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The English magazine "Gramophone" 12/05 reviws the NAXOS disc with Vol. I of the piano concertos by Ferdinand Ries: "Much of the credit for this recording's success is due to the verve and conviction of the soloist, whom I have not encountered before: austrian born and a pupil of Lazar Berman, among others. If Howard Shelley is the current undisputed master in this kind of repertoire, Hinterhuber comes not far behind. The New Zealanders provide keen and sympathetic support under Grodd and the recorded balance is exemplary. This distinguished release is completed by the booklet from Allan Badley, who also provided the performing edition of these delightful concertos. If these two world premiere recordings are anything to go by, the complete Ries for piano and orchestra promised by Naxos will be a most welcome addition to the catalog." (Jeremy Nicholas).

Christopher Hinterhuber will be present as guest on 19th may 2005 12:05 a.m. at "Rubato" in Radio Stephansdom.

NAXOS plans to release the CD Piano Concertos by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Uwe Grodd for the end of 2005. Click to hear an excerpt from the first movement of Concerto No.8 in A flat "Gruss an den Rhein" (1826). This is an un-edited run-through. With kind permission from NAXOS Records. (approx. 12 MB - Windows Media Player). And here you can find an interview with Uwe Grodd and Christopher Hinterhuber, which was broadcasted on Concert FM, a network of Radio New Zealand, with Charlotte Wilson. (approx. 17 MB - Windows Media Player).

Read the review in the Washington Post of the recital in Washington D.C., october 17th.

Read the article in the official Musikverein Magazin here (Recital November 19th 2002, Musikverein, Vienna).

From July 27th to August 7th as one of 20 internationally selected pianists participation at the Festival and Piano Competition 'Paloma O'Shea', Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria in Santander, Spain (www.albeniz.com). Artists included: the Ysaye quartet, London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

A new CD-Recording with Rico Gulda, 4 hands piano works by Franz Schubert for the NAXOS Label is scheduled for the end of May, to be recorded in the Alte Reitschule in Schloss Grafenegg, Austria. This production is devoted to the memory of our friend Michael Badura-Skoda, who died in October 2001.

2002/03 Recitals for the "Rising Stars" series with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin will take place:

Carnegie Hall, New York
Athens Concert Hall
Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Konserthus Stockholm
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Symphony Hall Birmingham
Mozarteum Salzburg
Musikverein Wien
Kölner Philharmonie
Wigmore Hall, London

For August 2002 Invitation to the International Piano Festival in Bucaramanga, Colombia and jury-member at the National Piano Competition.

The CD recording with works by Bach, Haydn Liszt, Strawinsky and Rachmaninow ist available at Gramola am Graben, 1010 Vienna and Austrian Record Shops.

On June 13th 2001 Christopher Hinterhuber won the 2nd prize and the Klemens-Kramert-Special prize at the 11th International Beethoven-Competition in Vienna. The final took place at the Großer Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, with the Radio Sinfonie Orchestra Vienna and conductor Dennis Russell-Davies.

On november 14th at the Vienna Konzerthaus the "Galapremiere" of the austrian-french movie "The Piano Player" after the novel of Elfriede Jelinek with I. Huppert, A. Girardot and B. Magimel by M. Haneke will take place. Christopher Hinterhuber played in this in Cannes 2001 prize winning movie Piano music by Schubert Schönberg and Rachmaninow.