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Markus Hinterhäuser

p, *1958 AT, La Spezia
Singer / Musician / Composer of Classical

Markus Hinterhäuser (born 30 March 1958 in La Spezia, Italy) is an Austrian pianist and the current Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival. He studied music at the Vienna Conservatory under Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg under Oleg Maisenberg. As a chamber musician, he has performed with several notable performers, including the Arditti Quartet and singer Brigitte Fassbaender. As a piano soloist he is particularly known for his performances of the works of the Second Viennese School and 20th century works by composers like John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Galina Ustvolskaya. Since 2006 he has served as the Concert Director of the Salzburg Festival; a post he is scheduled to leave after the 2011 summer festival.

     
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Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Arr. for Piano and Soprano by Max Wolff): III. Beim Schlafengehen on Laws of Solitude. Strauss: Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss & Asmik Grigorian
Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Arr. for Piano and Soprano by Max Wolff): I. Frühling on Laws of Solitude. Strauss: Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss & Asmik Grigorian
Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Arr. for Piano and Soprano by Max Wolff): II. September on Laws of Solitude. Strauss: Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss & Asmik Grigorian
Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Arr. for Piano and Soprano by Max Wolff): IV. Im Abendrot on Laws of Solitude. Strauss: Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss & Asmik Grigorian
Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90: II. Meine Rose on Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder by Robert Schumann, Matthias Goerne & Markus Hinterhäuser
A Room on Works for Prepared Piano by John Cage & Markus Hinterhäuser
Myrthen, Op. 25: No.24. Du bist wie eine Blume on Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder by Robert Schumann, Matthias Goerne & Markus Hinterhäuser
Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90: VII. Requiem on Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder by Robert Schumann, Matthias Goerne & Markus Hinterhäuser
Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90: V. Einsamkeit on Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder by Robert Schumann, Matthias Goerne & Markus Hinterhäuser
Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90: III. Kommen und Scheiden on Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder by Robert Schumann, Matthias Goerne & Markus Hinterhäuser

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Einsamkeit: Schumann LiederRobert Schumann, Matthias Goerne, Markus Hinterhäuser2017Album
UntitledGalina Ustvolskaya - Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Markus Hinterhäuser / Reto Bieri2014Album
A Pierre. Dell’azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum / …Sofferte Onde Serene… / Omaggio A György Kurtág / Con Luigi DallapiccolaLuigi Nono - Markus Hinterhäuser, Susanne Otto, Les Percussions De Strasbourg, Ensemble Experimental, Detlef Heusinger, EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR2012Album
Quattro Illustrazioni / Suite No. 8 'Bot-Ba' / Cinque IncantesimiGiacinto Scelsi - Markus Hinterhäuser2003Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Markus Hinterhäuser1993Album
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