Jörg Demus

Jörg Demus is an extremely regarded pianist and among the finest of accompanists. He’s noted for merging a basically Intimate sound and consistent with a pastime in historic key pad interpretation and early model pianos. He moved into the Vienna Academy of Music at age 11, where he researched piano and performing, graduating in 1945. He continuing to study performing with Josef Krips and Hans Swarowsky, while also acquiring structure classes. He produced his debut being a pianist at age 14, while still students on the Conservatory. From 1951-1953, he was a pupil of Yves Nat in Paris. In 1953, he went to get better at classes with Gieseking in Saarbrücken, and researched interpretation additional with Wilhelm Kempff, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Edwin Fischer. He produced his debut as an adult musician in Vienna in 1953. In 1956, he earned the Busoni Award from the International Competition for Pianists. He taken care of a notable single career, specifically for personal interpretations of Bach and versatile, colourful renditions of Debussy. He was also reputable for the primary type of German piano music from Mozart to Schumann, as well as for his shows from the piano music of César Franck. He was a receiver of the Beethoven Band as well as the Mozart Medal of Vienna. He was a delicate accompanist and caused singers of the best caliber, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Diskau. His edition of Schubert’s Winterreise, with Fischer-Dieskau, could very well be probably the most critically acclaimed of most recordings of the great song routine. He also followed violinists (Josef Suk, for example) and cellists (Antonio Janigro). He occasionally shows up in piano duet and two-piano concerts with Paul Badura-Skoda, who stocks Demus’ desire for older keyboard devices. Demus acquired many notable types of early devices, including harpsichords and pianos by Broadwood, Clements, and Conrad Graf, and offers recorded suitable music to them. He in addition has authored many essays, a reserve on interpretation, and, as co-author with Badura-Skoda, an evaluation from the Beethoven piano sonatas. Afterwards releases offering him on piano included Mozart: Lieder (2006), Primeval Noises (2007), and Haydn: Full Songs (2009).