Gerhard Oppitz

Gerhard Oppitz is really a German pianist with an unusually wide repertory, encompassing not just a huge selection of traditional works — the entire result of Brahms and Grieg, and entire chunks of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel, Liszt, and von Weber — but additionally a large part of the present day repertory, including functions by Boulez, Henze, Ligeti, Messiaen, among others. He in addition has been prolific within the documenting studio with many multi-disc pieces of music by Brahms, Grieg, and Beethoven, and a multitude of specific CDs and different recordings regarding accompaniment in chamber music and music. And in addition, the gifted Oppitz is normally multi-lingual, with fluency in seven dialects, and includes a interest for flying, frequently taking his airplane to concert locales. Oppitz was created within the Bavarian city of Frauenau on Feb 5, 1953. He started playing the piano at age five and by 11 provided his first open public concert, a meeting went to by Paul Buck, teacher of piano on the Stuttgart Musikhochschule. Oppitz after that examined with Buck in Stuttgart and afterwards with Hugo Steurer in Munich. In 1973 Oppitz fulfilled renowned German pianist Wilhelm Kempff, who became a coach. From professional classes held by Kempff in Positano, Italy, Oppitz recognized he gained dear interpretive insights in to the piano functions of Beethoven. In 1977 Oppitz gained first prize within the Artur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv, the very first German pianist to do this difference. Four years afterwards, Oppitz was called music professor on the Munich Musikhochschule, getting, at 28, the youngest musician ever appointed towards the faculty. By this time around his career being a soloist was completely swing, with performances at most esteemed recital halls with main Western european orchestras and conductors. His initial recordings now had been drawing critical compliment and getting a wide market. Over the following 2 decades Oppitz set up an international popularity among the most talented and flexible pianists prior to the open public. He has documented for a number of brands, including Tudor and Bayer, but most prominently for RCA and Hanssler Classics. In 2004 RCA released a compilation by Oppitz of the entire solo functions of Grieg, and adopted the next yr with the entire solo result of Brahms. By 2006, Oppitz was nearing conclusion of a routine from the Beethoven piano sonatas within the Hanssler Classics label.