Wolfgang Manz
Pianist Wolfgang Manz has been a major presence on the concert scene of his native Germany since his student days in the 1980s. Manz was born in Düsseldorf in 1960 and attended the University of Music at Hannover, studying with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. Another important teacher was the Czech pianist Drahomir Toman, the pedagogical descendant of a piano line stretching back to Theodor Leschetizky. Manz won the Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize in Berlin in 1980 and won prizes at the Leeds Competition in 1981 and the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Belgium in 1983. An even more prestigious win was a jury discretionary award at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Texas in 1989. With these laurels in hand, Manz became a frequent guest with orchestras in both Germany and Britain such as the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, the English Chamber Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He played the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, at the Proms in 1984. He traveled even further afield as a recitalist, appearing at the Philharmonie halls in Berlin and Cologne, Lälz Hall in Hamburg, the Salzburg Festspielhaus, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, London's South Bank), Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Moscow Conservatory, the Municipal Theatre in Santiago, and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. After various guest professorships, he took a faculty position at the University of Music Nürnberg-Augsburg. He has also taught in South Korea, where several of his students have reached top levels at international competitions.
Manz has recorded for the Arte Nova, Telos, and Naxos labels. His Arte Nova debut in 1997 featured the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83, but 2000s releases have included rarer material. With pianist Rolf Plagge (as the Duo Reine Elisabeth) he recorded Liszt's two-piano version of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, for Telos in 2011. With violinist Reto Kuppel, Manz released a pair of albums in 2017 and 2018, devoted to the music of French singer and composer Pauline Viardot.
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Diskografie
9 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Méditation saxophone & piano
Wolfgang Manz / Jean-Pierre Rorive
Ambient - Erschienen bei Bayard Musique am 01.01.2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pauline Viardot: Violin Sonatina - Paul Viardot: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 14.07.2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 56
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Robert Cohen, Wolfgang Manz, English Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 09.09.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Paul & Pauline Viardot: Works for Violin & Piano
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 11.05.2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Piano Cto. No.2/Nänie
Klassik - Erschienen bei ARTE NOVA Classics am 10.01.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Honegger: Sonata for Viola & Piano, H 28 - Brahms: Sonata No. 1 & 2 for Viola & Piano, Op. 120
Klassik - Erschienen bei VDE-GALLO am 09.03.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26
Klassik - Erschienen bei SWR Mediaservices GmbH am 19.10.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Piano Cto. No.1/Schicksalslied
Klassik - Erschienen bei ARTE NOVA Classics am 10.01.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dohnànyi: String Quartet No. 2 in D-Flat Major & Piano Quintet in C Minor
Gabrieli String Quartet, Wolfgang Manz
Quartette - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.01.1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo