Ulrich Stærk

Piano

Since his sensational debut in 1989 in Copenhagen, Ulrich Staerk has been appearing on international stages as a soloist and chamber musician as well as very demanded lied accompanist.

He has performed and recorded several Piano Concertos with various Symphony Orchestras in Germany and Scandinavia, among them Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester, Tivoli and Danish Radio Philharmonics.

He has played numerous concerts in cities like Paris, London, Tokyo, Vienna, Rome, Bruxelles, Milan, Dublin, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.

Many of his CD-Recordings have been reviewed extremely well in different Critic Magazines as Gramophone, Strad, American Record Guide etc.

His CD production (Classico, Universal, PHILIPS, Kontrapunkt, dacapo, Naxos, CLAVES) is quite extensive and has already resulted in several nominations and Awards.

Ulrich Staerk has been performing with or assisting a lot of other singers and musicians as Sarah Chang, Yo Yo Ma, Bo Skovhus, Margareth Price, Barbara Frittoli, Elisabeth Söderström, Inga Nielsen, Tamar Rachum, William Bennet, Ophra Harnoy, and many others.

He has been Ass. Professor at The Royal Academy of Copenhagen since 1988. Beside that he teaches at the Royal Opera´s Acadamey and is also a very demanded coach world wide. He received the Danish Music Critic Award (Artist of the Year) in 1989

In 2003, He was claimed as the "model accompanist" in the Magazine´s GRAMOPHONE´s Critic Choise of the Worlds Best Classical CD of the YEAR (Carl Nielsen songs, dacapo records).

In 2007, Ulrich Stærk will record twice for Brilliant classics, accompaning german Mezzo Soprano Anna Haase in songs by Brahms and Chopin. He also is invited to giving Master Classes this coming year in Israel, Belgium and Sweden.

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