Piano Matinee - Prof. Robert Lehrbaumer (Vienna)

Robert Lehrbaumer - conductor, piano and organ soloist, chamber musician, song accompanist, pedagogue, music educator, author, musical comedian, composer, intendant and lecturer - is regarded internationally as one of the most versatile artists in classical music. He studied at the Vienna University of Music under professors Schwarzbauer, Schwertmann and Medjimorec (piano), Dr. Rudolf Scholz (organ), Otmar Suitner (conducting) and Thomas Christian David (composition). From age eleven he performed as a soloist with orchestras.

As a pianist, organist, harpsichordist or conductor, he has worked with the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, RSO Vienna, Lower Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Camerata Salzburg, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Martha Argerich Festival Orchestra Japan, Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico, Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, Lebanon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Radio Orchestra and many other ensembles. As an instrumentalist, his work was shaped by collaborations with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, André Previn, Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Végh, Michel Plasson, Leopold Hager and Hans Graf. As a conductor, pianist and/or organist, he has also worked with Walter Berry, Anton Dermota, Philippe Entremont, Adrian Eröd, Friedrich Gulda, Michael Heltau, Robert Holl, Renate Holm, Maresa Hörbiger, Mavie Hörbiger, Angelika Kirchschlager, Helmut Lohner, Fritz Muliar, Elfriede Ott, Erika Pluhar, Ildiko Raimondi, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Bo Skovhus, Julia Stemberger, Katharina Stemberger and philharmonic soloists and ensembles.

The Austrian Federal President awarded him the title of Professor. He has also received the Grand Decoration of Honour of the federal states of Burgenland and Lower Austria, as well as other distinctions.

Programme: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, works by Schubert and Chopin.