Bernd Glemser

Bernd Glemser is really a rare variety of pianist both in his phenomenally wide and eclectic repertory and in his seemingly ubiquitous existence within the concert stage. Certainly, and so very much about his profession appears worth the record books: he offers received outright or captured a reward in 17 consecutive worldwide contests since 1981 (so far as it really is known, this is the record!); in 1989 he became the youngest teacher to teach in a German university or college; in 1996 he was asked to become the very first traditional western musician to execute on live Chinese language tv (playing the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto); and he offers produced over 30 recordings, using the 1st appearing just in 1994. Glemser offers performed with main orchestras and conductors throughout European countries, Canada, the U.S., SOUTH USA, China, Japan, Australia, and somewhere else on the world. His repertory includes most main composers from J.S. Bach towards the moderns and consumes huge chunks of Schumann, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev. The majority of Glemser’s recordings have already been released on Naxos, with a few showing up on Oehms and Membran/NCA. Bernd Glemser was created in Dürbheim, Germany, in 1962. He examined piano in his youngsters, often vacationing on skis through large snow to consider lessons. Glemser became students from the Russian pianist Vitaly Margulis on the Musikhochschule in Freiburg. From his early pupil years he started qualifying for tournaments, including a few of the most esteemed, just like the Busoni, Cortot, Tchaikovsky, as well as the ARD. Gaining his professorship in 1989 on the Saarbrücken University of Music being a pianist still in his twenties, Glemser were able to maintain a dynamic concert profession in European countries. 1992 was a pivotal calendar year for him: Glemser was honored the Andor Foldes Award and also agreed upon a recording agreement with Naxos, his initial CDs not showing up, nevertheless, until 1994. Glemser would continue to receive vital acclaim and different awards for some of his recordings, especially for his group of Rachmaninov concertos (1998-2000) and Prokofiev piano sonatas (1994-2003). In a November 2000 concert portion within the 100th wedding anniversary festivities for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Glemser made an appearance using the feted ensemble under conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch within an acclaimed functionality from the Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto. In 2003 Glemser was presented with the Federal Combination of Merit with the German federal government. Among Glemser’s afterwards recordings may be the 2009 Oehms Compact disc of preludes and fugues by J.S. Bach and Shostakovich.