Gottfried Hemetsberger
Gottfried Hemetsberger erhielt seine Ausbildung vor allem an der Musikhochschule und Universität Wien, wo er verschiedene Studien absolvierte; unter anderem Konzertfach und Instrumentalpädagogik Klavier, Musikpädagogik, Klavier abschließend u.a. bei S. Neuhaus, V. Margulis und J. Demus.
Konzerte als Kammermusiker und Solist, Klavierabende im In- und Ausland. Aufnahmen für Rundfunk, Fernsehen und Schallplatte. Diverse CD-Einspielungen u.a. mit Solowerken von Bach, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner. Verschiedene Uraufführungen österreichischer Komponisten. Konzerte in zahlreichen Ländern Europas, USA, Asien und Afrika, u.a. in Linz, Wien, Zürich, Paris, London, Warschau, Istanbul, Kairo, Washington, Taipei, Seoul.
Klavierseminare im In- und Ausland, Meisterklassen an verschiedenen asiatischen Universitäten, 2005 Gastprofessur in Süd-Korea. Zahlreiche Preise seiner Schüler bei über 20 verschiedenen nationalen und internationalen Wettbewerben. Universitätsprofessor für Klavier an der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität für Musik, 2006 Veröffentlichung der „Grundlagen des Künstlerischen Klavierspiels“ beim Verlag F. Noetzel - Heinrichshofen, BRD. Seit vielen Jahren unterrichtet Gottfried Hemetsberger Konzertfach Klavier an der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, Oberösterreich, und nimmt dort auch die Aufgabe des Vorstandes des Instituts für Tasteninstrumente wahr.
Gottfried Hemetsberger received his musical training first and foremost at the Higher-school for Music in Vienna and at the Vienna University. There he studied various fields of the music branch, including the artists programme and instrumental pedagogy (with Walter Panhofer), musical pedagogy and ‘Philosophy, Psychology, Pedagogy’ and subsequently piano with Neuhaus, Margulis, Horszowski and Demus.
He has enjoyed numerous engagements both as a soloist and a chamber musician. He has recorded for radio, television and on vinyl, not to mention his CD recordings of works by composers such as Bach, Schubert, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner and Schmidt. He has participated in festivals and premiered works by Austrian composers. His concert activities have taken him all over Europe and as far abroad as the USA, Asia and Africa (to concert halls like the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Munich, Zurich (Tonhalle), Paris, London, Warsaw, Istanbul, Cairo, Nairobi (National Theatre), Washington, Taipei and Seoul.
He was an integral part of the performance of the ‘Art of Fugue’ by J.S. Bach in the version for 2 pianos by Bruno Seidlhofer in Brucknerhaus in Linz, Vienna and at various other locations.
He has held piano seminars at home and abroad, masterclasses at many Asian universities and holds a guest professorship in South Korea. His students have received numerous prizes at national and international competitions in Vienna, Rome, Hamburg, Ettlingen and many more. He has been a jury member at competitions at home and abroad. He attained his qualification in higher education pedagogy and a university professorship in 2004. He completed his theoretical work ‘Fundaments of Artistic Piano Playing – a compendium for teachers and students’ in 2005. He has given many lectures and publications have been released at various conventions (e.g. The European Piano Teachers’ Association).
Gottfried Hemetsberger has been teaching piano at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Upper Austria since 1980 and has been active in his role as the head of the institute for keyboard instruments at that institute since 1985.
