Bernd Glemser

Bernd Glemser (born 1962, Dürbheim) is a German pianist. A student of Vitaly Margulis, in 1989 he became Germany's youngest piano professor at Saarbrücken's Musikhochschule.

He has recorded major pieces by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Schumann, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky as well as pieces by Liszt, Tausig, Godowsky and Busoni.

In 2003 Glemser was decorated with the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

His recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 was featured in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3.

Record of piano prizes, incomplete
YearCompetitionPrize1st prize winner / Ex-aequo with...
1983 María Canals, Barcelona2nd prize1st prize void / Kyoko Koyama.
1984 Ferruccio Busoni, Bolzano3rd prize Louis Lortie.
1984 Mario Zanfi, Parma1st prize
1985 Sydney International Piano Competition2nd prize Du Ning-Wu
1986 Rina Sala Gallo, Monza1st prize
1987 ARD, Munich2nd prize1st prize void / Ricardo Castro.
1987 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Santander3rd prize
1988 Concours de Montreal2nd prize Angela Chang
1992 Andor Földes Prize1st prize
1993 European Pianists Prize1st prize


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