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Born into a family of musicians in Salzburg, Cornelia Herrmann studied with Imre Rohmann in Salzburg, Noel Flores in Vienna and Ferenc Rados in Budapest, and drew further inspiration from Alexander Lonquich, Murray Perahia, András Schiff and Alfred Brendel. Cornelia Herrmann was the youngest finalist and winner of the International J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig and gained a special award at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg. In 2002 she gave her début at the Salzburg Festival.

Further engagements have taken Cornelia Herrmann to venues including the Zurich Tonhalle, Victoria Hall in Geneva, KKL Lucerne, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Gewandhaus Leipzig, City Hall Heidelberg, Large Festival Hall in Salzburg, Brucknerhaus in Linz, Palau de la Musica Barcelona, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Aksanat Istanbul, Sala Sao Paulo, Museo Nacional de Arte Mexiko City, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Vienna Musikverein and Vienna Konzerthaus.

 

Her recordings of the complete French Suites by J.S. Bach and the CD 'Italian Concerto' were released in 2013 and 2014 (CAMERATA) and have received great acclaim by the press. In early 2017 the first part of J.S.Bach's Partitas was released and was chosen as 'Tokusen' - Choice of the Month - by Record Geijutsu. Part two has been released in October 2017. Furthermore, her discography comprises recordings of works by Schumann and Brahms.

In 2014 Cornelia Herrmann initiated the Music Festival 'Musiktage Hundsmarktmühle' at Lake Fuschl near Salzburg. The Festival focuses on Chamber Music with performances taking place in an old mill from the 16th century. June 2018 will see the festival's fifth edition. 

 

W.A.Mozart:

Sonata C major KV330 (20 min)

Allegro moderato

Andante cantabile

Allegretto

 

J.S.Bach:

from Well-tempered Piano Book I

selected Prelude & Fugues

 

- Intermission -

 

C.v.Weber:

'Aufforderung zum Tanz'

 

R.Schumann:

'Abegg- Variations'

 

F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Songs without words)