Markus Schirmer

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Markus Schirmer

Markus Schirmer (born June 10, 1963 in Graz ) is an internationally successful Austrian pianist and professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz .

Life

Markus Schirmer attended the Academic Gymnasium Graz as a student . His German teacher was the writer , poet and philosopher Alfred Kolleritsch . Schirmer passed his school leaving examination in 1981. He then studied piano a. a. with Rudolf Kehrer , Karl-Heinz Kämmerling , Paul Badura-Skoda and Doris Wolf.

He appears on the most important concert platforms and festivals: Wiener Musikverein & Konzerthaus , Herkulessaal & Philharmonie / Munich, Suntory Hall / Tokyo, Wigmore Hall / London, Gewandhaus / Leipzig, Rudolfinum / Prague, Konzerthaus Berlin , Megaron / Athens, Finlandia-Halle / Helsinki, Teatro Teresa Carreño / Carracas, Victoria Hall / Geneva, Teatro Olimpico / Vicenza, Festival international de piano "La Roque d´Antheron", Rheingau Music Festival , Schubertiade , Bregenz Festival , Ruhr Piano Festival , Styriarte , Lucerne Festival , Mondseetage, IGNM World music festival and much more

Schirmer works with major orchestras and conductors, such as B. Vienna Philharmonic , English Chamber Orchestra , Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra , Mariinsky Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchester de la Suisse Romande , Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna , Munich, Leipzig, Czech Philharmonic , Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev , Sir Neville Marriner , Lord Yehudi Menuhin , Jukka-Pekka Saraste , Michael Gielen , Philippe Entremont , Sir Charles Mackerras , Pinchas Steinberg, John Axelrod, Fabio Luisi , Roy Goodman or Philippe Jordan .

He is particularly enthusiastic about Schubert , but also about rarities such as Britten's ironic piano concerto, the transcendent works of Szymanowski or the Apostle's “Kubiniana”. Chamber music plays a major role in his work. He plays with Julian Rachlin, Renaud Capuçon , Clemens Hagen, Christian Altenburger , Danjulo Ishizaka , Patrick Demenga, the Artis Quartet , the Auryn Quartet , the Chilingirian quartet, the Gaede Trio and others. v. a.

Markus Schirmer wrote numerous songs over the years, including for the Portuguese-Australian singer Sandra Pires, who lives in Vienna . He is also dedicated to artistic projects such as “Scurdia”, a crossover partnership initiated by Schirmer in 1998 with the Kurdish lute player Risgar Koshnaw and other international artists.

Schirmer is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , where he has been leading a piano concert class since 2000 and is also a juror at various international piano competitions. He is also involved in “Live Music Now”, a project that was launched by Yehudi Menuhin to promote musical talent.

Awards

For his unusual artistic versatility, Markus Schirmer received the "Music Manual Award" at the international music fair EUROMUSIC. In 2004 he received one of the most prestigious awards for an Austrian artist in the form of the “ Karl Böhm Interpretation Prize ”. For his first CD with Schubert sonatas, he received the “German Record Critics' Award”. Other awards for his recordings include the “Supersonic award” Luxembourg ( Pizzicato ) or the Ö1-Pasticciopreis.

In 2014 he was awarded the Great Josef Krainer Prize .

repertoire

Orchestral concerts

  • WA Mozart: Piano concertos: Kv 271 (E flat major), Kv 365 (E flat major, 2 pianos), Kv 414 (A major), Kv 459 (F major), Kv 466 (D minor), Kv 467 (C major), Kv 482 (E flat major), Kv 488 (A major), Kv 491 (C minor), Kv 503 (C major), Kv 537 (D major), Kv 595 (B. -Major)
  • K. Ditters v. Dittersdorf: Piano Concerto in A major
  • L. v. Beethoven: All 5 piano concertos, triple concert, choral fantasy
  • F. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (E flat major), Dance of Death (Danse macabre)
  • F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Piano Concertos No. 1 (G minor, op.25), No. 2 (D minor, op.40)
  • R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
  • E. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
  • J. Brahms: Piano Concertos No. 1 (D minor), No. 2 (B flat major)
  • PI Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (B flat minor)
  • S. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (C minor)
  • S. Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 1 (D flat major), Piano Concerto No. 3 (C major)
  • M. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
  • J. Marx: Castelli Romani for piano and orchestra (from autumn 2010)
  • G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue
  • F. Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos (D minor)
  • A. Honegger: Concertino
  • B. Britten: Piano Concerto
  • L. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 for piano and orchestra - "The Age of Anxiety"
  • I. Stravinsky: Capriccio for piano and orchestra
  • PP Palsson: Capriccio serioso (1996) for piano and orchestra

Discography

  • "The Mozart Sessions", piano concertos KV 414, KV 415, church sonata KV 336 - with A Far Cry chamber orchestra; Paladino Music 0038
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 27 No. 1; op. 27 no. 2 ("Mondschein"), op. 49 no. 1; op. 49 No. 2; 2 small sonatinas in G and F; Tacet 2011, T 194
  • "Pictures & Reflections" (Maurice Ravel "Miroirs", Modest Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition"); Tacet 2005, T 132
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Early Piano Sonatas, op. 13 “Pathetique”; op. 2 no. 2 and op. 2 no. 3; Tacet 2003, T 128
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31 No. 1, Op. 31 No. 3 and Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Tacet 2008, T 173
  • WA Mozart: The piano quartets; Tacet 2002 (CD: No. 116, DVD: No. D116)
  • Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas D625 in F minor, D 845 in A minor; Lotus Records (LR 9414CD)
  • Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1; Lotus Records (LR 9517CD)
  • Markus Schirmer & Wolfram Berger "Angels in the head"
  • Scurdia - Markus Schirmer & Friends: United live; Lotus Records 2011 (LR 10931CD)

Projects

  • Angel in the head

Together with the Graz actor Wolfram Berger, Schirmer designed the cabaret program “Angels in the Head”, a collage of shaking rhymes, pop songs, folk songs and nursery rhymes.

  • Scurdia

"Scurdia" is an improvisation project that unites extraordinary musicians from all parts of the world on one stage and is able to release new artistic and creative energies by bridging the gap between the most diverse cultures. Among others, the internationally renowned guitarist and native Venezuelan Arnoldo Moreno, Ismael Barrios, who worked as a percussionist for Opus , EAV , STS , the German flautist Reinhard Grube and keyboardist Franz Kreimer from the Ausseer Hardbradlers will be there .

  • The 7 deadly sins

Kurt Weill's “The 7 Deadly Sins” in a version for voice and solo piano arranged by Schirmer with the US singer and actress Helen Schneider .

Web links

Commons : Markus Schirmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SCURDIA - Markus Schirmer & Friends. In: 3sat.de. Retrieved December 27, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Author and editor Alfred Kolleritsch tot. Orf.at, May 29, 2020, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ orf.at - Josef Krainer Prize for Schirmer and Silberschneider . Article dated March 17, 2014, accessed August 14, 2015.

Other sources

personal data
SURNAME Schirmer, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz