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Alexander Lonquich (born 28 August 1960 inTrier)[1] is a German classicalpianist andconductor.
Lonquich studied withPaul Badura-Skoda,Andrzej Jasiński, andIlonka Deckers-Küszler.[2]
He won the first prize at theAlessandro Casagrande Piano Competition inTerni, Italy, at the age of 16.[2] In 1980, he received an honorable mention at theX International Chopin Piano Competition.
The musician regularly appeared at international festivals including:Mozartwoche Salzburg,Piano-Festival Ruhr,Schleswig-Holstein Festival,Lucerne Festival,Cheltenham Festival,Edinburgh Festival,Kissinger Sommer,Schubertiade Schwarzenberg,Lockenhaus,Beethovenfest.[3]
Throughout his career, Lonquich worked with several conductors including:Claudio Abbado,Yuri Bashmet,Hans Graf,Heinz Holliger,Ton Koopman,Emmanuel Krivine,Mark Minkowski,Kurt Sanderling,Sándor Végh.[3]
Among the orchestras Lonquich played with areCamerata Salzburg,Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana,Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza,Münchener Kammerorchester,Kammerorchester Basel,Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen,Stuttgart Chamber,Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt,Vienna Philharmonic,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich,Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg,Düsseldorf Symphonic Orchestra. He also conducts himself, sometimes aspiano concerto soloist.[3]
Lonquich's performed with numerouschamber music partners, includingRenaud Capuçon,Gautier Capuçon, Veronika Hagen,Heinz Holliger,Steven Isserlis,Leonidas Kavakos,Isabelle van Keulen,Sabine Meyer,Heinrich Schiff,Christian Tetzlaff,Auryn Quartet,Ruth Ziesak.[4]
He recorded music bySchubert,Schumann,Poulenc andMozart forEMI;Fauré,Messiaen,Ravel,Gideon Lewensohn,Flavio Emilio Scogna forRCA Red Seal,Schumann and Holliger forECM New Series; andBeethoven live for theRuhr piano festival.[5]
Among Lonquich's recording awards are theDiapason d’Or andPremio Abbiati.[3]
Together with his son,Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet player, he recorded the CD Moonwalk.[6]
He is the artistic director of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Italy).
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