Ingolf Wunder’s Deutsche Grammophon Debut “Chopin Recital” Released Today

Ingolf Wunder is an exclusive artist of the label Deutsche Grammophon since February this year.

June 17, 2011 will see the release of his first CD on the label with works by Chopin for solo piano. Wunder’s debut CD with Chopin and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit was released in 2006 (ORF). He is prizewinner of numerous piano competitions; most notably receiving the first prizes at the Steinway-Wettbewerb in Hamburg, at “Prima la musica” in Feldkirch, Austria, and at the “Concours Musical de France” in Asti. He took part in the 36th International Liszt competition in Budapest and was awarded with the prize of the city of Budapest.
Successful at the Chopin competition 2010 in Warsaw, Ingolf Wunder showed his excellence in playing works by the great Polish composer. The young Austrian not only won the 2nd Prize but also several special prizes and the audience award at the legendary piano competition. The decision made by the jury led to an intensive public debate and received worldwide awareness. As prizewinner the 25 year old Wunder follows in the footsteps of many famous pianists like Martha Argerich, Garrick Ohlsson, Krystian Zimerman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mitsuko Uchida and Maurizio Pollini.

Ingolf Wunder was born in Klagenfurt. At the age of 4 he started his musical education playing the violin; however it was not until he was 14 that his extraordinary talent for the piano was discovered. He went to the conservatories in Klagenfurt and Linz, later he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Nowadays he is still regularly in touch with his mentor Adam Harasiewicz, the Polish pianist and winner of the Warsaw competition in 1955.

Interview with Ingolf Wunder on Chopin:

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Hear Ingolf Wunder in The International Chopin Competition in Warsaw 2011

Ingolf Wunder, Chopin Recital, tracklist