Jürg Hanselmann - pianist and composer
The Liechtenstein-Swiss musician received his first piano lessons at the music school in Vaduz when he was eight years old.
Later he studied with Albert Schneeberger and Kristina Steinegger at the Bern Conservatory, where he received his theachers' and solist diplomas with distinction. Further studies with Louis Kentner (London), and Irina Edelstein (Frankfurt) followed, composition and musical analysis with Sandor Veress as well as master classes with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and the Beaux Arts Trio.
Jürg Hanselmann has been awarded various prizes: In 1980 he was presented the Eduard-Tschumi-Award (Bern) as well as the Award of the Jubilee Grant of the Swiss Volksbank.
In 1983 he won the Migros-Competition, Zürich,, in 1987 the Rotary-Award, Liechtenstein, and in 1991 the Cultural Award of the International Lake Constance Conference, Munich.
The press praises the pianist for his "extraordinary technical abilities and compelling musicality." (La Nuova, Venice), his playing as "masterly as well as tonally differenciated" (Neue Zürcher Zeitung/NZZ).
"here was poignancy and ease of facilation, a demonstration of musical wizardy. (Bund, Bern).
The NZZ remarked on his recordings of works by Rheinberger: "The Liechtenstein pianist Jürg Hanselmann allows us to forget the reputation of Rheinberger as an academic composer through a combination of technical brilliance and artistic sensibility." The magazine Musik & Theater wrote 2001 in its "top ten list of record critics":
"magnificent poetry and genuine romantic sonority, revealed by Jürg Hanselmann."
"Hanselmann is unfailingly lucid, intelligent, musical and persuasive." (International Piano 2003)
Jürg Hanselmann rehearsing before a concert with the Symphonischen Orchester Liechtenstein SOL, conducted by Albert Frommelt.
On September, 23rd 2003 they played at Vaduzer-Saal, Vaduz Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.
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