Justus Zeyen

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Justus Zeyen (born 9 June 1963) is a German pianist and accompanist.

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Life

Born in Kiel, Zeyen first received violin and piano lessons (among others) with Cord Garben). In 1980, he successfully participated in the national competition Jugend musiziert and received a scholarship of the Richard Wagner Foundation in 1982 and 1986. After graduating from the Kieler Gelehrtenschule  [ de ] in 1982, [1] he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Martin Dörrie, Karl Engel and Bernhardt Ebert. In addition, he took courses with Erik Werba and Hartmut Höll. [2]

Zeyen's musical focus lies in chamber music. He gives concerts worldwide as a soloist, but above all as a lieder pianist. Prominent accompanists have included Juliane Banse, Christiane Iven, Sibylla Rubens, Doris Soffel, Siegfried Lorenz, Michael Schade and Bernd Weikl as well as the choirs of the Bavarian and South German Radio. Numerous recordings and radio broadcasts complement his musical work. Since the first joint concerts at the Kremerata Musica in Lockenhaus in Burgenland in 1994, Justus Zeyen has worked regularly with Thomas Quasthoff. Measha Brueggergosman has himself accompanied by Justus Zeyen in song recitals.

Among other things, Zeyen teaches correpetition at the music academy in Hannover. [3]

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  1. This statement and the previous ones: witnesses
  2. Thomas Quasthoff & Justus Zeyen on classicalsource
  3. Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover