INTERNATIONAL PIANO FORUM FRANKFURT

About Us

Grußwort des Hessischen Ministerpräsidenten Boris Rhein

Boris Rhein

Prime Minister of Hesse & Patron of the International Piano Forum

Under the Patronage of | Unter Schirmherrschaft von

Dr. Peter Ramsauer

Former Federal Minister | Patron of the International German Piano Award

“I am pleased that the International Piano Forum contributes with its name and network to the growing success of its excellent piano talents. Despite countless other piano competitions, something has never existed before: the International German Piano Award. Thus, the International German Piano Award earns unlimited gratitude of top German and international piano talents.”

Maryam Maleki
Maryam Maleki

President of International Piano Forum Frankfurt & Artistic Director of the International German Piano Award

Under the artistic Patronage of | Unter der künstlerische Schirmherrschaft von

Lars Vogt

German pianist, conductor and music professor

✝ September 5, 2022

“The task of a pianist is diverse and includes an exact knowledge of the compositions, the composers, the period and the musical language. Most importantly it includes the deep understanding of one’s self and the boundless vastness, which is slumbering in all of us and composers have wonderfully expressed across all boundaries of time.” Lars Vogt

Lars Vogt has established himself as one of the leading musicians of our time. Born in the German town of Düren in 1970, he first came to public attention when he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition and has enjoyed a varied career for over thirty years. His versatility as an artist ranges from the music of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, to the romantics Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, through to 20th Century works such as the dazzling Lutosławski concerto.