Björn Lehmann

Piano Jury 2018

Biography

Björn Lehmann's musical activities range from solo performances to chamber music and Lied. He is also very active in the field of contemporary music, participating in many world premieres. 

He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, then at the Berlin University of Arts (UdK Berlin) in the class of Klaus Hellwig. From 1996 to 1998 he also took frequent lessons with Fausto Zadra, as well as with Wolfram Rieger (Lied) and Axel Bauni (Lied of 20th/21st century).

Bjorn Lehmann received important artistic stimulation from Zoltán Kocsis, Leonard Hokanson, Robert Levin, Ferenc Rados, Yara Bernette, the Amadeus Quartet, Ralf Góthoni, Hartmut Höll and Irwin Gage.

He has performed throughout Europe, as well as in Latin America, Japan, South Korea and China. He has played in many important concert halls and appeared at various festivals, including Bachfest Leipzig, Rheingau Musik Festival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Münchner Biennale, Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, Concentus Moraviae, Flâneries Musicales de Reims, and piano festival "En blanco y negro" in Mexico City.

Björn Lehmann has made recordings for various broadcasting and TV companies. His piano duo with Norie Takahashi "Takahashi | Lehmann", with which he has performed extensively since 2009, has released three CDs under the label "Audite", which were widely acclaimed in international music magazines. In 2017, he will be publishing a CD together with the violinist Sophia Jaffé with the three Brahms Violin Sonatas. 

His interest in contemporary music has led him to frequently collaborate with composers, such as Goldmann (whose piano works he recorded), Arnulf Herrmann and Mathias Spahlinger.

Björn Lehmann has been piano professor at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK Berlin) since 2011. He frequently gives master classes in Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea and China.

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