Joseph Breinl
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Joseph Breinl is a pianist
and accompanist. His father, Gerhard Breinl, is a violist in the Bavarian State Orchestra
.
, Joseph Breinl studied solo piano and song accompaniment in Munich with Karl-Hermann Mrongovius and Gitti Pirner. The younger Breinl continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
working on solo piano and song accompaniment with Willelm Brons and Rudolf Jansen
. During his studies he attended master classes held by mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker and pianists Roger Vignoles
, Paul Badura-Skoda
, and Graham Johnson.
After his master class Johnson invited Breinl to come to London to work with him more intensively. Johnson also awarded Breinl the scholarship of the Klavierfestival Ruhr
2002 and became his teacher and mentor.
, the aforementioned Klavierfestival, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Austria
, and at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
.
In Europe, he has performed at National Theatre Munich, the Concertgebouw
, Wigmore Hall
, the Mozarteum, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
, Konzerthaus, Vienna
, the Stockholm Concert Hall
, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
, and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
In the United States, Breinl appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall
in 2006 and at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center and other U.S. venues in 2007. After his Kennedy Center performance with mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, the Washington Post's music critic wrote, "Pianist Joseph Breinl -- alert, responsive and good-humored -- was a full partner in the evening's success."
His trips to Japan include appearances at Suntory Hall
in Tokyo and Symphony Hall in Osaka
.
, Alban Berg
, and Hugo Wolf
. Breinl and Stotijin performed several recitals in the U.S. and Canada in February 2009.
In June 2004, Breinl became the accompanist for German mezzo-soprano and Kammersängerin Waltraud Meier
. A CD featuring Meier and Breinl performing Schubert and Richard Strauss
songs was released in late 2007. Breinl accompanied Meier in numerous recitals in 2007-08 in Japan, Germany, France, Austria, and Spain. The two artists appeared in a Liederabend at Nationaltheatre in July 2009, during the Munich Opera Festival.
, Austria
.
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and accompanist. His father, Gerhard Breinl, is a violist in the Bavarian State Orchestra
Bavarian State Orchestra
The Bayerisches Staatsorchester is the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera.- History :Founded in the times of Ludwig Senfl the orchestra, specializing in musica sacra, belonged to the finest ones in Europe already under Orlando di Lasso . In 1651 the Italian opera was introduced in Munich...
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Education
Awarded a scholarship by the StudienstiftungStudienstiftung
The German National Academic Foundation is Germany's largest organisation sponsoring students of outstanding academic achievements.It is non-political and non-denominational....
, Joseph Breinl studied solo piano and song accompaniment in Munich with Karl-Hermann Mrongovius and Gitti Pirner. The younger Breinl continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is a Dutch academy of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, the city's vocational university of arts...
working on solo piano and song accompaniment with Willelm Brons and Rudolf Jansen
Rudolf Jansen
Rudolf Jansen is a Dutch pianist, who studied piano, organ and harpsichord simultaneously at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. His teachers were Nelly Wagenaar, his father Simon C. Jansen, Felix de Nobel and Gustav Leonhardt...
. During his studies he attended master classes held by mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker and pianists Roger Vignoles
Roger Vignoles
Roger Vignoles is a British pianist and accompanist. He regularly performs with the world’s leading singers – including Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Hampson, Gitta-Maria Sjøberg, Sarah Walker, Susan Graham, Felicity Lott, Stephan Genz, Monica Groop, Wolfgang Holzmair,...
, Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda is an Austrian pianist.He won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan...
, and Graham Johnson.
After his master class Johnson invited Breinl to come to London to work with him more intensively. Johnson also awarded Breinl the scholarship of the Klavierfestival Ruhr
Ruhr
The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine.-Description:The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet...
2002 and became his teacher and mentor.
Venues
Breinl's international career includes performances at prestigious festivals and venues in Europe, North America, and Asia. He has appeared at the Munich Opera FestivalMunich Opera Festival
The Munich Opera Festival, , is an opera festival located in Munich, Germany and presented annually at the National Theatre by the Bavarian State Opera...
, the aforementioned Klavierfestival, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Austria
Schwarzenberg, Austria
Schwarzenberg is a village in the Bregenzerwald, Vorarlberg, Austria, part of the district Bregenz. As of 2002 it has a population of 1,805. The village center is heritage-protected for its clapboard houses....
, and at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....
.
In Europe, he has performed at National Theatre Munich, the Concertgebouw
Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...
, Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a leading international recital venue that specialises in hosting performances of chamber music and is best known for classical recitals of piano, song and instrumental music. It is located at 36 Wigmore Street, London, UK and was built to provide London with a venue that was both...
, the Mozarteum, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a theatre at 15 avenue Montaigne. Despite its name, the theatre is not on the Champs-Élysées but nearby in another part of the 8th arrondissement of Paris....
, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Konzerthaus, Vienna
The Konzerthaus in Vienna was opened 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.In 1890 the first ideas for a Haus für Musikfeste came about...
, the Stockholm Concert Hall
Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is the main hall for orchestral music in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by Ivar Tengbom and inaugurated in 1926, it is the home to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. It is also where the awarding ceremony for the Nobel Prizes, Polar Music Prize are held annually....
, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is Germany's largest opera house and concert hall with 2,500 seats.Opened on April 18, 1998, the new building's architecture incorporates the former central train station of Baden-Baden which, today, is the ticket sales hall and the Festspielhaus restaurant "Aida"...
, and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
In the United States, Breinl appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in 2006 and at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center and other U.S. venues in 2007. After his Kennedy Center performance with mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, the Washington Post's music critic wrote, "Pianist Joseph Breinl -- alert, responsive and good-humored -- was a full partner in the evening's success."
His trips to Japan include appearances at Suntory Hall
Suntory Hall
The Suntory Hall is a concert hall complex consisting of the "Main Hall" and the "Small Hall" located in the Ark Hills complex, near the U.S. Embassy and TV Asahi in the Akasaka district of northern Minato, a ward in Tokyo, Japan...
in Tokyo and Symphony Hall in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
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Accompanist
Breinl works regularly with Stotijn and baritone Mattijs van de Woerd and has also accompanied mezzo-soprano Michelle Breedt and baritone Udo Reinemann. In 2006, Stotijn and Breinl recorded the "Dreams and Fantasy Figures" CD of songs by Franz SchubertFranz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
, Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in...
, and Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in...
. Breinl and Stotijin performed several recitals in the U.S. and Canada in February 2009.
In June 2004, Breinl became the accompanist for German mezzo-soprano and Kammersängerin Waltraud Meier
Waltraud Meier
Waltraud Meier is a Grammy Award–winning German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the French and Italian repertoire appearing as Eboli, Amneris, Carmen and Santuzza...
. A CD featuring Meier and Breinl performing Schubert and Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
songs was released in late 2007. Breinl accompanied Meier in numerous recitals in 2007-08 in Japan, Germany, France, Austria, and Spain. The two artists appeared in a Liederabend at Nationaltheatre in July 2009, during the Munich Opera Festival.
Professorship
Since 2010 Breinl has been professor of song accompaniment at the university of music and performing arts in GrazGraz
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, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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