Matthias Kirschnereit

Born in 1962

https://www.matthias-kirschnereit.de/

Vgl. https://www.matthias-kirschnereit.de/en/

Short biography

„According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Matthias Kirschnereit is a "poet on piano". Wherever he performs, audiences are captivated by his talent and his ability to convey with his music a wealth of emotions and narrative expression that are so uniquely human. His current CD "Concertant," which includes the complete works by Robert Schumann for piano and orchestra, was enthusiastically received by the trade press. Matthias Kirschnereit has performed with leading orchestras around the world, such as  the  Tonhalle  Orchestra  Zurich,  the  Het  Residentie  Orkest  Den  Haag,  the  St. Petersburger  Philharmonic,  the  SWR  Symphony  Orchestra  Stuttgart,  the  Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Camerata Salzburg and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. In the 2019/20 season, he will debut with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. He has worked together with the  conductors  Hartmut  Haenchen,  Marcus  Bosch,  Christopher  Hogwood,  Andrew Manze, Sándor Végh, Michael Sanderling,Frank Beermann, Alexander Liebreich, Yuri Temirkanov and Alondra de la Parra. Among his chamber music partners are Christian Tetzlaff,  Carolin  Widmann,  Sharon  Kam,  Alban  Gerhardt,  Lena  Neudauer,  Daniel Müller-Schott, Julian Steckel, Felix Klieser and NilsMönkemeyer. An extensive discography documents Matthias Kirschnereit's work since 1989. His complete recordings of the piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart set new standards, and for the world premiere of the restored version of the piano concertoin E minor by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, he received the prestigious German music awardECHO Klassik. But Kirschnereit devotes himself to unusual repertoire as well –he has for example made recordings of the piano concertos by Julius Röntgen and Handel's Organ concerts with his own arrangement for piano. "Kirschnereit deserves all  the  praises  coming  to  him  these  days!"acclaimed  the  London  Gramophone Magazine about his solo CDs with piano works from Robert Schumann ("Scenes") and Franz Schubert ("Wanderer Fantasy"). "Unrivaled," called Fono Forum his CD "Lieder ohne Worte." The recording was a novelty, because Kirschnereit was the first who united all of the "Songs without Words"piano piecesby the siblings Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy  and  Fanny  Hensel. His  Brahms  album  "FAE -Frei  aber  einsam"  was awarded  "best  Brahms  recording  of  the  year"  by  the  West  German  Broadcasting institution WDR. Since  2012,  Matthias  Kirschnereit  has  been  the  artistic  director  of  the“Gezeitenkonzerte”  [Tidal  Concerts].Every year,  numerous  artists  of  international stature accept his invitation to East Frisia to the delight of an ever-growing audience. As professor at the Rostock University of Music and Theater, he is able to share his experience  and  artistic  ideals  with  the next  generation  of  musicians.  Furthermore, Kirschnereit is also committed to the initiatives "Rhapsody in School" and the cultural project TONALi“

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CD-Recordings of works by Schumann:

Robert Schumann concertant
Matthias Kirschnereit, piano
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
Audio CD
Berlin Classics
Released: 2019

Portrait
Matthias Kirschnereit, piano
Romantische Klavierstücke
Works by:
Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann
Audio CD
Berlin Classics
Released: 2016

Robert Schumann
Szenen
Matthias Kirschnereit, piano
Scenen für Klavier
Robert Schumann
Audio CD
Berlin Classics
Released: 2010