Kristin Merscher

Kristin Merscher (* 1961 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German pianist and university teacher .

Life

At the age of eight she was a student of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Music Academy in Hanover . From 1977 she studied at the Paris Conservatory with Pierre Sancan and (from 1980 to 1982) with György Sebők at Indiana University in Bloomington ( USA ). She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra , the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic , among others . She has performed as a soloist all over Europe, North America and the Far East. In addition to productions for radio and television, she has recorded piano concertos with various orchestras, solo repertoire and chamber music, including with the cellist Maria Kliegel . Since 1990 she has been professor of piano at the Saar University of Music in Saarbrücken and is currently also dean of Faculty I "Stage and Concert".

Selected discography

• Johannes Brahms : Cello Sonatas Opus 38, 78 and 99. Maria Kliegel, cello. Kristin Merscher, piano. Naxos CD (1993).
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Cello Sonatas No. 1 and 2; Variations Concertantes Opus 17; Song without words in D major, Op. 109. Maria Kliegel, cello. Kristin Merscher, piano. Naxos CD (1994).
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Concertos No. 1 in G minor and No. 2 in D minor. Kristin Merscher, piano. Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg (conductor: Leopold Hager). Ariola-Eurodisc LP (1979).
• Robert Schumann : Fantasiestücke Opus 73, pieces in the folk tone Opus 102, Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Opus 70. Franz Schubert : Sonata for Arpeggione and piano in A minor D 821. Maria Kliegel, cello. Kristin Merscher, piano. Naxos CD (1993).
• Robert Schumann: Papillons Opus 2; Carnaval Opus 9. Kristin Merscher, piano. Eurodisc LP (1982).
• Richard Strauss : Burlesque in D minor. Robert Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Rondo brilliant in E flat major Opus 29. Kristin Merscher, piano; Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin (conductor: Marek Janowski). Eurodisc LP (1981).
• Johann Sebastian Bach : Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 902. Minuet 1 & 2 from the Partita in B flat major. Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata in E major, Op. 109. Frédéric Chopin : Ballade in G minor, Opus 23. Franz Liszt : Sonata quasi una fantasia "Après une lecture de Dante". Kristin Merscher, piano. Leico Records CD (1998).
• The Kuhn organ of the Essen Philharmonic. Works by César Franck, Julius Reubke, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Guy Bovet and Daniel Roth. Christian Schmitt, organ. Kristin Merscher, piano. Organ doctorate CD (2008).

Web links

• Kristin Merscher on the homepage of the Saar University of Music in Saarbrücken