Michael Endres
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Michael Endres (Born 1961) : pianist.
Born 1961 in Sonthofen in the Oberallgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. Studied with Klaus Schilde and Karl Hermann Mrongovius in Munich, then with Jacob Lateiner at the Juilliard School New York, where he received his Masters Degree, and with Peter Feuchtwanger in London.
As well as specializing in Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Ravel, he has a wide repertoire including the somewhat neglected composers Carl Maria von Weber, Leopold Godowsky, Gabriel Fauré, Sir Arnold Bax and Eduard Tubin.
His comprehensive recordings include the complete sonatas of Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber and Arnold Bax, the complete piano works of Maurice Ravel as well as a complete recording of the 400 dances of Franz Schubert and 3 CDs of works by Robert Schumann. His recordings have received many prizes including Choc du Musique and Diapason d'Or.
He has appeared at many major festivals and concert-halls around the world, such as the Salzburg Festival, Wigmore Hall London, Newport Festival, Wiener Musikverein and Suntory Hall, Tokyo.
His playing is often described as subtle, elegant and refined. While not taking the dramatic elements of the music to the extreme, this is more than compensated for by the insights that he brings and the remarkable clarity of his readings and playing.
He is professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin.
For many years, Michael Endres was the pianist to the late baritone Hermann Prey.
