Born in 1972, Florian Wiek was scholarship-holder of

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in Mainz from 1994 to 1997 where he performed chamber music with leading German musicians like

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, Wolfgang Gaag and Rainer Moog. Together with his partner Justus Grimm, Wiek was elected for the 44th and 46th 'Bundesauswahl junger Künstler' in Germany and played a large number of sonata recitals. In 2001 Wiek played Schumann's

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in concert together with the violinist

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, among others. In October 2004 he became professor for piano and

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at the

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. Moreover, he had collaborated with his Master Classes in

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project.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiek, Florian German pianists Living people 1972 births Academic staff of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart 21st-century pianists