Gerlint Böttcher

  • Piano studies at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Prof. Renate Schorler, Konzertexamen with honors
  • Master courses with Professors Georg Sava, Rudolf Kehrer, Bernard Ringeissen, György Sebok and Michael Wosskresensky
  • Supported by the Gotthard Schierse Foundation Berlin
  • Concert performances on many stages throughout Europe, the Americas and the Middle East
  • Concerts as soloist with Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, Philharmonic State Orchestra Halle, Philharmonic Orchestra South-Westphalia – State Orchestra North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt (Oder) and Jenaer Philharmonie under conductors such as Heribert Beissel, Russell N. Harris, Nicholas Milton, Francesco Corti and Stefanos Tsialis
  • Musical arrangement for the award of the Europe Prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft to Hans-Dietrich Genscher on the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall  2009
  • Performances for the Goethe Institut’s Deutschlandjahr 2012/13 in Ryazan, Russia, soloist with the Ryazan Philharmonic Orchestra under Sergey Oselkov
  • Numerous productions and live broadcasts of national and international television and radio events
  • CD recordings of solo works, amongst others for ars musici – live recording of “Piano Concert No. 1” by Shostakovich with the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim as part of the Bad Homburg Schlosskonzerte
  • Prizewinner at international competitions: 1st prize International Chamber Music Competition Isola di Capri in Italy; 2nd prize International Music Competition Maria Canals in Barcelona, Spain; Medal and Diploma at International Piano Competition in Cava de`Tirren, Italy
  • Teacher at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin

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