Bernd Glemser

Bernd Glemser (born 1962, Dürbheim) is a German pianist. A student of Vitaly Margulis, in 1989 he became Germany's youngest piano professor at Saarbrücken's Musikhochschule.

Glemser has recorded major pieces by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Schumann, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky as well as pieces by Liszt, Tausig, Godowsky and Busoni. He has worked with numerous orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Conductors with whom he has collaborated include Herbert Blomstedt, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-whun Chung, Dmitri Kitayenko, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Muhai Tang, Franz Welser-Möst, Antoni Wit, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Eduard Topchjan, Mei-Ann Chen, Martin Panteleev, Alexei Kornienko, Nayden Todorov, Mateusz Molęda and Gabriel Feltz.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

In 2003 Glemser was decorated with the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

His recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 was featured in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3.

Record of piano prizes, incomplete
Year Competition Prize 1st prize winner / Ex-aequo with...
1983 María Canals, Barcelona 2nd prize 1st prize void / Kyoko Koyama
1984 Ferruccio Busoni, Bolzano 3rd prize Louis Lortie
1984 Mario Zanfi, Parma 1st prize
1985 Sydney International Piano Competition 2nd prize Du Ning-Wu
1986 Rina Sala Gallo, Monza 1st prize
1987 ARD, Munich 2nd prize 1st prize void / Ricardo Castro.
1987 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Santander 3rd prize
1988 Concours de Montreal 2nd prize Angela Chang
1992 Andor Földes Prize 1st prize
1993 European Pianists Prize 1st prize

References

  1. ^ a b "Bernd Glemser". Styriarte. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 – Bernd Glemser". Naxos. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Prince Rostislav". Naxos. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  4. ^ a b "World-famed pianist Bernd Glemser to perform in Armenia". PanARMENIAN.Net. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Beethoven Vier". Styriarte (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Tours and guest appearances 2024/25". Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  7. ^ "Biography". Nayden Todorov (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
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