Gerhard Vielhaber (*1982 in Attendorn, Germany) was twelve when he became a private pupil of Prof. K-H. Kämmerling, under whose tutelage he was awarded his diploma at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in 2006. He later studied in Jacques Rouvier’s class up to concert exam at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
In 1997 he won first prize in the Concertino Praga Radio Competition, following this up with other competition successes and awards, including a GWK Young Artist Award by the Gesellschaft für Westfälische Kulturarbeit, Münster (Westphalia) in 2003. As a finalist in the 2005 German Music Competition in Berlin he joined the list of artists supported by the German Music Council.
Among the leading festivals where he has appeared are the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, while his concert work has taken him to Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Philharmonie in Berlin, Liederhalle Stuttgart and Konzerthaus Wien as well as to North and Latin America and Japan. As a soloist he has performed with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Venezuelan National Youth Orchestra and the Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra. His Mariani Piano Quartet’s recordings „Brahms/Gernsheim Vol. 1“ and „Vol. 2“ have been awarded 2021 und 2022 a „Diapason d’Or“
He holds a scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and has also received support from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
From 2014 to 2024 he has taught as a professor for piano and chamber music at the Stella Vorarlberg Private University College for Music in Feldkirch, Austria. Since October 2024 he is a professor for piano chamber music at the Cologne University for Music and Dance.
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