Moritz Winkelmann

Moritz Winkelmann – Prize Winner at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn and one of the most expressive pianists and of his generation – is performing around the globe and has performed with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, the New York Classical Players, the Lower Saxony State Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestras of Cologne and Kurpfalz and the Peabody Symphony among others. He shared the stage with illustrious musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Helmut Lachenmann and the Quatuor Ébène. On his permanent musical journey, his musicianship has been described as ”powerful, capable of the most profound sincerity“ and ”full of soul.“ His victory at the Richard-Laugs-Beethoven-Competition led to his debut performance at the Rheingau Festival. International appearances included Carnegie Hall New York, Beethovenhalle Bonn, Slovac Philharmonic Hall in Bratislava, Rosengarten Mannheim, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Munetsugu Hall Nagoya, and Beethovenhaus Bonn. Moritz Winkelmann toured Europe, the United States, China and Japan and appeared at the prestigious Schwetzingen, Schleswig-Holstein and Ravinia festivals. Moritz Winkelmann is a student of the legendary Leon Fleisher. He is now working with young artists himself at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, and he is leading his own concert series Klassik im Klösterle.