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The Ukrainian pianist, Tanja Huppert, already played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 at the age of 15 and attended the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Kiev, Ukraine, where she graduated with distinction and was the youngest student at that time. After that she studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with major piano with Professor Gerhard Oppitz and Professor Michael Schäfer and graduated there. She was winner of the First Prize of the International Piano Competition in Salerno, Italy, and was a scholarship holder by G. Henle Publications and the foundation Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.studied at the he studied at the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Kyiv and at the University for Music and Theatre Munich.
“Music is the deepest expression of my soul” says Munich-based pianist Tanja Huppert who sees her most important task in re-feeling the composer’s inner world - when writing their music - and conveying it to the listener. Her concern is to bring this music to the stage as a wonderfully beneficial force that enriches our lives and brings out the good in them.
The reactions to her playing are definite: Kirill Petrenko, Principal Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, describes her interpretation of Johann Sebastian J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 as “subtle” and “played with great musicality, creativity and high technical ability”. She received standing ovations for her concert at the Steinway House in Hamburg. “Tanja Huppert played her way into our hearts tonight!” the house announced afterwards. Jonathan Nott, the long-time chief conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker, describes her playing after the joint recording of W.A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, KV 271 (Jeunehomme) as “a wonderful balance between technical ability, inspiration, musicality and wit”.
The result of this collaboration was recorded by Bayerischer Rundfunk (Public Bavarian Radio), as were Tanja Huppert's interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and Domenico Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonata in D-minor, K 141. All these recordings are regularly broadcast on the radio, e.g. on BR-Klassik. In addition, she has recorded with Bayerischer Rundfunk Haydn’s Piano Sonata in F-Major Hob. XVI:23, Domenico Scarlatti’s Keyboard Sonata in G-minor, K 8 and the Toccata by 1951 born Munich composer and organist Harald Feller. In 2018 she recorded W.A. Mozart’s Sonata No. 15, KV 533-494, Haydn’s Andante con Variazioni for Piano Hob XVII :6 and Viktor Ullmann’s Variations and Double Fugue op. 3a on a theme by Arnold Schoenberg (op. 19/4) and created the story for an artistic video portrait about her. Her 2021 recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 was set by Spotify on rank 2 in their editorial playlist “Classical New Releases” on Christmas 2021 as well as her recording of Domenico Scarlatti’s Keyboard Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, K 247 in their edition of February 18, 2022.
Besides music, Tanja Huppert also loves painting, for example the paintings of Pieter Bruegel and Marc Chagall. She is currently preparing a larger video project in which she will record classical piano works for YouTube. |
