Florian Heinisch
born in 1990 in Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth town Eisenach, had his first piano lessons when he was five years old. The young piano virtuoso inherited his extraordinary talent from his grandmother, Barbara Heinisch, a organ player – a rarity in those days.

Heinisch is considered to be one of the most promising german pianists. Reviews were enthusiastic: „incredible potential… magnificent and technically brillant“ (Hamburger Abendblatt), „an unforgettable evening“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung), „highly virtuosic and impressive“ (Lübecker Nachrichten).

Heinisch delights in combining extraordinary concert programs, mixing pieces of the classical core repertoire and avantgarde music. His comprehensive understanding of works by contemporary composers intensified during composition studies with Johannes Schlecht. Heinisch likes to cooperate with composers during the genesis of their new pieces. Sidney Corbett dedicated his „Postscript“, recorded for CD with this name, to Heinisch. The intensive collaboration is also very influential for the interpretation of more traditional pieces: For Heinisch, piano playing rather resembles an improvisation than a pure reproduction of sheet music. For him, there is no absolute truth in an interpretation. His approach refers to the perspective of the composer.

Heinisch attracted a great deal of attention with „The Unplayed Concert“, or „Das ungespielte Konzert“, (concept: Moritz von Bredow) evoking the „miracle pianist“ („DIE ZEIT“) Karlrobert Kreiten. Kreiten was arrested in 1943 by the Gestapo and murdered, before he could play a concert in Heidelberg. Heinisch will continue to play this sophisticated recital – combining music by Bach/Busoni, Chopin, Beethoven and Liszt – all over Europe. As an artist, he is very much committed to take social responsibility. In 2016, he performed in the german embassy in Baghdad with Iraqi cellist Karim Wasfi.

Heinisch is an award winner of prestigious competitions, eg. the International Grotrian-Steinweg Competition in Braunschweig, the Kleiner Schumann-Wettbewerb and the Bachwettbewerb Köthen. In 2006 and 2009, he received a scholarship for highly talented children and adolescents in Thüringen.

From 2010 bis 2014, Heinisch was a student at Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ in Leipzig with Dietmar Nawroth and Gerald Fauth, bevor he went to continue his studies with Sontraud Speidel in Karlsruhe, where he graduated with a concert exam. Master classes with renowned pianists complemented his studies. Impressed by his extraordinary improvisational abilities, he also worked with the jazz pianist Richard Beirach in New York.

Florian Heinisch is living in Hamburg. This year he played his debut concert in Elbphilharmonie and his debut concert with Kent Nagano. He is supported by the rice expert Oryza of Hamburg.