Herbert Schuch, instrumental soloist
Herbert Schuch was born in Temesvar (Romania) in
1979. After early piano lessons in his home town, he emigrated with his family
in 1988 to Germany,
where he now lives. He continued his musical studies with Kurt Hantsch and then
with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In the recent past Herbert Schuch
has been particularly influenced by his encounters and work with Alfred
Brendel. He attracted international attention when he won three important piano
competitions - the Casagrande competition, the London International Piano
Competition and the International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna - within the space
of a single year.
Since then he has worked with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Camerata Salzburg, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Orchestre National de Lille, Dresdner Philharmonie, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, the radio symphony orchestras of hr, MDR, WDR and NDR Hannover, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, and Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. He is a regular guest at festivals such as Kissinger Sommer, Rheingau Musik Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Salzburger Festspiele, and the Musikfest Stuttgart. He collaborates with conductors Pierre Boulez, Andrey Boreyko, Douglas Boyd, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Olari Elts, Lawrence Foster, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Jesús López Cobos, Jun Märkl, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jonathan Nott, Markus Poschner, Alexander Vedernikov, and Lothar Zagrosek.
Highlights of Herbert Schuch’s 2012/2013 season include a tour with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michel Tabachnik in November, concerts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jun Märkl and his recital debut in the Philharmonie Berlin as well as concerts in New York, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and at the Kissinger Sommer with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag conducted by Lawrence Foster.
His interest in chamber music, stimulated by his childhood training on the violin, is something he shares with such musicians as Adrian Brendel, Mirijam Contzen, Veronika Eberle, Julia Fischer, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Sebastian Klinger, Alina Pogostkin and Martin Spangenberg. After standing in at short notice at the 2010 Festival, Herbert Schuch was invited to perform at the opening concert of this year's Salzburg Festival, where he appeared with such musicians as Renaud Capuçon, Antoine Tamestit, Clemens Hagen, Magali Mosnier, Albrecht Mayer, Martin Grubinger and Sebastian Manz.
The OehmsClassics label has now released six albums with Herbert Schuch, in which the pianist dedicates himself to his prime interests: Schumann, Ravel and Schubert recur in his concept albums - such as "Nachtstücke" (night pieces) and "Sehnsuchtswalzer" (waltzes of yearning) - along with Holliger and Lachenmann. A CD released in November 2012 features him in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto coupled with the Piano Concerto by Viktor Ullmann, together with the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Olari Elts. Herbert Schuch’s current chamber music CD featuring quintets for piano and winds by Beethoven and Mozart has recently won the ECHO Klassik Award in the category chamber music recording of the year.
Alongside his concert work, Herbert Schuch has been active for some time in the "Rhapsody in School" organization founded by Lars Vogt, which is committed to bringing classical music into schools.
Since then he has worked with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Camerata Salzburg, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Orchestre National de Lille, Dresdner Philharmonie, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, the radio symphony orchestras of hr, MDR, WDR and NDR Hannover, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, and Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. He is a regular guest at festivals such as Kissinger Sommer, Rheingau Musik Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Salzburger Festspiele, and the Musikfest Stuttgart. He collaborates with conductors Pierre Boulez, Andrey Boreyko, Douglas Boyd, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Olari Elts, Lawrence Foster, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Jesús López Cobos, Jun Märkl, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jonathan Nott, Markus Poschner, Alexander Vedernikov, and Lothar Zagrosek.
Highlights of Herbert Schuch’s 2012/2013 season include a tour with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michel Tabachnik in November, concerts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jun Märkl and his recital debut in the Philharmonie Berlin as well as concerts in New York, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and at the Kissinger Sommer with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag conducted by Lawrence Foster.
His interest in chamber music, stimulated by his childhood training on the violin, is something he shares with such musicians as Adrian Brendel, Mirijam Contzen, Veronika Eberle, Julia Fischer, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Sebastian Klinger, Alina Pogostkin and Martin Spangenberg. After standing in at short notice at the 2010 Festival, Herbert Schuch was invited to perform at the opening concert of this year's Salzburg Festival, where he appeared with such musicians as Renaud Capuçon, Antoine Tamestit, Clemens Hagen, Magali Mosnier, Albrecht Mayer, Martin Grubinger and Sebastian Manz.
The OehmsClassics label has now released six albums with Herbert Schuch, in which the pianist dedicates himself to his prime interests: Schumann, Ravel and Schubert recur in his concept albums - such as "Nachtstücke" (night pieces) and "Sehnsuchtswalzer" (waltzes of yearning) - along with Holliger and Lachenmann. A CD released in November 2012 features him in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto coupled with the Piano Concerto by Viktor Ullmann, together with the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Olari Elts. Herbert Schuch’s current chamber music CD featuring quintets for piano and winds by Beethoven and Mozart has recently won the ECHO Klassik Award in the category chamber music recording of the year.
Alongside his concert work, Herbert Schuch has been active for some time in the "Rhapsody in School" organization founded by Lars Vogt, which is committed to bringing classical music into schools.
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