Markus Schirmer

{{Short description|Austrian pianist (born 1963)}}

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Markus Schirmer (born 10 June 1963) is an Austrian pianist.{{Cite news |date=19 March 2014 |title=Stars to commemorate Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stars-to-commemorate-turkish-soprano-leyla-gencer-63697 |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=Hurriyet Daily News}}

Schirmer is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, where he teaches concert piano. He was awarded the Music Manual Award at the international Music Convention EUROMUSIC and the {{Interlanguage link multi|Karl-Böhm-Interpretationspreis|de}}, an award for Austrian artists.{{Cite web |title=Professor Markus Schirmer |url=https://www.euroartsacademy.org/markus-schirmer |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=Euro Arts Academy}}{{cite web|title=Musikpreise des Landes Steiermark|url=http://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/11681895/74837317/|website=Land Steiermark (Province of Styria government website)|accessdate=13 July 2014}}

Discography

  • Pictures & Reflections (Maurice Ravel: Miroirs, Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition) Tacet 2005, T 132
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Early Piano Sonatas, Op. 13 Pathétique; Op. 2, No. 2 and Op. 2, No. 3; Tacet 2003, T 128
  • W. A. Mozart: The Piano Quartets, Tacet 2002
  • Franz Schubert: Piano sonatas D 625 F minor, D 845 A minor, Lotus Records
  • Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1, Lotus Records
  • Markus Schirmer and Wolfram Berger – Engel im Kopf
  • Scurdia – Risgar Koshnaw: My songs from Kurdistan{{cite news|last1=Sinkovicz|first1=Wilhelm|title=Markus Schirmer: Grenzenlose Freiheit|url=http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/klassik/183690/Markus-Schirmer_Grenzenlose-Freiheit|accessdate=13 July 2014|work=Die Presse|date=13 January 2004}}
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: Nos. 13, 14 (Moonlight), 19, 20. Piano Sonatinas: in G, in F. Variations on a Swiss Song, Tacet 2011, T194{{cite news|last1=Noriega|first1=Scott|title=Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: Nos. 3, 13, 14 (Moonlight), 21 (Waldstein), 23 (Appassionata), 26, 30, 32 / Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: Nos. 13, 14 (Moonlight), 19, 20. Piano Sonatinas: in G: in F. Variations on a Swiss Song|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2491497441.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131015330/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2491497441.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|accessdate=13 July 2014|work=Fanfare |via=HighBeam Research|date=1 November 2011}}
  • W. A. Mozart: The Mozart Sessions: Concerto No. 12, K. 414, Concerto No. 13, K. 415, Church Sonata, K. 336; Paladino 2012{{cite news|last1=Naredi-Rainer|first1=Ernst|title=Schirmers neue Liebe|url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/3143201/schirmers-neue-liebe.story|accessdate=13 July 2014|work=Kleine Zeitung|date=16 October 2012}}

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