"Kempf has a sure grasp of a mature repertoire, but with such open and generous musicianship one suspects that he could play through the Associated Board's Scales and Arpeggios book and make even that sound fascinating."
Edward Greenfield, The Guardian

Born in London in 1977, Freddy Kempf began playing the piano at the age of four. He first came to national prominence at age eight when he performed Mozart's piano concerto K. 414 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Festival Hall. He was followed by international attention and he was invited to play the same concerto in Germany. In 1987 he won the first National Mozart Competition in England and in 1992 the biennial BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

His award of third prize in the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow provoked an outcry in the Russian press, which described him as "The Hero of the Competition", and his unprecedented popularity with Russian audiences has been reflected in several television broadcasts and sold-out performances. He recently returned to the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire for solo and concerto appearances which received huge acclaim.

Freddy Kempf has given concerts throughout England, Europe, the United States and Japan and has appeared on television across Europe. Recent solo recitals have included dates at London's Wigmore Hall, New York's 92nd Street "Y" and the Salzburg Mozarteum, while concerto engagements have included appearances with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra , the Symphony Orchestra of Portugal, the European Community Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra and The Halle Orchestra. He has worked with many distinguished musicians, both in masterclass and in concert, including Vladimir Ashkenazy , Kurt Sanderling, Isidore Cohen, Libor Pesek and Fedor Gluschenko.

To contact Freddy Kempf, e-mail: freddy@miamipianofest.com or visit him on the web at: www.andrys.com/freddyk.html

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Listen to music played from the CD's by Freddy Kempf

All music selections are partial clips except where noted.

Selected pieces:

Freddy Kempf plays Rachmaninov:
Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39
VI. in A minor
Kreisler, Fritz
Libesleid (complete)


Freddy Kempf plays Schumann:
Toccata in C major, Op. 18
(complete)

Humoresque in B flat major, Op. 20:
Einfacht

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