Maximilian Kromer

Maximilian Kromer is highly appreciated by his audience and colleagues for being a versatile pianist. As soloist, chamber musician and Lied accompanist, he has been the guest of multiple international, leading festivals and concert venues, such as the Viennese Musikverein and Konzerthaus or the Konzerthaus Dortmund. Furthermore he performs at the renowned music festivals in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Rheingau, the Philharmony of St. Petersburg, the Tonhalle Maag in Zurich or the Mozartwoche in Salzburg, in the course of which he had the honour of playing a concert on Mozart’s very own historical instrument – a pianoforte by Anton Walter.

In the season of 23/24 Kromer will perform at the Herbstgold-Festival in Eisenstadt within the premiere of a newly written work Lisztomania, alongside wonderful musicians such as Julian Rachlin, Sergej Dreznin and the actor George Hamilton. Also, he will be on stage at the Mozartwoche in Salzburg, presenting a Solo recital program around the relationship between Mozart and Salieri. In addition, he will be able to showcase his passion for chamber music at Teatro Verdi in Triest, where he will share the stage with the fantastic young Italian cellist, Ettore Pagano. 

Kromer convinces as winner of numerous national and international awards, amongst others at the international EMCY competition A Step Towards Mastery in St. Petersburg or the International Brahms Competition in Pörtschach. Additionally, he has won the International Jenö-Takacs Piano Competition, the Klavierpodium Munich and has been awarded the Silver Nutcracker at the international TV competition in Moscow. In 2018 he received the renowned Rising Star Award of Casinos Austria, in 2021 he was prize winner of the International Beethoven Competition in Vienna. Together with his chamber music partner, violinist and conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, he was given the Ensemble Prize of the Nordmetall Stiftung in the frame of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

In the bygone season Kromer’s musical occupation focused on Lied accompaniment and chamber music. His work could be enjoyed in cooperation with aspiring colleagues and close musical partners such as Patricia Nolz, Jeremias Fliedl, Dominik Wagner, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and Daniel Gutmann. A highlight of the season was the release of a CD with baritone Gutmann. The sound carrier was be published by the renowned Austrian label GRAMOLA in May and includes musical settings by Robert Schumann of poems by Heine. The same label has recently also presented Kromer’s debut solo album with recordings of virtuoso Viennese piano works – amongst others a debut recording of Neuen Wiener Tänze (New Viennese Dances) by Christoph Ehrenfellner. In the course of the season, one could experience the pianist’s performances at Munich’s Gärtnerplatztheater, at Schloss Walpersdorf in Lower Austria during the Traisental festival or at Vienna’s Konzerthaus.

Maximilian Kromer made his debut in 2016 alongside Emmanuel Tjeknavorian in the Brahms Hall of the Viennese Musikverein. He has returned to this reputed place various times for solo as well as chamber musical performances. A large number of international engagements have taken this young Austrian pianist to the Festival in Aix-en-Provence, the Cartagena Festival in Columbia, Amici della Musica in Florence and the Enescu Festival in Bucarest, as well as the Yehudi Menuhin Festival and the Swiss Alps Classics. 

Maximilian Kromer’s early musical education was strongly influenced by Susanne Spaemann, who taught him from 2004 to 2010. Following that he took his preparatory classes with Professor Noel Flores at the university of Music and Arts in Vienna and continued his education with Professor Martin Hughes from 2013 to 2021, followed by Professor Anna Malikova, with whom he finished his Master’s Degree. In addition, Kromer was influenced by Leonid Brumberg, Alexei Kornienko and Anne Queffelec. Since 2022 he has been in vivid musical exchange with one of the leading authority in Lied accompaniment, Helmut Deutsch. Furthermore, the young pianist can look back on numerous concerts with outstanding musical partners such as Rolando Villazón, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Daniel Müller-Schott, Timothy Ridout, Noa Wildschut, Michael Schade and many more.

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