Caroline Fischer (born April 4, 1984) is a

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. She has performed globally and has received numerous awards and prizes.

Musical education

Caroline Fischer received her first

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lessons from her mother at the age of three. At the age of nine, she enrolled in the Julius Stern Institute at the

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. She began her studies at the

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in Berlin when she was 16, and continued her studies at the

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in Germany, the

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in Switzerland, and the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

in Oslo, with the professors

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, Paul Dan, Georg Sava,

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, and

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (born 25 April 1944) is a Norwegian classical pianist and musical pedagogue. Early life Steen-Nøkleberg was born in Østre Toten to farmer Jacob Steen-Nøkleberg and Signe Sveen. He has recorded more than fifty albums, ...

. She completed nine degrees (eight diplomas, one master's degree) including two Konzertexamen degrees. In addition to her musical career, Fischer studied cultural and media management at the

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as well as event management. Fischer speaks five languages: German, English, French, Korean, and Spanish.

Concert performances

Fischer has given numerous successful concerts in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States and has performed in major concert halls, such as the Philharmonie Berlin,

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New York, Konzerthaus Berlin,

Seoul Arts Center The Seoul Arts Center (SAC; ) is an arts complex in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea. It consists of five main buildings: the Opera House, with three auditoriums; the Music Hall, with two concert halls; the Hangaram Art Museum; the Hangaram D ...

, Musikhalle Hamburg, Gumho Art Hall Seoul, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall,

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, Xinghai Concert Hall, Ruhrfestspielhaus Recklinghausen, Theater Wolfsburg,

Woori Financial Art Hall Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium () located in the Olympic Park area of Seoul, South Korea. It was constructed between August 1984 and April 1986, and hosted the weightlifting at the 1986 Asian Games and two years later the same sport at 1988 Sum ...

Seoul, National Theatre Bangkok, Thailand Cultural Centre, Teatro Municipal de Las Condes Chile, Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, Wiener Musikverein and the

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. She has played as a soloist with the

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (''Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin'') is a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie. The orchestra has a ...

, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia, New Symphony Orchestra Berlin, New Philharmonie Westphalia, and at the International Steinway Piano Festival, EXPO Hanover and

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, Beethoven-Festival Bangkok, Korean Festival Seoul, and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Fischer gave concerts during the state visits of the former German Federal President

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to South Korea and Mongolia and performed in Bellevue Palace Berlin for former Federal Chancellor

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and Federal Chancellor

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Awards

Fischer has won 39 prizes and awards (first prizes, gold medals, audience awards) in national and international competitions:

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, International Steinway Piano Competition Berlin, International Queen Sophie Charlotte Competition, International Competition for Young People Berlin, Köster Classic Award-Klassik Radio Hamburg, Lions Club Mannheim Music Competition, Förderpreis Berliner Salon, Vienna Grand Prize Virtuoso, American Protégé International Concerto Competition, On Stage International Classical Music Competition, International Quebec Music Competition, Classic Superstar Award, and received 16 scholarships from renowned foundations: Konrad Adenauer Foundation,

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, Hans und Eugenia Jütting Foundation, Lutz-E. Adolf Foundation for highly gifted people, Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfonds, Franz Grothe Foundation, PE-Förderkreis, Gotthard Schierse Foundation, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now, etc.

Teaching activities

From 2010 to 2013, Fischer was the assistant piano teacher to Prof. Einar Steen-Nøkleberg at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and was appointed youngest visiting artist at the

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. She regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, South America and Asia.

Discography

* ''Caroline Fischer Piano'' (2006) * ''Lisztomagia'' (2009) * ''Pearls of Classical Music'' (2017) * ''Piano Passion'' (2017) * ''Magical Christmas Fantasies'' (2023) All CDs were released by GENUIN.

Other activities

In addition to her active performing career, Fischer is the chairwoman of the Kulturclub Berlin e.V. as well as the artistic director and organizer of the Rising Stars Grand Prix – International Music Competition Berlin, which is held in the Philharmonie Berlin.

Musical family tree

Caroline Fischer studied i.a. with Prof. Dan and Prof. Sava. Both were pupils of György Halmos, who studied with Emil von Sauer. He was a student of Franz Liszt. Liszt received piano lessons from Czerny who, in his own youth, had been a student of Beethoven and Hummel. Beethoven himself studied with Haydn.

References

External links

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