Young pianist from Austria

Start Date : 3^rd-December-2019

FLORIAN FEILMAIR

"Sensitivity and a wealth of nuances", "Pearly ease and aplomb" are only a few of the traits critics attributed to the young pianist Florian Feilmair. Born in 1989, he has already captured a considerable number of important prizes, among them the "Klassik.Preis.Österreich" Austrian Prize for Classical Music] for his interpretation of Beethoven's 3^rd piano concerto with the Mozarteum Orchestra at the "gradus ad parnassum" competition, in which he also won in the piano category. In 2011, he won first prize in the international piano competition "Neue Sterne" in Wernigerode, Germany and in 2013 he won 2^nd Prize at XXVII Concurso Internacional de Piano Cidade Ferrol (Spain) and 3^rd Prize in the international piano competition "Premio pianistico Silvio Bengalli" (Italy). In 2014, Florian Feilmair won 2^nd Prize in the New Orleans International Piano Competition (USA) and the 2^nd Prize at the International Piano Competition Verona. At the International Piano Competition Campillos 2017 Florian Feilmair won 2^nd Prize, Audience Prize and Orchestra Prize for performing Beethoven's Concerto No.5.

In 2016, Florian Feilmair was included into the NASOM (New Austrian Sound of Music) program of

Austrian government, which supports young artists with travel costs. This led to many concerts in exotic cities and countries concerning classical music, for example Addis Ababa, Tunis, Rabat, Seychelles or Cairo. In January 2014, he gave his debut at Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg. Florian Feilmair appears as soloist in concerts among others with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Münchner Symphoniker, the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, the Brucknerorchester Linz, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode and the Philharmonie Salzburg and worked together with conductors as Anu Tali, Philipp Entremont, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Ingo Ingensand, Elisabeth Fuchs, John Kevin Edusei, Julian Kovatchev, Tobias Wögerer, Christian Fitzner and Oksana Madarash.