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Hohe Tauern Festival

Justus Zeyen

Born in Kiel, Zeyen initially took piano lessons with Cord Garben before studying in Hanover with Karl Engel and Bernhard Ebert, among others. Concerts have taken the pianist and song accompanist throughout Europe, North America and Asia. He has performed with Juliane Banse, Measha Brueggergosman, Diana Damrau, Christiane Karg, Dorothea Röschmann, Florian Boesch, Siegfried Lorenz, Thomas Quasthoff, Michael Schade and Bernd Weikl as well as the choirs of the Bavarian, Central and South German Radio.

He has given recitals at the Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne Philharmonic Halls, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, the Theater an der Wien, La Scala Milan, Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Madrid, Paris, Moscow, New York, Toronto and Tokyo and has been invited to the Berlin and Vienna Festwochen, the Munich Opera Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein, Edinburgh and Verbier Festivals, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Salzburg Festival, Mostly Mozart New York, Tanglewood and Tokyo.

Five CD releases with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft have been awarded several prizes such as the Echo Klassik, Cannes Award, German Record Critics' Award and Grammy nominations. Until summer 2020, Justus Zeyen taught at the Hanover University of Music and at masterclasses in Tanglewood, New York, Boston, London and the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg.

In 2020, Justus Zeyen was appointed professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he leads a song class for singers and pianists.

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