Artists

He discovered his passion for chamber music and vocal accompaniment during his studies in Dresden at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, and focused on these genres since fleeing the former German Democratic Republic in 1989. From 1997, Vienna has been the musical home of the pianist. He was the artistic partner of Siegfried Jerusalem and has accompanied a host of renowned singers, including Diana Damrau, Edita Gruberová, Günther Groissböck, Robert Holl and Marlis Petersen. He has performed at many major concert venues, among them the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Musikverein Vienna, Semperoper Dresden, Philharmonie Berlin, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Carnegie Hall and La Scala Milan, and is a frequent guest at international festivals such as Klangbogen-Festival at Theater an der Wien, Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, Salzburg Festival and Münchner Opernfestspiele.