Liszt . Another focus is the Second Vienna School , including the music of Olivier Messiaen .

Scholz gives concerts as an interpreter of contemporary music in premieres and campaigns for forgotten composers such as Ernst von Dohnanyi and Giuseppe Martucci .

He is a guest soloist and chamber music partner, and has worked with conductors Graeme Jenkins, Philippe Auguin , Bruno Weil , Peter Kuhn , Rainer Mühlbach, Alexander Joel , Helmut Imig , Herbert Blomstedt and Kurt Masur .

From 2009 on, Scholz played all 32 Beethoven sonatas in chronological order in a four-year concert cycle. A complete CD production has been released. Since 2013 he has devoted himself to a cycle of selected piano works by Franz Schubert, which is designed for six concert evenings. 

Scholz is a piano teacher at the Braunschweig Music Academy .

Compositions

• Ave Maria (1986)
• French Suite (1988)
• Missa Jubilate (1990)
• Te Deum (1993)
• Sonata for violin solo (1993/94)
• Fantasia for bassoon and organ (1996)
• Hymn "Veni, Creator Spiritus" (2018)
• La flûte suit le vent for two flutes (2019)

CD productions

• Schubert Piano Sonatas in A minor, D 784 and A major, D 959 (2002)
• Années de pèlerinage : Suisse (2005)
• Sound layer: Rhapsody in the courtyard (2006)
• Ariettes Oubliées: Jacqueline Treichler (soprano), Karsten Scholz (piano) (2006)
• Piano recital in the knight's hall (2008)
• Beethoven Piano Sonatas I (2013)
  • Piano Sonatas No. 28 , No. 29 , No. 30 , No. 31 , No. 32
• Beethoven Piano Sonatas II (2014)
  • Piano sonatas No. 19 and 20 , No. 21 , No. 22 , No. 23 , No. 24 , No. 25 , No. 26 , No. 27
• Beethoven Piano Sonatas III (2018)
  • Piano sonatas No. 12, No. 13, No. 14, No. 15, No. 16, No. 17, No. 18
• Beethoven Piano Sonatas IV (2019)
  • Piano sonatas No. 5 , No. 6 , No. 7 , No. 8 , No. 9 , No. 10 , No. 11
• Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck-Schumann - Johannes Brahms (2019)
  • Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.12
  • Clara Wieck-Schumann: Three Romances op.21, Scherzo op.10
  • Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces op.76
• Beethoven Piano Sonatas V (2020)
  • Piano sonatas No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4

Prices

• 1991 Promotion Prize of the City of Gelsenkirchen
• 1992 Third Prize Int. Brahms Competition Hamburg
• 1995 Second Prize Int. Brahms Competition in Pörtschach

Web links

• Homepage of Karsten Scholz
• Literature by and about Karsten Scholz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Karsten Scholz in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ^ Provost parish of St. Urbanus - Provost parish of St. Urbanus. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (German).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ The tumult of keys and drumbeats - Open Stage is a talent factory . ( regionalweltenbuettel.de [accessed on May 31, 2017]).
3. ↑ Karsten Scholz (choir director) | Sine Nomine Braunschweig. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
4. ^ Fanfare Magazine Archive of CD Reviews. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 12, 2018 ; accessed on June 2, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Kerstin Halstenbach: There was a special concert in the art museum . ( waz.de [accessed on May 30, 2018]).
6. ^ Gisela Schmoeckel: Remscheid: Winter magic and pirate adventures. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
7. ↑ detail. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
8. ↑ NRW program: concert. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
9. ↑ detail. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Chamber concert for piano and wind instruments. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
11. ↑ SCHIMMEL - Braunschweig Selection Center | Home | Pianos, grand pianos, upright pianos, events, rental pianos, instrument check, piano service. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
12. ^ Staatstheater-braunschweig.de : Staatstheater Braunschweig: Chamber concert. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 10, 2017 ; accessed on May 31, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ nrw-buehnen.de. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
14. ↑ detail. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Titan Sounds from the Symphony Orchestra. Solinger Tageblatt, September 24, 2014, accessed on May 31, 2017 (d). 
16. ↑ Karsten Scholz (choir director) | Sine Nomine Braunschweig. Retrieved June 13, 2017 . 
17. ^ Project Beethoven: Karsten-Scholz plays the 32 piano sonatas. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
18. ^ Kerstin Halstenbach: There was a special concert in the art museum . ( waz.de [accessed on May 31, 2017]).
19. ↑ Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands e. V .: keyboard instruments. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
20. ^ Provost parish of St. Urbanus - Provost parish of St. Urbanus. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (German).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
21. ^ Provost parish of St. Urbanus - Provost parish of St. Urbanus. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (German).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
22. ↑ Festival Organ PLUS. Retrieved May 31, 2017 . 
23. ↑ GibHeft14-04 - Provost Parish of St. Urbanus. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (German).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
24. ↑ With timpani and trumpets | With timpani and trumpets. Retrieved November 9, 2018 . 
25. ^ Provost parish of St. Urbanus - Provost parish of St. Urbanus. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (German).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
26. ↑ Topics and winners of previous Brahms competitions ( Memento from March 1, 2001 in the web archive archive.today )