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Andreas Klein (born March 17, 1949) is a German concert pianist. He is known for his
Early Life[edit]
Klein was born in Berlin, Germany. He started playing the piano at the age of five (CONFIRM?), and soon after was recognized as a child prodigy (DETAILS). In (YEAR), he moved to New York City to study with Claudio Arrau and Nikita Magaloff at the Julliard School. After graduating in (YEAR), he moved to Fort Worth to teach music at Texas Christian University while building his concert career.
He completed a doctorate in music at Rice University in 1989, in Houston, Texas. His dissertation "The Chopin Etudes: An indispensable pedagogical tool for developing piano technique" can be found in the libraries of the Chopin Society in Vienna and Leipzig, as well as at the electronic library at Rice University.
Career[edit]
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As a soloist, Andreas Klein has performed at London's Wigmore Hall (WHEN, WHAT), the Berlin Philharmonic (WHEN, WHAT), New York's Carnegie Hall (WHEN, WHAT) and Alice Tully Hall (WHEN, WHAT) and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (WHEN, WHAT).
He has toured Europe, the Middle East and the United States, appearing on major concert series in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Cleveland, Houston and Seattle. The Tagesspiegel wrote of his concert with the Berlin Philharmoniker playing Mozart's Concerto KV459, "Humorous flamboyancy and impeccable technique, grace, melodious sound and plenty of brilliance." (WHEN? ARTICLE?)
He is represented by Marianne Schmocker Artists International
He has appeared with the Berlin Symphony and Radio Orchestras (CHECK NAME/LINK), the Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Halle Orchestra and Carl Philip Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra in Frankfurt. The late Beethoven Sonata Recital in Dresden was broadcast nationwide by MDR Radio (WHEN?).
Andreas Klein was the soloist with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists (WHEN?) with Mozart Concerti for 20 performances, including Mexico City in El Centro Historico and the Sala Nezahualcóyotl, California's Stanford University, Krannert Center, Palm Beach, Boston, and at the Newman Center in Denver the concert was filmed.
He toured with the Lucerne Festival Strings (WHEN?) appearing at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Kennedy Center in DC, Spivey Hall, Atlanta, Wortham Center in Houston, and Mechanics Hall near Boston. Other appearances (WHEN?) included the Oregon Mozart Players, the Virginia, Knoxville, Evansville, Green Bay, Springfield, Missouri, Santa Fe, West Virginia, Key West, the Atlantic Classical and Valdosta Symphonies.
During the 2008/09 season he toured with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists for the second time, performing Beethoven's own version for string orchestra of the 4th piano concerto in San Diego, Salt Lake City and Thomasville.
Andreas Klein has been heard frequently on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" (WHEN?), was featured on American Public Radio's "St. Paul Sunday" (WHEN?), a live video broadcast on WGBH Boston (WHEN?), and at KUHF Houston (WHEN?). PBS aired "Intermezzo with Andreas Klein" (WHEN?).
Discography[edit]
Andreas Klein has released three CD recordings. "Piano Sonatas" (Eroica label) (WHEN?) includes the following 4 sonatas:
- Sonata in A minor, KV 310 by W.A. Mozart
- Sonatine by Maurice Ravel
- Sonata No. 3, by Sergei Prokofieff
- Sonata in F minor, op. 5, by Johannes Brahms
"Beethoven Berg" (Eroica label) (WHEN?) includes the following 3 sonatas:
- Sonata in E Major, op. 109, by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata in A Major, op. 101, by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata, 0pus 1, by Alban A. Berg
"Dancing Through Time," (Eroica label, October 20, 1998) includes 9 tracks:
- 1 French Suite, for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 (BC L23), by Johann Sebastian Bach
- 2 Papillons (Butterflies) for piano, Op. 2, by Robert Schumann
- 3 Polonaise for piano No. 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155, by Fryderyk Chopin
- 4 Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano No. 6 in D flat major, S. 244/6 (LW A132/6), by Franz Liszt
- 5 Ritual Fire Dance, for orchestra (from "El Amor brujo"), by Manuel de Falla
- 6 Danzas argentinas, 3 pieces for piano, Op. 2, by Alberto Ginastera
- 7 Tango, for piano, by Igor Stravinsky
- 8 Preludes (3) for piano, by George Gershwin
- 9 Dance Improvisations (3) for piano, by Walter Gieseking
"Dancing Through Time" was featured in a two-hour special edition of "The Piano Bench" on KUHF Radio, Houston (WHEN?). Andreas Klein recorded seldom performed works by Busoni, Ginastera and Stravinsky for the Archives of The Deutschland Sender and DS Kultur Radio in Berlin (WHEN?). A "Musician's Portrait" was filmed for ORB TV in Berlin (WHEN?).
The New York Times has called him "A fascinating artist with all the indispensable qualities: temperament, taste, touch, tone, the four Ts of pianism" and "A pianist who makes silences sound like music"(WHEN? ARTICLE?)