Pianist Oleg Meisenberg (Austria)

Born in Odessa, Oleg Maisenberg received his first piano lessons from his mother at the age of five. He completed his studies at the Central Music School Kishinev and at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow (with Alexander Jocheles). In 1981 Oleg Maisenberg emigrated to Vienna, the city that has since become his second home.

Oleg Maisenberg has played solo recitals and has appeared with famous orchestras in many countries throughout the world. Among others he has performed with the Israel Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow under the baton of Christoph von Dohnányi, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yakov Kreizberg, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Michel Plasson, Georges Prêtre, Esa-Pekka Salonen. He has devoted much of his time to chamber music, collaborating with such artists as Robert Holl, Hermann Prey, Heinz Holliger, Sabine Meyer, András Schiff, Renaud und Gautier Capucon. His continuing collaboration with the violinist Gidon Kremer has existed since his early years in Russia. In spring 2007 the two artists celebrated Gidon Kremer's 60 birthday with a tour through 12 European cities.

Oleg Maisenberg has appeared at most of the major festival venues in Salzburg, Vienna, Lockenhaus, Schwarzenberg (Schubertiade), Lucerne, Edinburgh, at the Carinthian Summer, the Piano Festival Ruhr, and the Rheingau Music Festival.

In April 1995 Oleg Maisenberg was bestowed the title of "Honorary Member" of the Vienna Konzerthaus Society, in 2005 he was awarded the "Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse".

From 1998 until 2015 he was Professor of Piano at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna. He further gave master classes on a regular basis, and has acted as a jury member at various international com- petitions (Clara Haskil – Vevey, Géza Anda – Zurich, ARD – Munich, Sviatoslav Richter – Moscow, Concurso International de Piano de Santander).

He has recorded compositions by Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Berg, Webern, Schönberg, Milhaud for the Orfeo, Harmonia Mundi, Teldec, Deutsche Grammophon, ECM, Preiser Records and Philips labels. His latest CD together with Sabine Meyer has been nominated for a Grammy award in 2008 and won the an Echo Klassik Award for chamber music.