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As one of the most interesting pianists
of the young Austrian piano generation, Christopher Hinterhuber
has given solo recital and chamber music performances in concert
halls such as the Wiener Konzerthaus and Musikverein, the Philharmonie
Gasteig in Munich, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, the Mozarteum in Salzburg,
the Musikhalle Hamburg, the Gewandhaus Leipzig and the Casals Hall
in Tokyo and as "Rising Star" 2002/3 in the international
series at the Carnegie Hall, New York, Athens Concert Hall, Palais
des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall,
London Konserthus Stockholm; Festspielhaus Baden-Baden; Symphony
Hall Birmingham; Musikverein Wien, Mozarteum Salzburg and the Philharmonie
in Cologne.
His debut concert with orchestra (Rachmaninow 2nd Concerto) at the
Musikverein in Vienna took place under the baton of Yakov Kreizberg
in March 1999. He has received numerous invitations to prestigous
festivals such as the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Carinthian Summer
in Ossiach, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, the Klangbogen Festival
in Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg or the International
Chamber Music Festival in Kyoto.
He studied with Axel Papenberg, Rudolf Kehrer, Heinz Medjimorec
and Avo Kouyoumdjian at the Universiy for Music and Performing Arts
in Vienna. In 2000 he made his Piano Masters degree with a performance
of the Goldberg variations and the maximum of points. He acquired
additional artistic input from Lazar Berman, Alexander Longquich
and Louis Lortie at the Accademia Pianistica in Imola, Italy as
well as from Oleg Maisenberg, Murray Perahia and Dimitri Bashkirow
by the attendance of masterclasses.
He was top-prizewinner in the international competitions "J.S.Bach"
in Leipzig, "J.S.Bach" in Saarbrücken, in the Unisa
International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, the Geza
Anda Competition , Zurich 2000 and the 11th International Beethoven
Competition in Vienna 2001.
Christopher Hinterhuber has appeared as a soloist with with conducters
as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Peter Oundjian, Bruno Weil, Howard Griffiths
and Dennis Russel-Davies among others performing with with members
of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vienna, the Vienna and Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra Philharmonique
de Luxembourg , the MDR Orchestra Leipzig, the Mozarteum Orchestra
Salzburg, the Slovenian Philharmonic, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,
the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the New Arts Philharmonia Orchestra
and others.
He has made several CD Recordings, the recordings of keyboard works
by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (2004) and Piano Concertos by Ferdinand
Ries with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (2005) on NAXOS were
highly acclaimed by international critics. Since winter 2005 he
is teaching piano at the University for Music and performing Arts
in Vienna.
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