Category: PianoDocs

Krzysztof Komeda

Krzysztof Komeda

Krzysztof Komeda (born Krzysztof Trzciński; April 27, 1931 in Poznań – April 23, 1969 in Warsaw) was a Polish jazz pianist and composer of jazz and film music of international renown. According to Jan Wróblewski, Komeda occupies a similar musical rank in Poland to Chopin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NnFPllvyh8 In his youth, he received piano lessons in Ostrów Wielkopolski (German: Ostrowo), where he lived from 1946 to 1951. Later, he became a student at the Conservatory in Read more [...]
Reinhold Merten

Reinhold Merten

Reinhold Merten dirigiert 1926 bei einer Radio-Liveübetragung Bild © hr-Archiv Reinhold Adolf Merten (June 6, 1894 in Wiesbaden; August 19, 1943 in Munich[1][2]) was a German conductor and physician. Coming from a family of musicians, Merten initially attended the conservatory in Wiesbaden, but then studied medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, and served as a medical officer in World War I. After the war, he received Read more [...]
Elisa Kafritsas

Elisa Kafritsas

My name is Elisa, named after Beethoven's "Für Elise," a piece my mother loved. I started piano lessons at the age of 6, supported by my Korean mother and Sicilian father, and music has always been a big part of my life. After studying dentistry 🦷 and working as a dentist, I returned to the piano in 2020 after a 21-year hiatus.🎹🎵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FsY9IvdUSI Elisa Kafritsas played her debut piano concerto at the age of 7, won prizes at the "Jugend musiziert" Read more [...]
Jürgen Jage

Jürgen Jage

Jürgen Jage comes from a musical family in Berlin; his father was a pianist. Most recently, he worked as a professor of anesthesiology at the University Medical Center Mainz. Since his retirement, he has devoted himself intensively to piano music. He continues his studies at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz and enjoys giving concerts, often in social institutions such as retirement homes. Jürgen Jage plays works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms, whose compositions Read more [...]
Peter Menger

Peter Menger

We are Deborah and Peter Menger, and we met in a choir in 1995. It's only fitting that we've been making music together for many years. We perform in choirs, bands, other vocal ensembles, and as a duo in Germany and internationally. For the past 12 years, we've enjoyed making music together, especially with our four children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxFTWGyYyN0 Since 2016, we have been leading the Hüttenberg Children's Choir together with a great team and a fantastic manager. Read more [...]
Arthur Wolff

Arthur Wolff

Personendaten name:Wolff, Arthurborn:28. Febr. 1885 Guttentag (Oberschlesien)/Dobrodzień, Deutschland/heute: Polendied:23. Dez. 1945 Shanghai, Chinamother:Eugenie Wolff, geb. Straßmann (gest. vor 1939)father:Berthold Wolff (gest. vor 1939), Dr., Arztmatrimony∞ 23. Dez. 1916 Berlin Elisabeth Wolff, geb. Heine (geb. 13. Okt. 1889), Exil 1939 in Shanghaimother language:Germannationality:deutsch, 1941? staatenlosgrave:Shanghai Berufe/Tätigkeiten overview:doctor, conductor, pianist, Read more [...]
Jean Faber

Jean Faber

Die einzige Quelle in der Gegenwart | The only source of the presence ca. 1870 - 1948 Jean Faber was most likely born in the 1870s. He studied medicine and worked as a practicing surgeon, but was also interested in music and gave informative lectures about musicians, including Beethoven. He also performed as a pianist at a Beethoven celebration, specifically in Beethoven's Trio in E-flat major for violin, cello, and piano.3 He also acted as a piano accompanist at other concerts. He was married Read more [...]
Lukas Nowak

Lukas Nowak

Lukas Nowak began playing the piano at the age of 6. At 14, he switched to the organ and received church music training from Helmut Kickton. He also learned the piccolo and guitar and acquired basic proficiency in horn and percussion. As a student, he wrote, among other works, choral and poem settings, a four-movement symphony, and a tone poem for organ and large orchestra ("The Prophecy of the Messiah," premiered in 2004). He also worked as a choir director until he began his career. Since Read more [...]
Christoph Schreiber

Christoph Schreiber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sv4YmSIWdg Founded in 1998, the Piano Salon Christophori in the listed Uferhallen in Berlin's Gesundbrunnen district is a gem for piano lovers and those who aspire to become one. Solo, chamber, and jazz concerts with exquisite programs take place almost daily in the former tram depot, which salon founder Christoph Schreiber also uses as a workshop for the restoration of historic grand pianos. Numerous individual parts from the instruments adorn the walls of Read more [...]
Carl Firle

Carl Firle

In addition to regular benefit concerts with piano solo programs, I am dedicated to musicians' medicine. Since 2019, I have been a board member of the German Society for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqxj4FvM1c&list=PL9BqxpzYJAh4oraHi8ZIPRD5DpKqS-3jQ https://www.carl-firle.eu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Q_zXF1QSU&list=PL9BqxpzYJAh7qJcBK7OKfCqyZQ9xytuBY&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/@carlf3940 Read more [...]