Justus Zeyen (born 9 June 1963) is a German pianist and accompanist.

Life

Born in

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

, Zeyen first received violin and piano lessons (among others) with Cord Garben). In 1980, he successfully participated in the national competition Jugend musiziert and received a

scholarship A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need. Scholarsh ...

of the Richard Wagner Foundation in 1982 and 1986. After graduating from the in 1982,This statement and the previous ones: witnesses he studied at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

with Martin Dörrie,

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and Bernhardt Ebert. In addition, he took courses with Erik Werba and

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.Thomas Quasthoff & Justus Zeyen
on classicalsource Zeyen's musical focus lies in chamber music. He gives concerts worldwide as a soloist, but above all as a lieder pianist. Prominent accompanists have included

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, Christiane Iven, Sibylla Rubens,

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, Siegfried Lorenz, Michael Schade and Bernd Weikl as well as the choirs of the Bavarian and South German Radio. Numerous recordings and radio broadcasts complement his musical work. Since the first joint concerts at the Kremerata Musica in

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in Burgenland in 1994, Justus Zeyen has worked regularly with Thomas Quasthoff. Measha Brueggergosman has himself accompanied by Justus Zeyen in song recitals. Among other things, Zeyen teaches correpetition at the music academy in Hannover.Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover
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Awards

* Cannes Classical Award 2001 * Echo Klassik 2001

Recordings

* ''Lieder von Brahms und Liszt'' (with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 477 7433 (2000) * ''Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, Johannes Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge'' (with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 471 0302 (2001) * ''A Romantic Songbook'' (with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 474 5012 (2004) * ''Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin'' (with Thomas Quasthoff) DGG 474 2182 (2005)

References

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* * German classical pianists Classical accompanists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover 1963 births Living people Musicians from Kiel {{Pianist-stub