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Christoph Wagner

Christoph Wagner

Few people know the musician Christoph Wagner. Anyone who listened to him improvise on the piano understood that it was this immediate proximity to music that motivated and drove him to create a science for musicians. Born on May 20, 1931, in Marburg, Christoph Wagner grew up in Weilburg/Lahn in a culturally diverse and stimulating home. Despite only sporadic piano lessons due to the war, the boy soprano developed into a sensitive pianist who mastered the great works of piano and violin literature. Read more [...]
Kwame Boaten

Kwame Boaten

Kwame is something quite unusual, a collaboration between an African trumpeter and metal musician (Kwame Boaten) and a Swedish guitarist who has previously devoted himself primarily to classical music (Carl Ljungström). They met a few years ago in a music student dormitory in London. This would be the beginning of "Volatile." On the album cover, I see a blurry image of a dark-haired guy with dreadlocks. Yes, I think it's another Swedish hip-hop artist hanging out with Ken and the guys. Oh, Read more [...]
Richard Bauer

Richard Bauer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGISleU-QnM Seine erste Liebe, sagt der heute (2025) 72-Jährige, war jedoch immer die Musik. Und das begann schon im Kindesalter. Wenn seine älteren Schwestern Klavierunterricht hatten, dann hörte er zu und spielte die Melodien später selbst nach – ohne Noten, nur nach Gehör. Aber auch an der Gitarre war Richard Bauer talentiert: Schon 1972 hatte er einen Auftritt in der Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, mit der damals in der Region bekannten Band „Studio Read more [...]
Krzysztof Komeda

Krzysztof Komeda

Krzysztof Komeda (born Krzysztof Trzciński; April 27, 1931 in Poznań – April 23, 1969 in Warsaw) was a Polish jazz pianist and composer of jazz and film music of international renown. According to Jan Wróblewski, Komeda occupies a similar musical rank in Poland to Chopin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NnFPllvyh8 In his youth, he received piano lessons in Ostrów Wielkopolski (German: Ostrowo), where he lived from 1946 to 1951. Later, he became a student at the Conservatory in Read more [...]
Elisa Kafritsas

Elisa Kafritsas

My name is Elisa, named after Beethoven's "Für Elise," a piece my mother loved. I started piano lessons at the age of 6, supported by my Korean mother and Sicilian father, and music has always been a big part of my life. After studying dentistry 🦷 and working as a dentist, I returned to the piano in 2020 after a 21-year hiatus.🎹🎵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FsY9IvdUSI Elisa Kafritsas played her debut piano concerto at the age of 7, won prizes at the "Jugend musiziert" Read more [...]
Peter Menger

Peter Menger

We are Deborah and Peter Menger, and we met in a choir in 1995. It's only fitting that we've been making music together for many years. We perform in choirs, bands, other vocal ensembles, and as a duo in Germany and internationally. For the past 12 years, we've enjoyed making music together, especially with our four children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxFTWGyYyN0 Since 2016, we have been leading the Hüttenberg Children's Choir together with a great team and a fantastic manager. Read more [...]
Arthur Wolff

Arthur Wolff

Personendaten name:Wolff, Arthurborn:28. Febr. 1885 Guttentag (Oberschlesien)/Dobrodzień, Deutschland/heute: Polendied:23. Dez. 1945 Shanghai, Chinamother:Eugenie Wolff, geb. Straßmann (gest. vor 1939)father:Berthold Wolff (gest. vor 1939), Dr., Arztmatrimony∞ 23. Dez. 1916 Berlin Elisabeth Wolff, geb. Heine (geb. 13. Okt. 1889), Exil 1939 in Shanghaimother language:Germannationality:deutsch, 1941? staatenlosgrave:Shanghai Berufe/Tätigkeiten overview:doctor, conductor, pianist, Read more [...]
Jean Faber

Jean Faber

Die einzige Quelle in der Gegenwart | The only source of the presence ca. 1870 - 1948 Jean Faber was most likely born in the 1870s. He studied medicine and worked as a practicing surgeon, but was also interested in music and gave informative lectures about musicians, including Beethoven. He also performed as a pianist at a Beethoven celebration, specifically in Beethoven's Trio in E-flat major for violin, cello, and piano.3 He also acted as a piano accompanist at other concerts. He was married Read more [...]
Lukas Nowak

Lukas Nowak

Lukas Nowak began playing the piano at the age of 6. At 14, he switched to the organ and received church music training from Helmut Kickton. He also learned the piccolo and guitar and acquired basic proficiency in horn and percussion. As a student, he wrote, among other works, choral and poem settings, a four-movement symphony, and a tone poem for organ and large orchestra ("The Prophecy of the Messiah," premiered in 2004). He also worked as a choir director until he began his career. Since Read more [...]
Georg Weidinger

Georg Weidinger

Since 1994, freelance composer and pianist, giving lectures on his own work and the Iannis Xenakis-Stochastics connection between scientific thought and composition, and lecturing on Traditional Chinese Medicine.Since 1996, practicing as a physician.In 1998, he founded the label "klaviermusik.at" and has released numerous CDs since then.In 2000, the CD "Vienna Concert 2000" was released by Extraplatte.Since 2002, he has had his own practice for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Vienna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0PqeUQI9KE 2004 Read more [...]