12 Facts About Andreas Haefliger

Andreas Haefliger was born on September 11,1962 and is a German-born Swiss pianist.

Andreas Haefliger grew up in Berlin until the age of eight, when the family relocated to Munich, Germany.

At the age of 15, Andreas Haefliger moved to New York City.

At age 15, Andreas Haefliger moved to New York City where he enrolled in the Pre-College division of the Juilliard School in the class of Herbert Stessin.

Andreas Haefliger continued his studies with William Masselos at the Juilliard School, earning both a Bachelors and a Masters degree.

Andreas Haefliger has collaborated with such conductors as Christoph von Dohnanyi, Herbert Blomstedt, Riccardo Chailly, Christian Thielemann, Sir Andrew Davis, Donald Runnicles, Jonathan Nott, Susanna Malkki, Lorin Maazel, Myung-whun Chung, Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Charles Dutoit, Ludovic Morlot and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

Andreas Haefliger has won many plaudits for his Beethoven Perspectives recital programmes in concert at major halls and festivals worldwide, including at Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Wiener Konzerthaus, and at the Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh, Ravinia and Aspen Festivals.

Andreas Haefliger has a longstanding relationship with Tonmeister Markus Heiland, piano technicians Georg Ammann and Stefan Knupfer, and the outstanding acoustics of Salle De Musique in La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Mozartsaal at Wiener Konzerthaus.

Andreas Haefliger's playing semed genuinely galvanizing rather than depleted by the score's relentless soloistic demands -The Boston Globe.

Andreas Haefliger is the youngest son of famed tenor Ernst Haefliger and interior designer Anna Golin.

Andreas Haefliger is married to the flautist Marina Piccinini, and they have one daughter.

Andreas Haefliger has lived in Berlin, Munich, New York, Vienna, and currently makes the mountains of Switzerland his home.