Michael Abramovich
Piano
Bio
A compelling, original interpreter of music from baroque to contemporary, pianist Michael Abramovich has given recitals at the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Konzerthaus Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Philharmonie Köln, Birmingham's Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles, Cité de la Musique (Paris), the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and at Athens' Megaron.
Michael Abramovich toured South Africa playing all five Beethoven piano concertos with the Ludwigsburg Festival Orchestra and appeared as soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Filarmonica "George Enescu" Bucharest, and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
A frequent guest at festivals including the Beethovenfest Bonn, Bard Music Festival (New York) and the Festival de Radio France in Montpellier, Abramovich's musical partners include Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Behle and Piotr Beczala, as well as distinguished actors Dieter Mann and Barbara Schnitzler.
Abramovich gave the world premiere of "Neuf Études pour piano et dispositif informatique" by Pierre Charvet, recording the cycle for Accord/Universal Classics France. Together with violinist Ittai Shapira he recorded violin sonatas by Janácek, Debussy and R. Strauss for Meridian Records (U.K.) and for Deutsche Grammophon, he recorded songs by Friedrich Hollaender with actress Dagmar Manzel and the orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin.