Moritz Eggert

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Moritz Eggert (born November 25th, 1965 in Heidelberg) is a German composer and pianist. Life Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt (with Wolfgang Wagenhaeuser and Claus Kühnl), at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt (with Leonard Hokanson) and in Munich at the Musikhochschule Muenchen (with Wilhelm Killmayer). Later he continued his piano studies with Raymund Havenith and Dieter Lallinger, and his composition studies with Hans-Jürgen von Bose in Munich. In 1992 he spent a year in London as a post-graduate composition student with Robert Saxton at the Guildhall School for Music and Drama. Moritz Eggert has covered all genres in his work – his oeuvre includes 7 operas as well as ballets and works for dance and music theatre, often with unusual performance elements. 1997 German TV produced a feature-length film portrait about his music. As a pianist he regularly collaborates with many artists, as soloist with orchestra, as chamber music partner in various formations and as a Lied accompanist. In 1996 he presented the complete works for piano solo by Hans Werner Henze for the first time in one concert, in 1989 he was a prizewinner at the International Gaudeamus Competition for Performers of Contemporary Music. As a composer Moritz Eggert has been awarded with prizes like the composition prize of the Salzburger Osterfestspiele, the Schneider/Schott, the "Ad Referendum"-prize in Montréal, the Siemens Förderpreis f

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Wergo 75 Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

Wide unclasp

Hämmerklavier

Eggert: Hämmerklavier

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Weaver of fictions

I Belong This Road I Know

Wergo 75 - Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

The Raven Nevermore (Moritz Eggert - Music of Infinite Variety)

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Touch! Don't Touch! (Music for Theremin)

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Moritz Eggert: Die Tiefe des Raumes (Ein Fußballoratorium) [Live]

Musica Viva, Vol. 30: Moritz Eggert

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Horizon 1 (Premieres 2007) [Live]

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