Margarita Höhenrieder

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Margarita Höhenrieder (* 1956 in Munich ) is a German pianist and professor at the Munich University of Music and Theater .

biography

Höhenrieder studied piano with Anna Stadler and Ludwig Hoffmann in Munich and with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore , USA. In 1981 she won first prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano . In 1984 she received a professorship at the University of Music in Würzburg and in 1991 succeeded Ludwig Hoffmann at the University of Music and Theater in Munich.

As a soloist , Höhenrieder a. a. with the conductors Kirill Petrenko , Claudio Abbado , Lorin Maazel , James Levine , Riccardo Chailly , Fabio Luisi and with orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Munich Philharmonic , the New York Philharmonic , the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden , the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig , the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra .

She had a long friendship with Harald Genzmer . He dedicated the concerto for piano, trumpet and strings to her, which she premiered with Guy Touvron, trumpet, and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn . Harald Genzmer composed his last major work for Höhenrieder, Like a dream on the edge of infinity for piano and flute. In 2009 she premiered it with the flautist Emmanuel Pahud in Rome.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the city of Friedrichshafen in July 2011, Höhenrieder and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn gave a concert in the Dornier Museum .

Soloists like u. a. Kit Armstrong , Julius Berger , wind instruments from the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden , Alfred Brendel , Eduard Brunner , Gewandhaus-Quartett , Sabine Meyer , Emmanuel Pahud , Peter Sadlo , Guy Touvron and Reiner Wehle played together with Margarita Höhenrieder.

Awards

1984: State sponsorship award for young artists from the Free State of Bavaria

Recordings (selection)

CDs

  • Margarita Höhenrieder, Piano Works by Clara & Robert Schumann. Played on an original Pleyel piano from 1850. Solo Musica 2019
  • Margarita Höhenrieder, Piano & Chamber Harmony of the Saxon State Orchestra Dresden. Thuille, Poulenc, Françaix Sextets. Solo Musica 2016
  • Inspired by Mozart. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Julius Berger, cello. Wyastone Estate Ltd., 2015
  • Quintets for wind instruments and piano - Mozart and Beethoven. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano and the wind soloists of the Staatskapelle Dresden. hänssler classic 2015
  • Piano concertos by Mozart and Schumann. Chopin Variations. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Fabio Luisi, conductor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra . Solo Musica, 2014
  • Harald Genzmer: “Like a dream on the edge of infinity”, World Premiere, works for flute and piano, Emmanuel Pahud, flute and Margarita Höhenrieder, piano. Solo Musica, 2011
  • Chopin, Liszt, Sonatas b-minor. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano. Solo Musica, 2010
  • Schumann piano quintet, Mendelssohn Bartholdy sextet. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Gewandhaus Quartet, Christian Ockert, bass. Solo Musica, 2009
  • In Memoriam - chamber music by Harald Genzmer (1909–2007). Julius Berger , violoncello, Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Peter Sadlo , drums. Solo Musica, 2008
  • Harald Genzmer - works for marimba / vibraphone. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano. Aulos (Klassik Center Kassel), 2006
  • Clara & Robert Schumann, Piano Concertos. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, conductor: Johannes Wildner , Neue Philharmonie Westfalen . BMG Ariola Classics, 2002
  • Harald Genzmer - Concerto for Trumpet, Piano and Strings. Miniatures, Sinfonietta, Divertimento di danza, Sonatina prima. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Guy Touvron, trumpet, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, conductor: Jörg Färber. Thorofon (Bella Musica Edition), 2001
  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Messager, Chausson, Debussy, Roussel, Ravel, Poulenc, Françaix - compositions for clarinet and piano. Eduard Brunner , clarinet, Margarita Höhenrieder, piano. Co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk . Calig (Weltbild Verlag), 1994
  • Clarinet trios: Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach, Harald Genzmer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Eduard Brunner, clarinet, Julius Berger, violoncello, Margarita Höhenrieder, piano. Melisma Musikproduktion Wiesbaden, 1994
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Salzburg concert ensemble, conductor Richardreiber. RBM music production 1992
  • Recital Margarita Höhenrieder - Concerts by Mozart, Schubert, Genzmer. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, conductor: Peter Lücker, Salzburg Concert Ensemble. Bayer Records 1991
  • Joseph Suder - Piano Concerto. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Eduard Brunner, clarinet, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Jun'ichi Hirokami. Calig 1989

DVDs

  • Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Leon Fleisher, conductor. Accentus Music 2016
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Leon Fleisher, conductor. Max Littmann Hall, Bad Kissingen. Accentus Music 2015
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Chamber Philharmonic Amadé, Leon Fleisher, conductor. UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Essen. Accentus Music 2014
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1. - Mahler Symphony No. 1. Margarita Höhenrieder, piano, Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi, conductor. Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich. EMO 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Höhenrieder, Margarita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich