Vienna Austria
OCTOBER 9–12, 2017

Stephan Möller (Chairman)

Stephan Möller — Austrian Piano Open • International Music Competition

First gained pianistic prominence as a prizewinner at the 1985 International Beethoven Competition in Vienna. Since then his busy concert schedule has taken him to Japan, China, North and South America as well as all over Europe. Besides performing the entire standard repertoire, Stephan Möller has concentrated on the interpretation of the Viennese Classics, in particular Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, which he has performed entirely in concert cycles, and his five piano concerti. Other landmarks in his extensive repertoire are Franz Liszt's paraphrases on Wagner opera scenes and Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Among his CD recordings, there are such rarities as Beethoven’s “Grosse Fuge”, played four-hands with himself on a computer-assisted Bösendorfer concert-grand, and the complete original piano works by Richard Wagner. He is working on a complete recording of all 32 Beethoven sonatas.

Born 1955 in Hamburg, Germany, Stephan Möller got his degrees in piano performance and orchestra conducting at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria. From 1983 through 1989, he assisted Herbert von Karajan and other world-renowned conductors at the Salzburg Festival. Stephan Möller teaches at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at Prayner Conservatory. He is frequently invited to hold masterclasses and to adjudicate at international piano competitions around the world. Since 1998, Stephan Möller is president of the "Vienna International Pianists" association and their successful annual festival, the “VIP Academy”. In 2009, he founded the “International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition”.

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Venue:
Armenisch-Apostolische Kirchengemeinde,
Kolonitzgasse 11, 1030 Vienna