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Outstanding German Pianist Michael Endres performs worldwide as soloist and chamber music partner. He gained a Master’s degree at the Juilliard School in New York under Jacob Lateiner and studied with Peter Feuchtwanger in London. He has won prizes such as the Concours Geza Anda (Zurich) and First & Special Prizes at the International Schubert Competition (Germany) among others. His extensive prizewinning discography of 27 CD’s includes the prestigious Diapason d’or (France) which he was recently awarded for the third time and the Choc du Musique which he has won twice. His solo recordings include cycles of the complete sonatas by Mozart, Schubert, Weber and the rarely heard English composer Arnold Bax, the complete works of Ravel and works by Schumann. Endres covers a wide repertoire  including  seldom played composers like Leopold Godowsky, Gabriel Faure, Charles Ives and Eduard Tubin. Leading US critic Richard Dyer from the Boston Globe called him ”one of the most interesting pianists recording today”, the New York Times wrote: ”the performances with pianist Michael Endres were revelatory” and the Gramophone Magazine stated: ”he is an outstanding Schubert interpreter”. Michael Endres plays at festivals in Europe, America and Asia including Newport (USA), Beethoven Fest Bonn and Salzburg Festival, and has performed in Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Musikverein Vienna and Suntory Hall Tokyo, to name a few. He has performed with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. He accompanied legendary Baritone Hermann Prey for many years and partners the Berlin Philharmonic soloists, the Artemis and Fine Arts String Quartets. He has a distinguished teaching career as Professor of Piano at the Cologne Hochschule (1993-2003) and Germany’s leading college ”Hanns Eisler Hochschule” in Berlin (2003-2009). In August 2009 he joined  the faculty at  Canterbury University in New Zealand as Professor of Piano.  www.michaelendres.com    

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Outstanding German Pianist Michael Endres has an extensive prize-winning discography and performs world wide as soloist and chamber music partner.He holds a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School, New York and has a distinguished career as Professor for piano from the  Cologne Hochschule fuer Musik (1993-2003) and Germany’s leading college ”Hanns Eisler”in Berlin (2003-2009).His 27 CDs cover complete Mozart, Schubert and Carl Maria v. Weber’s sonatas, plus Ravel’s complete works for piano. His repertoire includes seldom played works by Leopold Godowsky, Gabriel Faure, Arnold Bax, Charles Ives and Eduard Tubin.Endres accompanied the legendary baritone Hermann Prey for many years at Covent Garden,Suntory Hall, Musikverein in Vienna, La Scala in Milan to name but a few. He has performed with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. His chamber music partners are Berlin Philharmonic soloists, Artemis Quartet, Fine Arts Quartet among others and he performs in festivals such as Newport USA, Beethoven Festival Bonn, Salzburg Festival etc.From 2009 he joins the faculty at New Zealand’s Canterbury University as Professor for Piano. www.michaelendres.com