JOHANNA WIEDENBACH, PIANIST
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Johanna
Wiedenbach was born in 1953 in Seckenhausen near
Bremen and took her first piano lessons at 6
years old. Her talent was discovered and
developed by her teacher Uwe Gronostay and by
the age of 12 she was ready to join Marianne
Krasmann’s piano class at the Bremen
conservatory. She won a number of prizes and
scholarships (Edwin-Fischer-Fond, Oscar und Vera
Ritter-Stiftung) and received particular
attention with her debut as a 16 year old
soloist in Mozart’s Piano concerto (KV 271) in
the Bremer Rathaus and the following year
Chopin’s First piano concerto in the ‘Glocke’
(Orchester der Musikfreunde).
After leaving school, she began her studies at
the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
with Prof. Eliza Hansen, with whom she also
undertook her final concert exam.
During her studies she won the scholarship
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the
international competition “Interforum” in
Fertöd/Hungary which led to many concerts
and TV appearances both in Germany and abroad
(e.g. Festival Bordeaux, “Jonge mensen op het
concertpodium“). She also took part in a
masterclass in Positano/Italy from which began a
mentorship with Wilhelm Kempff.
She appeared numerous times in the Hamburger
Laeiszhalle with, among others, the NDR
Sinfonieorchester, the Hamburger Symphonikers,
the Hamburger Mozartorchester, the
Hamburger Jugendorchester, the ASJ Orchester and
in the Beethovenhalle, Bonn with the Chur
Cölnisches Orchester.
Since her youth she has also been in demand as a
chamber ensemble musician and accompanist. She
has recorded with the violinist Regine Borchert
(NDR Sinfonieorchester) and made a number of
appearances in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
with Florian Sonnleiter, Trefor Smith, Miriam
Sharoni and Claus Bantzer. As a soloist she has
been invited to perform many piano recitals at
e.g. Schloss Elmau, Schloss Etelsen, European
Foyer Luxembourg and Limassol/Cyprus. She also
worked with Matthias Wegner, Ulrich Tukur,
Dietmar Mues and Ulrich Wildgruber to create
readings with music at the Hamburger
Kammerspielen, at the Theater am Goetheplatz
Bremen and at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin.
Under the direction of Axel von Ambesser she
appeared in the film ‘Der Konsul’ alongside Gerd
Fröbe.
She has a long-standing connection playing with
church choirs such as St. Johannis Harvestehude
and St. Jacobi at Hamburg. Her love of church
music has inspired her to play both harpsichord
since her studies and the organ since 2006. She
currently performs song recitals with the tenor
Andreas
Preuß and is professor at the Hochschule
für Musik und Theater Hamburg and since 2007 has
also taught at the International College of
Music, Hamburg. |
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