Gottlieb Wallisch, Piano
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Born into a family of musicians, he received his first piano lessons at the age of four. At the age of six and half, he began his studies as the then youngest student at the Vienna University of Music. Pupil of eminent teachers, such as Heinz Medjimorec, Pascal Devoyon or Jacques Rouvier, Gottlieb Wallisch has won top-prizes in International Piano Competitions (The Stravinsky Awards, USA – 1st prize and „Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich“; finalist of the Queen-Elisabeth-Competition 1999 and the Concours Clara Haskil 2005). A concert in 1996 under the baton of Lord Yehudi Menuhin was the starting point of Gottlieb Wallisch’s international career. Since then, the Viennese musician has been performing with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Camerata Salzburg under distinguished conductors (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sir Neville Marriner, Lawrence Foster, Dennis Russell Davies, Christopher Hogwood, Walter Weller, Matthias Bamert) and appearing at leading festivals and in major concert-halls around the world (Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall, Queen-Elizabeth-Hall London, Tonhalle Zurich, Musikhalle Hamburg, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Singapore Arts Festival...). He gave recitals for the international “Rising Stars”-series and currently presents a concert-series dedicated to Haydn’s bi-centenary at the Vienna Musikverein. His CD-releases include Schubert- and Scarlatti-Piano Sonatas for “Naxos” as well as the world-premiere-recording of Eric Zeisl’s Piano Concerto for “cpo”. He has just signed a contract with LINN Records and his CD Mozart in Vienna will be issued in fall 2010. Besides his soloistic activities Gottlieb Wallisch is a passionate performer of chamber music and teaches master-classes at universities worldwide. |
