Falko Steinbach, Pianist
born 1957 in Aachen, had his concert debut at the age of twelve. His first teacher was Grete Selle. After receiving a first prize in the piano-competition Jugend Musiziert, he began his studies at the Music Conservatory of Cologne as a Special Student with Tiny Wirtz. He graduated cum laude and finished his studies in Cologne with a doctorate.
A DAAD scholarship of the German government rounded off his Advanced Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Falko Steinbach has taken international master classes in Switzerland, Austria, England and Germany with Prof. Tatjana Nikolajewa and Peter Feuchtwanger (solo-playing) as well as Lied-accompaniment with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He has performed in various important International Festivals and can be heard regularly in concert in Germany and abroad. Besides a DAAD scholarship of the German government, he received a Grant from the Stiftung Kunst und Kultur
Of the state NRW to produce two CD`s and most recently a Grant of the University of New Mexico to translate his book Klaviertechnisches Kompendium. Several years he was chair of Klang Koeln, an association for contemporary music in Cologne/Germany.
His repertory reaches from Bach to contemporary classical music. New Music is one of Falko Steinbach`s special interests, which he ever more frequently is opening to new audiences in the form of lecture concerts. He has premiered a number of works in this genre (e.g. by Paul Dessau, Thomas Reiner, Stefan Thomas, Kurt Schwaen, Oliver Trötschel), some of which have been dedicated to him.
Falko Steinbach has done numerous recording for compact disc (7 CD`s), radio, video and television. Among them a benefit DC with works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Bartók whose proceeds got to the Casa Alianza-Children`s Aid of Guatemala and amnesty international. His most recent CD (six take) includes pieces by renowned contemporary German composers and presents Steinbach as a composer.
Since August 1999, Falko Steinbach has been Assistant Professor for Piano as the University Of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
The Press
Steinbach plays like the composer he is, with a strong narrative sense and informed structural grasp. His approach resembles that of pianists like Alfred Brendel and Maurizio Pollini, who submerge themselves in the composer`s intention, going deep into the score.
Joanne Hoover, Albuquerque Journal
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