Alexander Lonquich

Lonquich Alexander ( born August 8, 1960 in Trier ) is a German pianist. In his generation, he is one of the most important interpreters of classical and contemporary piano literature.

Life and work

The son of German composer Heinz Martin Lonquich studied piano with Astrid Schmid- Neuhaus, Paul Badura- Skoda, Andrzej Jasinski and Ilona Deckers. At age 16, he won first prize at the Concorso Internazionale Pianistico Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, which was founded in 1966 in Terni, Italy. He then began an intensive international career as a soloist and chamber musician and played under the baton of conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Heinz Holliger, Ton Koopman, Emmanuel Krivine, Mark Minkowski, Kurt Sanderling and Sándor Végh with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Düsseldorf Symphony, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. A long-standing, documented by several CD recordings co- unites him with Frank Peter Zimmermann. For his involvement caused a stir at the premiere of folded, a " choreographic concerto" by Sasha Waltz and Mark Andre, with the International Mozarteum Foundation opened its Mozart Week 2012. Here he met again with Carolin Widmann, with whom he had interpreted in 2008 at the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps. About the 2012 published Schubert recording with the violinist said Lonquich that often is not clear which instrument the lead role zukomme: "As an ongoing shift of weight that almost reminds me of Ligeti accomplished. Particularly fascinating for our interaction in a duet it is that we must follow in the same direction each other, but never allowed to come too close to us is. We need to develop a common breath and at the same time maintain our autonomy. "

Lonquich has performed at all the major European festivals as well as guest performances in Japan, the U.S. and Australia not only as a soloist, but also in the dual role as conductor / soloist with orchestras such as the Camerata Salzburg, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He is also a chamber music partner of fellow artists such as the Auryn Quartet, Carolin Widmann and Frank Peter Zimmermann.

Discography (selection)

• 2004 Alexander Lonquich Plainte Calme, ECM
• 2008 Alexander Lonquich, Robert Schumann / Heinz Holliger, ECM
• 2011 Alexander Lonquich Mozart. German Dances KV 571, among other things, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Orfeo International Music
• 2012 Carolin Widmann, Alexander Lonquich, Franz Schubert. Fantasy C-Dur/Rondo h-Moll/Sonate a major, ECM