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Matthias Kirschnereit is counted amongst the most riveting and successful German pianists of his generation. The ECHO-Classic-Laureate performs 50 concerts annually and is celebrated as the "poet on the piano" by the Süddeutsche Zeitung. In this, he is following his artistic ideal of finding and communicating the musical emotions, the story and the human element of the pieces. He sees himself in the tradition of German pianists, which spans Kretschmar-Fischer Conrad Hansen, Edwin Fischer and Martin Krause, reaching back as far as Franz Liszt.
Matthias Kirschnereit has given concerts with leading institutions such as Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Het Residentie Orkest Den Haag, St. Petersburger Philharmoniker, the SWR symphonic Orchestra Stuttgart, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Bamberg Symphonics, Camerata Salzburg as well as the Munich chamber orchestra and cooperated with conductors such as Hartmut Haenchen, Bruno Weil, Christopher Hogwood, Carl St. Clair, Sándor Végh, Michael Sanderling, Frank Beermann, Alexander Liebreich, Yuri Temirkanov and Alondra de la Parra.
His true love is chamber music. Amongst his musical partners one can find names such as Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam, Alban Gerhardt, Daniel Müller-Schott, Felix Klieser, Carolin Widmann, Ingolf Turban, Julian Steckel, Nils Mönkemeyer, Kit Armstrong, the Klenke Quartett, the Vogler Quartett und the Verdi Quartett.
