Till Fellner

“The Viennese pianist, one of the countries real hidden gems, was enchanting with his soft, yet energetic touch, with expression full of poetry and excellent technique. The third movement, which points far into the Romantic period, sounded particularly beautiful.”

Till Fellner’s international career began in 1993 winning First Prize at the renowned Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey, Switzerland. Since then, he has been a sought-after guest with major orchestras and in the great music centers of Europe, USA and Japan as well as at numerous renowned festivals.

As soloist, he has appeared with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

The conductors with whom he has performed include Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Manfred Honeck, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Jonathan Nott, Kirill Petrenko and Hans Zender, among others.

In the field of chamber music, Till Fellner regularly collaborates with the violinist Viviane Hagner, British tenor Mark Padmore and the Belcea Quartet. In 2023 he has been touring Japan with mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter.

In recent years, Till Fellner has devoted himself intensely to two milestones of the piano repertoire: Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. He played a seven-part cycle with all Beethoven sonatas in New York, Washington, Tokyo, London, Paris and Vienna. Till Fellner has premiered works by Kit Armstrong, Harrison Birtwistle, Thomas Larcher, Alexander Stankovski and Hans Zender.

The ECM label has released the First Book of the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Two & Three-Part Inventions of J. S. Bach, Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano as well as chamber music by Harrison Birtwistle. In Fall 2016, a recording of the Brahms Piano Quintet with the Belcea Quartet for Alpha Classics was released, which won the Diapason d’Or de l’Annee. In Fall 2018, ECM released Till Fellner In Concert, a recording of live performances.

Till Fellner studied piano in his hometown Vienna with Helene Sedo-Stadler. Further studies with Alfred Brendel, Meira Farkas, Oleg Maisenberg and Claus-Christian Schuster followed.

Till Fellner teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

In 2019, he was the president of the jury of the 62nd Busoni International Piano Competition in Bozen.

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Beethoven
Piano concerto No.  1 in C major op. 15
Piano concerto No. 2 in B-flat major op. 19
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor op. 37
Piano concerto No. 4 in G major op. 58
Piano concerto No. 5 in E-flat major op. 73
Triple concerto in C major op. 56

Brahms
Piano concerto No. 1 in D minor op. 15
Piano concerto No. 2 in B-flat major op. 83

Chopin
Piano concerto No. 2 in F minor op. 21

Haydn
Piano concerto in D major Hob. XVIII: 11

F. Mendelssohn
Piano concerto No. 2 in D minor op. 40

Mozart
Piano concerto in E-flat major K 271 Jeunehomme
Piano concerto in F major K 459
Piano concerto in D minor K 466
Piano concerto in E-flat major K 482
Piano concerto in A major K 488
Piano concerto in C major K 503
Piano concerto in B-flat major K 595
Concert-Rondo in D major K 382
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E-flat major K 365
Recitative and aria (rondo) for soprano, obligatory piano and orchestra Ch’io mi scordi di te? K 505

Ravel
Piano concerto in G major

R. Schumann
Piano concerto in A minor op. 54

Liszt/Beethoven
Till Fellner – In Concert
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage: 1e année: Suisse, S. 160
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111
ECM Records (2018)

Brahms
String quintet in F minor op. 34
Partner: Belcea Quartet
Alpha (2016)

Birtwistle
Works by Harrison Birtwistle
Partner: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Amy Freston (soprano), Adrian Brendel (cello)
ECM Records (2014)

Bach
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, part 1, BWV 846-869
ECM Records (2014)

Beethoven
Concerto for piano and orchestra
No. 4 G major op. 58
No. 5 E-flat major op. 73
Partner: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano (conductor)
4763315 (2010)

Madhares
Böse Zellen – Piano concerto
Still for viola and chamber orchestra
Madhares – string quartet
Partner: Kim Kashkashian (viola), Thomas Larcher (piano), Quatuor Diotima, Münchener Kammerorchester,
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
ECM New Series (2010)

Bach
Inventions BWV 772 – 786
Symphonies BWV 787 – 801
French Suite V BWV 816
4766355 (2009)

Beethoven
The Works for Cello and piano
Partner: Heinrich Schiff (cello)
462 601-2 (2000)

Mozart
Piano concerto No. 19 F major K 459
Piano concerto No. 25 C major K 503
Partner: Camerata Academica Salzburg, Alexander Janiczek (conductor)
3984-23299-2 (1998)

Schubert
Sonata A minor D 784 op. 143
6 Moments musicaux D 780 op. 94
12 Grazer Waltzes D 924 op. 91
0630-17869-2 (1997)

Schumann/Reubke
R. Schumann Kreisleriana op. 16
Reubke Sonata B-flat minor
0630-12710-2 (1996)

Beethoven
Piano concerto No. 2 B-flat major op. 19
Piano concerto No. 3 C minor op. 37
Partner: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
4509-98539-2 (1995)

Mozart/Beethoven
Mozart: Cconcerto for piano and orchestra no. 22 E-flat major K 482
Mozart: Rondo A minor K 511
Beethoven: Sonata C minor op. 10 no. 1
Partner: Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Uri Segal (conductor)
Claves Records Switzerland (1994)

Schubert/Schönberg/Beethoven
Schubert: Impromptus for piano D 935 (op. posth. 142)
Schönberg: Suite for piano op. 25
Beethoven: Sonata for piano Appassionata F minor op. 57
567 7 54497 2 (1992)

Till Fellner – Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25

Till Fellner – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

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Till Fellner – Beethoven