Till Fellner

Till Fellner (born 9 March 1972) is an Austrian pianist.

Pianist Till Fellner was born in Vienna and studied at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien with Helene Sedo-Stadler, and subsequently with Alfred Brendel, Meira Farkas, Oleg Maisenberg and Claus-Christian Schuster. He won first prize in the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey in 1993. He was awarded the Mozartinterpretationspreis of the Mozartgemeinde Wien in 1998.

An active chamber musician, Fellner regularly collaborates with cellist Heinrich Schiff, tenor Mark Padmore, violinist Lisa Batiashvili and cellist Adrian Brendel.

Till Fellner has received critical acclaim for his performances of the masterworks of the baroque, classical, and romantic particularly the compositions of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert and Liszt. He performs musical rarities such as the piano sonata of Julius Reubke which was composed in Weimar under the aegis of Liszt. Fellner also performs music of the Second Viennese School of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern, as well as the contemporary classical music of Heinz Holliger, György Kurtág, Thomas Larcher, and Harrison Birtwistle, including some premieres.

In 2008-2010, Fellner performed the 32 sonatas of Beethoven in a seven recital series in Vienna, Paris, London, New York City, and Tokyo. He also performed and recorded the Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 4 and No. 5 with the Montreal Symphony under the baton of Kent Nagano.

In 2009, Fellner was featured in the award-winning German-Austrian documentary Pianomania, about a Steinway & Sons piano tuner, which was directed by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis. The film premiered theatrically in North America, where it was met with positive reviews by The New York Times, as well as in Asia and throughout Europe, and is a part of the Goethe-Institut catalogue.

• Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D 935, Op. posth. 142; Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 25; Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'. EMI Austria, 567 7 54497 2 (1992)
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K 482 (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Uri Segal); Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K 511; Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1. Claves, CD 50-9328 (1994)
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner). Erato, 4509-98539-2 (1995)
• Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16; Julius Reubke: Sonata in B-flat minor. Erato, 0630-12710-2 (1996)
• Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D 784, Op. posth. 143; Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux, D 780, Op. 94; Schubert: 12 Grazer Walzer, D 924, Op. 91. Erato, 0630-17869-2 (1997)
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K 459; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K 503 (Camerata Academica Salzburg/Alexander Janiczek). Erato, 3984-23299-2 (1998)
• Beethoven: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Heinrich Schiff, cello). Philips, 462 601-2 (2000)
• J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869. ECM New Series, 1853/54 (2004)
• J. S. Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias, French Suite No. V, ECM New Series, 2043 (2009)
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58; Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Kent Nagano). ECM New Series 2114
• Thomas Larcher: Böse Zellen for piano and orchestra (2006, rev. 2007) I.-IV.; Still for viola and chamber orchestra (2002, rev. 2004) Madhares (String Quartet no. 3) (2006/7) (Münchener Kammerorchester/Kim Kashkashian/Dennis Russell Davies) ECM New Series 2111

• The Well-Tempered, Soft-Spoken Clavier - Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
• Sounds Both Eclectic and Electric - Anthony Tommasini, New York Times