Severin von Eckardstein (born 1 August 1978) is a German classical

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

. He was born in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

, and took his first piano lessons when he was six years old. At the age of 12, he was accepted into a young-talent class at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. During his school years, von Eckardstein continued his piano studies in Hannover and in Salzburg with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. After his graduation, he attended the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

to take lessons from

Klaus Hellwig Klaus Hellwig (born 3 August 1941) is a German pianist and academic teacher. Life and career Born in Essen,Axel Schniederjürgen (publisher): ''Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch''. 5th edition de Gruyter, 2006, Hellwig studied with Detlef Kraus in ...

. In 2000, he made a strong impression at the

Leeds International Pianoforte Competition The Leeds International Piano Competition, informally known as The Leeds and formerly the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, is an international piano competition which takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It ...

: he was placed third. After receiving his degree in 2002, he continued his studies at the International Piano Academy Lake Como, in Italy. He won the 2003

Queen Elisabeth Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition (, ) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (1876–1 ...

in Brussels, Belgium.Notes_Fall03
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External links

Severin von Eckardstein home page

References

1978 births Musicians from Düsseldorf German male classical pianists Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition José Iturbi International Piano Competition prize-winners Living people 21st-century German classical pianists 21st-century German male musicians Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition Berlin University of the Arts alumni Robert Schumann Hochschule alumni {{classical-pianist-stub