Prof. Birgitta Wollenweber

  • Born near Cologne, Germany
  • From 1981 to 1990, piano studies at University of Music Detmold with Prof. Renate Kretschmar-Fischer, graduation with Konzertexamen
  • From 1988 to 1989, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship at Royal College of Music in London with Peter Wallfish
  • International concert performances at piano recitals, chamber music concerts and orchestra concerts
  • Invitations to festivals including Rheinisches Musikfest, International Music Festival Dinu Lipatti, Sinaia/Rumania, Kunstfest Weimar, International Beethoven Festival Bonn, Klaviersommer at Beethovenhaus Bonn, Festival de Flandre (Belgium), Rheingau Music Festival and International Chamber Music Festival "La Musica" Florida
  • Collaboration as chamber musician with Hartmut Rohde, Michael Sanderling, Matthias Wollong, Stephan Picard, Stephan Forck, Francois Benda, Frank Forst, Michael Faust, Gregor Witt and Michael Denhoff amongst others
  • Studio and concert recordings for Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandfunk, Radio Bremen, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
  • CD recording “Variationen”, further CDs with works by Julius Weismann, Carl Loewe, Georg von Albrecht, Salomon Jadassohn, Joseph Joachim, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Florent Schmitt, Felix Draeseke and Michael Denhoff
  • Winner of the Chopin Competition in Cologne and Darmstadt, Joy Scott Prize of the Royal College of Music, and GEDOK Association of the Federation of Women Artists and Art Friends Prize, distinguished at Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and the German Music Competition
  • Selected for "Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler" by German Music Council 1991
  • Leading master courses in Germany and abroad
  • Since 2003, Professor for Piano and since 2014, Head of Course for Piano at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
  • From September 2014 till May 2015, Professor Birgitta Wollenweber  – who was the School’s First Vice President  – has also performed the duties of President.

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