Georg Friedrich Schenck

Who is Georg Friedrich Schenck?

Georg Friedrich Schenck was born in Aachen Germany in 1953. Graduating from Hanover Music College, he took masterclasses with Claudio Arrau, and then was a student of the American pianist Andre Watts for many years.

In 1986, Schenck was appointed Professor of Piano in the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. As a performer, Schenck has a wide repertoire. In 1987/88, he recorded the complete Beethoven’s piano sonatas and published recordings of Hindemith’s piano music, as well making a prize-winning recording of Brahms' piano transcriptions. Contemporary composer Adriana Hölszky dedicated to him a work entitled Hearing Window for Franz Liszt, which was first performed in Frankfurt in 1989.

Among his past students is Bulgarian pianist Evgeni Bozhanov.