Jürgen Appell
Piano
![Jürgen Appell Artist photo of Jürgen Appell - Piano](../img/artists/uid6617897a9fc84.jpg)
While still a student with luminary pianists Elisabeth Dounias-Sindermann and Ingeborg Peukert, Jürgen Appell was a prize winner of the Steinway Piano Competition in Berlin three times. He was awarded a scholarship by the Study Grant of the German People and made his first public appearance at the age of sixteen in the Philharmonic Hall in Berlin, playing Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques. Following this early success he formed a piano duo with pianist Florentine Schubert and toured extensively throughout Europe recording some of the piano duet programs and repertoire for two pianos for German radio and television.
With Florentine Schubert he also performed Bach's Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in C major, as well as the "Carnaval des Animaux" by Saint-Saens for 2 pianos and orchestra. In the late 1980s Jürgen Appell joined cellist Johannes Nauber, former member of the celebrated "12 Cellists" of the Berlin Philharmonic, for another extensive European tour, performing many pieces of the romantic repertoire for cello and piano. In 2003 returning to the four hand and two piano repertoire Jürgen began another successful collaboration this time with Babette Hierholzer.
After performing Mozart's concerto in F major for 3 pianos and orchestra with pianist Bettina Griepentrog and the Orquesta Normalista de Puebla, Mexico,conducted by Jorge Altieri, the piano duo embarked on international tour including Germany, Venezuela, Mexico, Italy, Russia, and the United States. In 2006 Jürgen together with cellist Johannes Nauber and English violinist David Johnson created a piano trio ensemble. The trio appeared in Berlin and in 2006, joined by Irish soprano Helen Kearns, was invited to perform at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne.
In 2010 Babette Hierholzer and Jürgen Appell performed a romantic program for two pianos at the International Kaatsbaan Dance Center, New York, and the Catskill Music Festival (USA). In December 2010, they received an invitation to Caracas, Venezuela, to perform Mozart's Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E at major KV 365 with the celebrated Orquesta Juvenil Simon Bolvar conducted by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel.
Picture (c) private archive
The artist's homepage: https://www.jurgenappell.eu/
While still a student with luminary pianists Elisabeth Dounias-Sindermann and Ingeborg Peukert, Jürgen Appell was a prize winner of the Steinway Piano Competition in Berlin three times. He was awarded a scholarship by the Study Grant of the German People and made his first public appearance at the age of sixteen in the Philharmonic Hall in Berlin, playing Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques. Following this early success he formed a piano duo with pianist Florentine Schubert and toured extensively throughout Europe recording some of the piano duet programs and repertoire for two pianos for German radio and television.
With Florentine Schubert he also performed Bach's Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in C major, as well as the "Carnaval des Animaux" by Saint-Saens for 2 pianos and orchestra. In the late 1980s Jürgen Appell joined cellist Johannes Nauber, former member of the celebrated "12 Cellists" of the Berlin Philharmonic, for another extensive European tour, performing many pieces of the romantic repertoire for cello and piano. In 2003 returning to the four hand and two piano repertoire Jürgen began another successful collaboration this time with Babette Hierholzer.
After performing Mozart's concerto in F major for 3 pianos and orchestra with pianist Bettina Griepentrog and the Orquesta Normalista de Puebla, Mexico,conducted by Jorge Altieri, the piano duo embarked on international tour including Germany, Venezuela, Mexico, Italy, Russia, and the United States. In 2006 Jürgen together with cellist Johannes Nauber and English violinist David Johnson created a piano trio ensemble. The trio appeared in Berlin and in 2006, joined by Irish soprano Helen Kearns, was invited to perform at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne.
In 2010 Babette Hierholzer and Jürgen Appell performed a romantic program for two pianos at the International Kaatsbaan Dance Center, New York, and the Catskill Music Festival (USA). In December 2010, they received an invitation to Caracas, Venezuela, to perform Mozart's Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E at major KV 365 with the celebrated Orquesta Juvenil Simon Bolvar conducted by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel.
Picture (c) private archive
The artist's homepage: https://www.jurgenappell.eu/
CDs released by GENUIN
with Jürgen Appell
![Opus summum viri summi CD album cover 'Opus summum viri summi' (GEN 24869) with Kerstin Straßburg, Jürgen Appell](../img/cds/uid657a3881c8a39.jpg)
Opus summum viri summi
Mozart: Requiem KV 626
Klavierfassung für vier Hände von Carl Czerny
Kerstin Straßburg Piano
Jürgen Appell Piano
GEN 24869 – 2.2.2024
![Latin CD album cover 'Latin' (GEN 20685) with Duo Lontano, Babette Hierholzer, Jürgen Appell](../img/cds/uid5e1731a9db6ad.jpg)
Latin
Klaviermusik zu vier Händen aus Südamerika
Duo Lontano
Babette Hierholzer Piano
Jürgen Appell Piano
GEN 20685 – 10.1.2020
![Franz Schubert CD album cover 'Franz Schubert' (GEN 19649) with Duo Lontano, Babette Hierholzer, Jürgen Appell](../img/cds/uid5c1b892601584.jpg)
Franz Schubert
Werke für Klavierduo
Duo Lontano
Babette Hierholzer Piano
Jürgen Appell Piano
GEN 19649 – 11.1.2019
![Felix Mendelssohn CD album cover 'Felix Mendelssohn ' (GEN 15359) with Duo Lontano, Babette Hierholzer, Jürgen Appell](../img/cds/uid54be55a3e9441.jpg)
Felix Mendelssohn
Werke für Klavierduo
Duo Lontano
Babette Hierholzer Piano
Jürgen Appell Piano
GEN 15359 – 6.2.2015