Ingolf Wunder (born 8 September 1985 in

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n classical pianist. In 2010, Wunder was the second prize winner at the

XVI International Chopin Piano Competition The XVI International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, XVI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 to 20 October 2010, for the first time organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Prize winner ...

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, Poland. He also won special prizes for best concerto, best Polonaise-Fantasie performance, and the public prize at the competition.

Career

Wunder had his first music lesson at the age of four, initially learning the violin. His talent for the piano was discovered at the age of 14. He studied at the conservatories of Klagenfurt and

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before joining the

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. A participant in the earlier 2005 International Chopin Piano Competition, Wunder failed to make the last stage. From 2008 to 2010 he studied under

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, who was himself the winner of the Chopin Competition in 1955, in preparation for the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition. He has performed around the world, both in solo recital and with orchestras. In 2019, Wunder had his public conducting debut at the Rubinstein Philharmonic in Lodz, Poland. In 2020, he conducted Górecki's 3rd Symphony at the Opera Leśna. In 2019, Wunder gave a TEDx talk about the decline in quality of music and how to get out of it. In 2021, he spoke at the United Nations' IGF about the importance of quality music and music education for all of us, in a world full of technology and

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Discography

*2006: Works by Frédéric Chopin, Maurice Ravel and Franz Liszt *2011: Works by Frédéric Chopin *2012: ''INGOLF WUNDER 300'' *2014: ''Tchaikovsky & Chopin'', with St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra,

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*2016: ''Chopin & Liszt in Warsaw''INGOLF WUNDER
Chopin&Liszt in Warsaw

Awards

*September 1999; VI Concorso Internazionale di Musica - Premio Vittoria Caffa Righetti (

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) – 1st Prize *October 1999: XIV European Music Competition in (

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) – the winner of his age group *November 1999: 63.

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Piano Competition (

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) – 1st Prize *March 2000: Concours Musical de

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in ( Asti) – 1st Prize *May 2000: Prima la musica 2000 Music Competition (

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) – 1st Prize *June 2000: VI Trofeo Internazionale (

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) – 1st Prize *September 2001: 36. Großer

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Wettbewerb in (

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) - Liszt Prize City of Budapest *October 2010:

in (

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) – 2nd Prize, Special prizes: "Best Performance of The Polonaise-Fantasy op. 61" and " Best Performance of a Concerto".

References

External links

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