1. Burkard Schliessmann is a German classical pianist and concert artist with an active international career.
21 Facts About Burkard Schliessmann
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Burkard Schliessmann attended the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and graduated with a Master's degree.
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Burkard Schliessmann studied under several internationally recognized musical artists and participated in master classes conducted by Shura Cherkassky and Bruno Leonardo Gelber.
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Burkard Schliessmann has performed as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral soloist throughout the world and has participated in music festivals in Europe, among these the Munchner Klaviersommer, the festival "Frankfurt Feste", the Valldemossa Chopin Festival and the Maurice Ravel Festival in Paris.
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Burkard Schliessmann received invitations from orchestras like the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Symphony Orchestra Wuppertal and the New Philharmonic Westfalia, in addition to other orchestras.
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Burkard Schliessmann has received honors and awards for his performances and his musical recordings and has been the subject and guest artist on many radio and television programs.
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Besides performing, Burkard Schliessmann is an active music pedagogue, and joins as Professor of Piano the faculty of LOML International Piano Summer Academy, London Overseas Musicians' League, in London, United Kingdom.
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Burkard Schliessmann's pedagogical concept is a unit of psyche and physis of each student and his individuality, taking this by a fusion of the art, music and the instrument.
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Burkard Schliessmann's students are coming from the United States, Europe, Russia, Croatia, Poland, China, Japan and New Zealand.
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Burkard Schliessmann is a professional scuba diver and serves as an Ambassador for the "Protecting of Our Ocean Planet" program of the Project AWARE Foundation.
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In several segments of an interview with Oliver Fraenzke in The New Listener entitled "Interview: Burkard Schliessmann", Schliessmann describes his experiences of these feelings and impressions.
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Burkard Schliessmann is engaged in the study of philosophy and photography.
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Burkard Schliessmann himself stated in a conversation about the Goldberg Variations with James Reel in 2008,.
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Burkard Schliessmann uses rubato sparingly, and while he embraces the virtuosity in the music, it never overrides other musical content.
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Burkard Schliessmann needs to bring nothing in from outside, the music is nearly absolute.
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Burkard Schliessmann described that according to Schliessmann the quality of the sound has its source, as well, in the quality of his piano technician, Georges Ammann.
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Burkard Schliessmann withheld himself all his life, in diametrical contrast to the openness and accessibility of his contemporary Franz Liszt.
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In June 2014 Burkard Schliessmann signed a further recording contract with the British label Divine Art for the worldwide releasing of selected piano works and cycles from Johann Sebastian Bach and Frederic Chopin.
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Burkard Schliessmann has appeared in a number of television and radio productions on the European television stations ARD, ZDF, WDR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, ARTE, 3-SAT, EinsFestival, Unitel-Classica, Classical TV and the US channels Classic Arts Showcase, WSMC, WWFM, WUOT, WDPR, KING-FM and KZSU.
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Burkard Schliessmann is a member of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors and of the Canon Professional Network.
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Burkard Schliessmann is a long-term member of the Frankfurter Gesellschaft fur Handel, Industrie, Wissenschaft und Kultur, Lions Clubs International and American Guild of Organists.