Christopher Hinterhuber piano masterclass at Liszt Academy

Dates: 

3rd of December, 10:00-12:00, Main building, Solti Hall - Mandatory participation for piano majors. Mandatory participation for piano majors!

3rd of December: 14:00-18:00 Old Academy, Chamber Hall

4th of December 9:00-11:00; 12:00-15:00 Old Academy, Chamber Hall

Participation and registration:

Active participants: BA, MA, part-time students of the Liszt Academy, students of the Exceptional Talent Training and doctoral students are eligible to apply as active participants.

Application deadline: 25th of November

The list of active participants will be posted on the Liszt Academy website a few days before the course.

Passive participants: only students and teachers of the Liszt Academy, the Bartók Conservatoire and the Exceptional Talent Training Programme are eligible to participate. Pre-registration is not required.

You can prove your participation in the course by signing the attendance form.

Participants: all piano students.

At the request of Dr. Gábor Farkas, Head of the Department, all piano students are required to attend the Solti Hall lecture on 3 December, 10:00-12:00. Please arrive at this event 15 minutes prior to the course so that everyone has time to sign the attendance sheet.

Christopher Hinterhuber is an internationally celebrated pianist whose award-winning recordings—praised by Fono Forum as “one of the most fascinating piano albums of the year” and chosen as Gramophone’s “Editor’s Choice”—have established him as one of Austria’s leading musicians. His discography for major labels such as Sony Classical and Naxos showcases his range, including the highly acclaimed 5-CD series of Ferdinand Ries’s piano concertos. Hinterhuber’s artistic path was shaped through studies in Vienna and at the Accademia Pianistica in Imola under masters like Lazar Berman and Leonid Margarius. Among the most prestigious competitions he won are the Bach Competition in Leipzig, the Geza Anda Competition in Zurich, and the Beethoven Competition in Vienna. He has performed at world-renowned festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein and the Ruhr Piano Festival, collaborated with conductors like Vladimir Ashkenazy and Yakov Kreizberg, and played with major orchestras including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Alongside his international concert career, he is also a dedicated chamber musician with the Altenberg Trio Vienna and serves as a professor, and Associate Head of Department at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.