Pauline Gropp

Pauline Gropp is pianistin and soprano and arranger.

Pianist Pauline Gropp, born in 1995, received her first piano lessons at the age of 5 at the music school in Leichlingen. At the age of 15, Pauline was accepted as a young student at the “Pre-College Cologne” at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. There she studied under Prof. Josef Anton Scherrer. In 2013 she began her bachelor’s degree in piano at the Münster University of Music with Prof. Manja Lippert and successfully completed it in 2018. Pauline gained important musical inspiration by taking part in master classes with Prof. Manfred Aust, Prof. Burgoslav Jan Strobel and Prof. Friedrich Schenk. Pauline gained numerous concert experiences as a soloist and chamber musician in various cities in Germany and in many Dutch cities.

She has been awarded numerous prizes, including 1st prize at the Lions Music Competition, 3rd prize at the Van Bremen Piano Competition, a special prize from the German Music Life Foundation for outstanding achievements and a sponsorship prize and special prize at the Köthen National Bach Competition. She has also won numerous first prizes at the national level as a soloist and chamber musician at Jugend-musiziert.

One focus of her repertoire is song accompaniment. Together with her sister, Jana Gropp, a soprano, she regularly performs as a song duo and has successfully participated in various competitions. In 2013, for example, the two won the song prize at the Vocallis Academy Vaals under Robert Holl and Roger Braun.

Her passion for singing is also reflected in her own role as a singer. In the summer of 2017, Pauline played the role of Gianetta in Donizetti’s Elixir of Love at the Zwingenberg Castle Festival and also received a national award for her singing performance at Jugend Musiziert. Since 2018, she has also been studying singing at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf with Prof. Juliane Banse. She is also socially committed by regularly organizing benefit concerts for Unicef ​​and Doctors Without Borders, among others, together with other musicians. Since 2015, Pauline has been studying medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelm University in Münster in addition to her music studies.

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