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Michael Korstick was born on 30 April, 1955 in Germany, is a German pianist. Discover Michael Korstick's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 30 April 1955
Birthday 30 April
Birthplace Germany
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1955

Michael Korstick (born April 30, 1955 in Cologne, Germany) is a German pianist.

Korstick received his first piano lessons at the age of 9 and was first prize winner of the "Jugend musiziert" competition in Cologne at the age of 11.

1974

After graduating from high school he entered the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne as a student of Jürgen Tröster, and in 1974 he became a student of Hans Leygraf in Hanover.

In the same year he took master classes from the Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva and subsequently worked with her on several occasions.

1975

He made his formal concert début in Cologne in 1975, performing Beethoven's sonatas op.106 and op.111.

1976

In 1976 Korstick went to the United States to continue his studies at The Juilliard School in New York City where he was a scholarship student of Sascha Gorodnitzki until 1983.

He spent several summers at the Aspen Music Festival and School as a student of Jeaneane Dowis.

1983

After winning the Competition of German Music Council, he returned to Germany in 1983 to start his concert career.

Critics have called Korstick "one of the most important Beethoven performers of our time" (Audiophile, Fono Forum).

His repertoire consists of more than 120 works for piano and orchestra and a large number of solo works from all periods, including the complete sonatas of Beethoven.

On his worldwide concert tours he has given cyclical performances of the piano concerti of Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Bartók, and Prokofiev.

2003

His 2003 recording of Beethoven's Sonata op.106 ("Hammerklavier") has been the subject of feature articles in Die Zeit and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

2005

He has been the recipient of Germany's Echo Klassik prize in 2005, the MIDEM Classical Award Cannes in 2009, as well as of seven "Awards of the German Record Critics", most recently in February 2022.

He was also the recipient of the Special Achievement Award at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2022.

2009

Jürgen Otten included him in his 2009 standard work Die großen Pianisten der Gegenwart (The Great Pianists of Our Time) as one of four German pianists.

In Ingo Harden and Gregor Willmes' Pianisten Profile (Pianist Profiles) his playing is described to be of "overwhelming intensity".

2012

Korstick has made more than 60 CD recordings so far, among them most notably Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas (the complete edition was released in 2012).

2014

From 2014 to 2022 he was full professor of piano performance at Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Austria.