Wolfram Lorenzen
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Wolfram Lorenzen is a German pianist.
Wolfram Lorenzen studied with Klaus Linder, Ludwig Hoffmann, Paul Badura-Skoda and participated in masterclasses held by Wilhelm Kempff, amon others. He has won many important international music competitions (Monza, Vercelli, Senigalla a.o.).
In 1982 he was awarded first prize at the Sixth International Piano Competition in Montevideo
, Uruguay
. Since then, numerous concert tours have led him to all countries over the world.
He has appeared with well-known orchestras and renowned conductors, performing seventy different piano
concertos as well as an extensive solo repertoire and some four hundred chamber music works.
Wolfram Lorenzen is a regular guest in the broadcasting studios of German-speaking countries and regions as well as at many festivals.
He has collaborated for many years with both the clarinetist Sabine Meyer and the flutist Peter-Lukas Graf.
Together with the violinist Renate Eggebrecht and the Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet, Lorenzen has recorded the Max Reger
Chamber Music Edition on three CDs. In 1998 he presented the world premiere CD recording of the autograph fair copy of the piano cycle Das Jahr ("The Year") by Fanny Mendelssohn
Hensel.
Two CD recordings with works by Robert Schumann
and Clara Schumann
were released in 2006 and 2010.
Wolfram Lorenzen studied with Klaus Linder, Ludwig Hoffmann, Paul Badura-Skoda and participated in masterclasses held by Wilhelm Kempff, amon others. He has won many important international music competitions (Monza, Vercelli, Senigalla a.o.).
In 1982 he was awarded first prize at the Sixth International Piano Competition in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. Since then, numerous concert tours have led him to all countries over the world.
He has appeared with well-known orchestras and renowned conductors, performing seventy different piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
concertos as well as an extensive solo repertoire and some four hundred chamber music works.
Wolfram Lorenzen is a regular guest in the broadcasting studios of German-speaking countries and regions as well as at many festivals.
He has collaborated for many years with both the clarinetist Sabine Meyer and the flutist Peter-Lukas Graf.
Together with the violinist Renate Eggebrecht and the Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet, Lorenzen has recorded the Max Reger
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
Chamber Music Edition on three CDs. In 1998 he presented the world premiere CD recording of the autograph fair copy of the piano cycle Das Jahr ("The Year") by Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn , later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn...
Hensel.
Two CD recordings with works by Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
and Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
were released in 2006 and 2010.
Recordings
- Robert Schumann, Faschingsschwank op. 26, Fantasiebilder op. 12, Symphonische Etüden op. 13, 2006. Abegg Variations op. 1, Novelettes op. 21, 2010.
- Clara Schumann, Sonata g-minor (1841), 2010
- Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, "Das Jahr", 12 Character Pieces for Fortepiano after the illustrated fair copy of 1842, Piano pieces in C major and A flat major, 1998
- Max Reger, Violin Sonata op. 72 (Renate Eggebrecht, violin), Piano Quintet op. 64, Piano Trio op. 102, Piano Quartets opp. 113 und 133 (Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet), 1996–98
- Max Reger, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op. 114 , Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Conductor Reinhard Petersen (1910)
- Max Reger, Sonatinas op. 89 no. 1 & 3 (1905-1908), Five Humoresques op. 20 (1898), Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Joh. Seb. Bach op. 81 (1904), 2010
- Béla Bartók, Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra op. 1 (1904), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Conductor Jiri Starek, 2010
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Capriccio brillant for Piano and Orchestra op. 22 (1832), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Conductor Ernest Bour, 2010
External links
- Wolfram Lorenzen at the "Next Generation III" Festival in Harenberg / Germany
- http://www.troubadisc.de/templates/tyBA_standard_level2.php?topic=Wolfram_Lorenzen