Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff was a German pianist and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, recording the complete sonatas of both composers. He is considered to have been one of the chief exponents of the Germanic tradition during the 20th century and one of the greatest pianists of all time.
The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (German: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest university school of music in Germany.
Michael Endres is a German pianist.
August Joseph Norbert Burgmüller was a distinguished German composer, renowned for his contributions during the nascent stages of the Romantic Era. His oeuvre, albeit cut tragically short due to his untimely drowning at the age of 26, continues to resonate in the annals of classical music.
The Robert Schumann Hochschule is a school for music studies at the university level located in Düsseldorf. The University has a student body of some 850 coming from over 40 countries. Forty-seven full-time and part-time faculty and 200 associate professors (People) provide individualized instruction.
Alwin Georg Kulenkampff-Post (23 January 1898 – 4 October 1948) was a German virtuoso violinist. One of the most popular German concert violinists of the 1930s and 1940s, he was considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century.
Julius August Philipp Spitta was a German music historian and musicologist best known for his 1873 biography of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Florian Uhlig is a German classical pianist.
Boris Cepeda is a German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat.
Andreas Boyde is a German pianist.
Karl (Rudolf) Engel was a Swiss pianist.
Evgeni Bozhanov is a Bulgarian pianist who trained with Evgeny Zhelyazkov at the National School of Arts "Prof. Vesselin Stoyanov" in Rousse (Bulgaria). From 2001 to 2006, he studied with Boris Bloch at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and from 2006 he continued his studies with Georg Friedrich Schenck at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.
Tobias Koch is a German pianist.
Sebastian Peschko was a German classical pianist, specialized in the art form of lieder. He was accompanist to some of the foremost lyrical singers of the 20th century.
Mungonzazal Janshindulam, also known as "Mungo", was a Mongolian pianist and music teacher who lived and taught until her death in Düsseldorf and Dortmund, Germany. She was the first Mongolian pianist to have widespread European fame and won multiple piano competition awards. It is unknown how she died.
Konrad Jarnot is an English baritone who works in opera and oratorio and is a notable performer of Lieder. He is a professor at the Robert Schumann Hochschule.
Evgeny Konnov is a Russian pianist. He is the winner of many competitions, the most important of them: 2018 first prize and public prize at the 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, 2019 first prize and public prize at the 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition in Seregno, 2020 first prize at the 14th Unisa International Piano Competition in South Africa. In the season 2020/2021 he was an artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg. His debut album was released by Naxos in 2022 with piano sonatas by the Catalan composer Antonio Soler and was highly acclaimed by the international press.
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy is a German classical pianist and professor of piano.
Günter Ludwig is a German pianist.
Franz-Josef Birk is a German classical pianist and music producer.
