Alexander Schimpf

www.alexander-schimpf.de

Round One Performance

Semi-Final Round Performance

Alexander Schimpf, winner of the Mixon First Prize and the Audience Prize at the
2011 Cleveland International Piano Competition.
[Photo by Roger Mastroianni]

Born in Gottingen, Germany in 1981, Alexander Schimpf initially studied piano with Wolfgang Manz in Hannover, and subsequently attended the Musikhochschule Dresden with Winfried Apel and later the Musikhochschule Wurzburg with Bernd Glemser.  Pianists Ceclile Ousset and Janina Fialkowska also played an important role in his artistic development.

In addition to the Cleveland Competition, Mr. Schimpf won First Prize at the 2008 German Music Competition in the solo piano category, as well as the 2009 Beethoven Competition in Vienna.  He was awarded the Audience Prize by vote of those in attendance at the final round of the Cleveland Competition.

Mr. Schimpf has performed with numerous orchestras in Germany, as well as the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in Austria and The Cleveland Orchestra in the final round of the Cleveland Competition.  He has performed in recital throughout Germany, including Munich, Lubeck, Bonn, Hannover, Oberstdorf, heidelberg, and the Elmau Castle in Bavaria.  Mr. Schimpf also has performed recitals in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, England, and South America. 

His concert performances have been recorded by the German broadcasters BR, NDR and SWR, Austria's ORF, Radio France, and others.  His first CD, released in June 2010, was co-produced by Deutschlandradio Kultur and GENUIN.  A second Recording, including works by Ravel, Scriabin, and Schubert, will be recorded in March 2012.