ALEXANDRA SOSTMANN
| BIOGRAPHY |
Alexandra Sostmann studied Piano at the College of Music and Theatre in Hamburg and at the Royal College of Music in London. She also spent further semesters abroad at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
She started her studies at the Lübeck Academy of Music on a scholarship at the age of 15. Later, in her twenties, her teachers included Volker Banfield, Rolf Plagge, Marcella Crudeli and Evgeni Koroliov. Alexandra Sostmann gained her concert diploma from the Royal College of Music in London under the tutelage of Peter Katin. She has won several prizes in piano and chamber music competitions (including 1st prize in the International Chamber Music Competition Caltanissetta) and has given concerts in many countries across Europe, South America, Canada and the United States. In November 2000, Alexandra Sostmann made her Berlin debut at the Concert Hall on Gendarmenmarkt together with the Berlin Chamber Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jürgen Bruns. She performed internationally with Judith Mosch in the very successful piano duo Villarceaux for over 10 years.
Alexandra Sostmann is regularly invited to play at renowned festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Festival d’Ile de France and the Central-European Festival in Zilina, Slovakia. Her collaborations with orchestras have included, among others, appearances with the Capella Istropolitana, Göttinger Sinfonieorchester and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Bahía Blanca. In May 2011, Alexandra Sostmann made her American debut with two solo recitals in Portland, Oregon. Apart from radio and TV broadcasts, she has made many recordings on the Thorofon and Phoenix Edition labels, spanning a repertoire from Bach to the present day. Alexandra Sostmann has given master classes in Germany and the United States.
“Piano delights at the very height of perfection”
(HR Klassik)
“Without any hectic, free, natural, flowing”
(Dresdner Neue Nachrichten)
“A celebration on the piano”
(Hamburger Abendblatt)
“…enthusiastic musicians … a superbly interpreted program”
(American Record guide)
She started her studies at the Lübeck Academy of Music on a scholarship at the age of 15. Later, in her twenties, her teachers included Volker Banfield, Rolf Plagge, Marcella Crudeli and Evgeni Koroliov. Alexandra Sostmann gained her concert diploma from the Royal College of Music in London under the tutelage of Peter Katin. She has won several prizes in piano and chamber music competitions (including 1st prize in the International Chamber Music Competition Caltanissetta) and has given concerts in many countries across Europe, South America, Canada and the United States. In November 2000, Alexandra Sostmann made her Berlin debut at the Concert Hall on Gendarmenmarkt together with the Berlin Chamber Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jürgen Bruns. She performed internationally with Judith Mosch in the very successful piano duo Villarceaux for over 10 years.
Alexandra Sostmann is regularly invited to play at renowned festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Festival d’Ile de France and the Central-European Festival in Zilina, Slovakia. Her collaborations with orchestras have included, among others, appearances with the Capella Istropolitana, Göttinger Sinfonieorchester and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Bahía Blanca. In May 2011, Alexandra Sostmann made her American debut with two solo recitals in Portland, Oregon. Apart from radio and TV broadcasts, she has made many recordings on the Thorofon and Phoenix Edition labels, spanning a repertoire from Bach to the present day. Alexandra Sostmann has given master classes in Germany and the United States.
(HR Klassik)
(Dresdner Neue Nachrichten)
(Hamburger Abendblatt)
(American Record guide)