Brilliants Johannes Obermeier

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 1 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Préambule - Quasi maestoso 02:15
• 2 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Pierrot - Moderato 01:11
• 3 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Arlequin - Vivo 00:35
• 4 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Valse noble - Un poco maestoso 01:22
• 5 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Eusebius - Adagio 01:54
• 6 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Florestan - Passionato 00:54
• 7 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Coquette - Vivo 01:14
• 8 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Réplique - L’istesso tempo 00:49
• 9 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Sphinxes 00:30
• 10 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Papillons - Prestissimo 00:36
• 11 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A (Lettres dansantes) - Presto 00:38
• 12 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Chiarina - Passionato 00:44
• 13 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Chopin - Agitato 01:19
• 14 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Estrella - Con affetto 00:28
• 15 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Reconnaissance - Animato 01:50
• 16 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Pantalon et Colombine - Presto 00:58
• 17 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Valse allemande - Molto vivace 00:54
• 18 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Paganini - Presto 01:11
• 19 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Aveu - Passionato 01:02
• 20 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Promenade - Commodo 02:11
• 21 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Pause - Vivo 00:17
• 22 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: Marche des “Davidsbündler” contre les Philistins 03:43
• Johannes Obermeier (b. 1998): Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H:
• 23 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Thema - Andante 01:28
• 24 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation I - Moderato 01:02
• 25 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation II - Marcato 00:56
• 26 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation III - Prestissimo e leggierissimo 00:32
• 27 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation IV - Rubato 02:12
• 28 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation V 01:11
• 29 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation VI - Rachmaninovesk 02:16
• 30 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation VII - Con fuoco 00:44
• 31 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Variation VIII - Prestissimo, grotesco 00:46
• 32 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Interludio 01:01
• 33 Obermeier: Thema mit Variationen über A-S-C-H: Fuga quadruplex - Con alcune licenze 05:41
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano):
• 34 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Modéré – très franc 01:21
• 35 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Assez lent, avec une expression intense 02:10
• 36 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Modéré 01:23
• 37 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Assez animé 01:15
• 38 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime 01:26
• 39 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Vif 00:40
• 40 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Moins vif 02:36
• 41 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano): Épilogue - Lent 04:08
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Études, Op. 10:
• 42 Chopin: Études, Op. 10: No. 5 in G-flat major (“Black Keys”) - Vivace 01:50
• 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes:
• 43 Godowsky: 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes: No. 7 in G-flat major after Op. 10, No. 5: 1st version - Vivace 01:53
• 44 Godowsky: 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes: No. 12 in G-flat major after Op. 10, No. 5: 6th version - Vivace 02:11
• Frédéric Chopin: Études, Op. 25:
• 45 Chopin: Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-flat major (“Butterfly”) - Allegro assai 01:11
• Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938): 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes:
• 46 Godowsky: 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes: No. 47 in G-flat major (“Badinage”) 01:46
• Frédéric Chopin: Trois nouvelles études, B. 130:
• 47 Chopin: Trois nouvelles études, B. 130: No. 2 in A-Flat Major - Allegretto 02:09
• Leopold Godowsky: 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes:
• 48 Godowsky: 53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes: No. 45 in E Major after No. 2 from "Trois nouvelles études" - Allegretto 04:24
• Total Runtime 01:14:47

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Where do piano music and the noblest of all diamonds meet? Nobility, technical finesse, and the beauty of reflection can only explain a part of our fascination for diamonds – there remains a mystery, an inexplicable depth. It's the same with the musical works that pianist Johannes Obermeier has brought together in his GENUIN album "Brilliants". Schumann's radiant "Carnaval", Ravel's sparkling "Valses nobles et sentimentales", Chopin's and Godowsky's dazzling etudes, and Obermeier's own variations on a Schumann motif are mirrors and reflections of each other. This production is part of the Carl Bechstein Special Prize of the ARD Music Competition 2022 – one of numerous awards the young exceptional musician has earned in the past two years. A promising debut album!

Johannes Obermeier, piano

Johannes Obermeier
(*1998) is a versatile young artist. After his pre-college studies in saxophone and piano, he began a degree in business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2016, graduating with a Master of Science in March 2022. Since autumn 2019, Johannes Obermeier has also been studying piano with Adrian Oetiker and composition with Jan Müller-Wieland at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Here he has been teaching musical coaching for instrumental classes and for opera and oratorio since 2021 as part of a student teaching assignment.

Johannes Obermeier’s concert career takes him to Germany and abroad, and he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at numerous festivals. He collaborates with renowned musicians such as Daniele Gatti, Janina Fialkowska, Volker Banfield, Gerold Huber, Ian Bostridge, Yaron Rosenthal, Mark Andre, and Minas Borboudakis and appears as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, and Munich Radio Orchestra.

Johannes Obermeier is the winner of numerous national and international competitions. In 2022, he received the third prize at the ARD International Music Competition in the piano category. Just a few days later, he won first prize as well as the audience prize at the International Schimmel Piano Competition. He is the winner of the 2022 Bialas Sponsorship Award of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts Munich, second prizewinner of the 2022 Steinway Scholarship, first prizewinner of the Kulturkreis Gasteig Musikpreis 2022, and a scholarship holder of the Deutschlandstipendium.

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