Florian Uhlig is a German pianist.

Life

Florian Uhlig gave his first solo recital at the age of twelve. He studied with Peter Feuchtwanger and continued his studies at the Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...

 and at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...

 in London where he now resides.

Uhlig made his orchestral debut at the Barbican in London in 1997. Since then he has appeared with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...

, Munich Symphony Orchestra

Munich Symphony Orchestra

The Munich Symphony Orchestra is a German orchestra based in Munich. Kurt Graunke founded the orchestra as the Graunke Symphony Orchestra in 1945. The orchestra acquired its current name in 1990...

, Bayrischer Rundfunk Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Vienna Chamber Orchestra

The Vienna Chamber Orchestra is an Austrian chamber orchestra based at the Vienna Konzerthaus....

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In addition to his work as a soloist, Florian Uhlig is a chamber musician and vocal accompanist. He was the last partner of baritone Hermann Prey

Hermann Prey

Hermann Prey was a German lyric baritone. He is most famous for lieder and for light comic baritone roles in opera.-Biography:...

 and has also collaborated with actors Christoph Bantzer

Christoph Bantzer

Christoph Bantzer is a German television actor.His younger brother Claus Bantzer is a composer and musician.- External links :*...

, Cornelia Froboess

Cornelia Froboess

Cornelia Froboess is a German actress and a teen idol of the 1950s and early 1960s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many musical films, especially after the rock and roll wave had hit Germany...

 and Gudrun Landgrebe

Gudrun Landgrebe

Gudrun Landgrebe is a German actress.Landgrebe was born in Göttingen, grew up in Bochum, and attended theatre school in Cologne from 1968 until 1971. In 1971 she made her debut at Stadttheater Bielefeld. She also appeared in Heimat as the character Klärchen Sisse...

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Uhlig has recently recorded the complete works for piano and orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....

. He has given masterclasses and lectures at the Royal College of Music, London, the Kwangju Art University, South Korea, the Conservatoire de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and the Universities of Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Discography

J.S. Bach Brandenburgisches Konzert No.5 quartz (QTZ2047), 2006

The Piano Music of Bernard Stevens Dutton Epoch (CDLX 7160), 2005

Dmitri Shostakovich - Works for Piano and Orchestra Hänssler Classic (CD 93.113), 2004

Musik zu Sisi's Hochzeit 1854 EMI Classics (EMI 7243 557826 2 5), 2004

Gustav Mahler Real Sound (RS 052-0107), 2002

Venezia Black Box Music (BBM 1054), 2000

Original und Fälschung SWR / Uracant (HMT 97001), 1998

Schumann und die Sonate, Vol I Hänssler CD 98.603, 2010

External links

• Florian Uhlig's Homepage