Andreas Woyke

The German pianist and composer does perform worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. Important concert halls as Town Hall New York, Sala Sao Paulo, Pretoria State Theater, Oriental Arts Center Shanghai, Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna or the Philharmonic Munich and Cologne are some of the venues he appeared. His soloist performances together with renown conductors as Joao Carlos Martins, Kazushi Ono or Gerard Korsten did influence him as much as joint projects with artists as Christa Ludwig, Julia Stemberger, Cornelius Obonya, Mercedes Echerer and many more. As a chamber musician, he is mainly working together with cellist Friedrich Kleinhapl. Woyke does cross stylistic boarders and and is constantly searching for unconventional ways. As an improviser he works with painters and accompanies silent films. He draws his inspiration from jazz, contemporary music, rock, fusion funk or trance. On his solo CDs Braiding Bach and Braiding Chopin he does combine his jazz-influenced compositions with those of the composers. His solo album Festas Suramericanas as well as several recordings together with Kleinhapl have been internationally awarded. In addition to his concert activities Andreas Woyke does teach chamber music at the Kunstuni Graz. On his world tours, he regularly does give master classes for students.