XXV International Masterclass for Pianists

Friday, 25 October 2019, 7.00pm, Literaturhaus Darmstadt. Carmen Piazzini opens the masterclass with a piano recital. Tickets at the door: €18 (concessions €13).

Sat 26 Oct to Fri 1 Nov 2019, daily 2.00pm – 8.30pm at the Literaturhaus Darmstadt.

Visitors welcome! Free entry for visitors.

Tutor

Prof. Carmen Piazzini

Prof. Carmen Piazzini comes from a well-known family of musicians in Buenos Aires. Concerts, radio and television appearances, records and CDs bear witness to her impressive career as a soloist, with a repertoire ranging from the Classical period to contemporary music. She has recorded more than 50 CDs, including complete recordings of Mozart (all piano sonatas and piano concertos), Beethoven (all piano concertos), Haydn (all piano sonatas) and Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Songs Without Words), as well as the rather less classical "Piazzini plays Piazzolla". Her latest CD features works by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms.

For many years she was Professor of Piano at the Karlsruhe University of Music. She currently teaches a piano class at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt and regularly gives masterclasses in Europe and South America.

In 1998, and again in 2009, Carmen Piazzini was awarded the Argentine Press Prize as best pianist. In 2001 she received the renowned Tortoni Prize, and in 2007 she was nominated for a Grammy together with Bernarda and Marcos Fink for their CD "Canciones Argentinas".