Thorsten Larbig

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Thorsten Larbig (* 1964 in Fulda ) is a German pianist and painter.

He had been taking piano lessons since he was eight and was a winner of the 1982 youth music competition . After studying school music at the Musikhochschule in Heidelberg-Mannheim , he was trained as a concert pianist at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule with Ute Starke and Irina Lein-Edelstein (chamber music and song studies with Charles Spencer and Rainer Hoffmann) and completed his studies in 1995 the concert exam. Since then he has accompanied singers such as Scot Weir , Ruth Ziesak , Karl Markus and Margarete Joswig . Thorsten Larbig has been intensively involved for years as an accompanist, arranger and composer in the chanson and cabaret area . He has been the stage partner of Jo van Nelsen , Alix Dudel and Sabine Fischmann for many years .

Recordings

  • 1993: “Mörike settings by Hugo Wolf” with Scot Weir
  • 1994: "Schubert: Lieder nach Mayrhofer" with Scot Weir
  • 1999: "Music in the Goethe House", songs from Himmel, Schröter, Eberwein a. a. with singing students from the music academies in Weimar and Frankfurt
  • 2000: “Shakespeare songs”, songs by Haydn, Quilter, Gurney, Warlock, Argento, Korngold, Fortner and Strauss with Gabriele Hierdeis
  • 2002: "I hate music" American songs of the 20th century by L. Bernstein, A. Copland, J. Cage, S. Sondheim a. a .; with Gabriele Hierdeis, soprano
  • 2003: “Adorno's role models”: songs by G. Mahler, R. Wagner, A. Schönberg, A. Berg and A. Webern. With Gabriele Hierdeis, soprano
  • 2004: Cabaret-Chanson-Jazz

Jazz discography

Larbig has so far released three CD releases with their own improvisations on jazz tracks:

  • 1990: "So close to you"
  • 1995: "Until now"
  • 1999: "After Midnight"

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personal data
SURNAME Larbig, Thorsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda