Joseph Breinl


Joseph Breinl is a German pianist and accompanist. Numerous radio broadcasts and outstanding performances have earned Joseph Breinl a reputation as one of the finest piano accompanists and chamber musicians of his generation.

Education

Awarded a scholarship by the renowned Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Joseph Breinl studied solo piano in Munich with Karl-Hermann Mrongovius and :de:Gitti Pirner|Gitti Pirner. After graduation in Munich, Breinl continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam working on solo piano, song accompaniment and Cembalo with , Rudolf Jansen and . Breinl also worked closely with :fr:Udo Reinemann|Udo Reinemann and Graham Johnson, who have both remained important musical influences in his career.

Venues

Breinl's international career includes performances at many of the world’s most prestigious festivals and venues in Europe, North America, and Asia. He performed at the Munich Opera Festival, the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the :de:Schubertiade Vorarlberg|Schubertiade Vorarlberg, the :nl:Delft Chamber Music Festival|Delft Chamber Music Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
Venues in Europe include the National Theatre Munich, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall London, the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Musikverein Vienna, the Stockholm Concert Hall, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the La Monnaie Bruxelles, La Scala in Milan and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
In the United States, Breinl performed at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2006 and 2010, Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center in 2010 and at many other venues.
In Japan, he gave concerts at Suntory Hall and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo and Festival Hall, Osaka.

Accompanist

Breinl regularly works with Dutch mezzo-soprano :nl:Christianne Stotijn|Christianne Stotijn. Besides, he has performed with world-leading artists, including Grammy Award–winning Waltraud Meier, :de:Michelle Breedt|Michelle Breedt, Audun Iversen, , Miah Persson, :fr:Udo Reinemann|Udo Reinemann and :es:Sylvia Schwartz|Sylvia Schwartz.
He also accompanied renowned instrumentalists including , Liza Ferschtman, Antoine Tamestit, Carolin Widmann, Tabea Zimmermann and gives masterclasses around the world.
Joseph Breinl is on the artist roster of the London's arts management company .

Trivia

Invited by German chancellor Angela Merkel, Waltraud Meier and Joseph Breinl performed songs of Richard Strauss at the 41st G7 summit 2015 in Germany.

Professorship

Since 2010, Joseph Breinl has been professor of song accompaniment at the university of music and performing arts in Graz, Austria.