Benyamin Nuss

Benyamin Nuss ( born June 20, 1989 in Bergisch Gladbach ) is a German pianist.

Life

As a six- year-old son of trombonist Ludwig Nuss and nephew of jazz pianist Hubert Nuss received his first piano lessons and was promoted in the piano workshop of Viktor Langemann in Erftstadt. From 2004 Nut was informed by the concert pianist Andreas Frölich in Bonn and joined in 2006 as a young student to Ilya Scheps at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Department of Aachen, where he continued his studies in piano major upon completion of the baccalaureate. In addition, he attended courses at Ragna Schirmer, Ilana Shapira Marinescu and Anatol Ugorski.

His success enabled nut 2005 with the NRW Youth Orchestra under Hermann Bäumer to perform the first piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven. In addition, he led his concerts in the Laeiszhalle and the Cologne Philharmonie. Since 2006 he has been a fellow of the Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken Foundation and gave piano recitals and concerts with orchestras in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as with the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra. In the fall of 2008, he was heard with 12 concerts soloist in the cycle " Best of NRW". In the fall of 2009, he was heard with the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne, including in the concert "Symphonic Fantasies", which had video game music of the manufacturer Square Enix on the topic. On 25 September 2010 he performed as a soloist at the Tufa Trier.

On September 19, was released in 2010 with Benyamin Nuss Plays Uematsu his debut album on the nut the works of Japanese video game composer Nobuo Uematsu interpreted on the piano. In the autumn he went with this album on tour.

Awards

  • 2003 2nd prize at the International Festival Duo Bad Herrenalb
  • 2003 Bernd Alois Zimmermann Prize of the City Erftstadt
  • 2004 1st prize at the national competition Young Musicians (maximum score ) in the Duo Rating: piano and a brass instrument with brother Jonathan Nuss
  • 2005 1st prize at the national competition Young Musicians in the solo piano score
  • 2005 1st prize at the Steinway Competition in Hamburg
  • 2006 1st prize at Thürmer competition in Bochum
  • 2006 1st prize at the international competition "Prix de Amadéo piano" in the Netherlands and special prize for best interpretation of Mozart
  • 2006 Beethoven Bonnensis prize of Bonn
  • 2006 Rotary Youth Piano Competition 2nd place in the age group 16-18 years
  • 2008 Fellow of the Hochbegabetenförderung ' Best of NRW '
  • 2009 exclusive Universal recording artist

Discography

Albums

  • Night Over Lake Tarawera, along with Ludwig Nuss, John Goldsby, Hans Dekker and others, Mons Records 2009
  • Symphonic Fantasies, solo CD, Decca Records 2010
  • Benyamin Nuss Plays Uematsu, solo CD, German Grammophon 2010
  • Exotica, solo CD, German Grammophon, 2012
  • Masashi Hamauzu: " Piano Works " solo CD, Mono Music, 2013
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