ArtistInfo

Franz Hummel

p, *1939 DE
Musician / Composer of Classical

Franz Hummel (born 2 January 1939) is a German composer and pianist.From his youth, Hummel was interested in music and, in particular, the works of Richard Strauss, Eugen Papst and Hans Knappertsbusch. In Munich and Salzburg he studied both composition and piano. He became a virtuoso pianist and travelled across Europe performing, and making 60 recordings of, much of the standard repertoire of classical, romantic and contemporary piano music before. In the 1970s he ceased to publicly perform as a pianist choosing, instead, to concentrate on composition. Since then his operas, symphonies, ballets, concerti and chamber works have been performed, many times, in even the most renowned concert halls and opera houses of Europe.

Instruments

• Piano
• Organ

Genres

• Classical
• Soundtrack
• Electronic
• Jazz

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