Till Fellner
Till Fellner (born 1972) is an Austrian pianist.
Biography
He was born in Vienna and studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Helene Sedo-Stadler, and later with Alfred Brendel, Meira Farkas, Oleg Maisenberg and Claus-Christian Schuster. He won first prize in the Clara Haskil International Competition in Vevey in 1993. He was awarded the Mozartinterpretationspreis of the Mozartgemeinde Wien in 1998.
In 2005 he took a three-month break after suffering from tinnitus which caused him to be hyper-sensitive to sound.[1]
His regular chamber music partners include cellist Heinrich Schiff, tenor Mark Padmore, and violinist Lisa Batiashvili and cellist Adrian Brendel in a piano trio.[1]
He has been critically praised for his performances of the standard baroque, classical, and romantic repertoire of music by Chopin, Schumann, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, and Schubert, as well as rarities such as the piano sonata of Julius Reubke.[2][3] He also performs music of the 2nd Viennese School of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern and the contemporary classical music of Heinz Holliger, Gyorgy Kurtag, Thomas Larcher, and Harrison Birtwistle, including some premieres.[1]
He is to perform Beethoven's complete piano concertos with Kent Nagano and the Montréal Symphony in 2008, and from 2008-2010 he is to perform a series of Beethoven's complete piano sonatas over seven concerts in New York, Tokyo, London, Paris, and Vienna.
Recordings
- Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D 935, Op. posth. 142; Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 25; Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'. EMI Austria, 567 7 54497 2 (1992)
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K 482 (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Uri Segal); Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K 511; Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1. Claves, CD 50-9328 (1994)
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner). Erato, 4509-98539-2 (1995)
- Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16; Julius Reubke: Sonata in B-flat minor. Erato, 0630-12710-2 (1996)
- Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D 784, Op. posth. 143; Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux, D 780, Op. 94; Schubert: 12 Grazer Walzer, D 924, Op. 91. Erato, 0630-17869-2 (1997)
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K 459; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K 503 (Camerata Academica Salzburg/Alexander Janiczek). Erato, 3984-23299-2 (1998)
- Beethoven: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Heinrich Schiff, cello). Philips, 462 601-2 (2000)
- J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869. ECM New Series, 1853/54 (2004)[4]
References
- ^ a b c Hearing Things. The Wrong Kind of Things. - David Mermelstein, New York Times
- ^ Pianist of Apollonian Finesse Finds His Inner Dionysus - Allan Kozinn, New York Times
- ^ A Pianist Returns, a Little Bit Shy, a Little Bit Sly - Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
- ^ The Well-Tempered, Soft-Spoken Clavier - Anthony Tommassini, New York Times
External links
- http://www.tillfellner.com/ - his website
- http://www.ingpen.co.uk/artist_detail.php?aid=71 - his agent