Ronald Brautigam
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Geboren in
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Studium in
Amsterdam, London, USA
Highlights

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Nederlandse Muziekprijs 1984, 2 Edison Awards, 2 Diapasons d'Or and 1 Diapason d’Or de l’année, 8 Choc du Mois (le Monde de la Musique), 'Cannes Classical Award' 2004
Aufnahmen bei
BIS | Decca
Kurzbio
“the king of the fortepiano” (the Times)

Ronald Brautigam, one of Holland’s leading musicians, is remarkable not only for his virtuosity and musicality but also for the eclectic nature of his musical interests. He studied in Amsterdam, London and the United States of America – with Rudolf Serkin. In 1984 he was awarded the Nederlandse Muziekprijs, the highest Dutch musical award.
Ronald Brautigam performs regularly with leading European orchestras under distinguished conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Charles Ddutoit, Bernard Haitink, Frans Brüggen, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Parrott, Philippe Herreweghe, Ivan Fisher and Edo de Waart.

Besides his performances on modern instruments Ronald Brautigam has established himself as a leading exponent of the fortepiano, working with orchestras such as the 18th-Century Orchestra, Tafelmusik, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Hanover band, Concerto Copenhagen and l’Orchestre des Champs-Elysées.

In 1995 Ronald Brautigam began what has proves a highly successful association with the Swedish label BIS. Among the almost 40 titles released so far are Mendelssohn’s Piano Concertos (with Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam), and the complete works of Mozart and Haydn on fortepiano. The year 2004 saw the release of the first of a 17-CD Beethoven cycle, also on the fortepiano. Already after the appearance of the first six volumes this series has become firmly established as the reference recording as far as fortepiano cycles are concerned. According to US magazine Fanfare “this could be a Beethoven piano-sonata cycle that challenges the very notion of playing this music on modern instruments, a stylistic paradigm shift.” Besides his work for BIS, Ronald Brautigam has recorded piano concertos by Shostakovich, Hindemith and Frank Martin with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly, for Decca, as well as several CDs with his long-standing duo-partner, violinist Isabelle van Keulen.
His recordings have earned him numerous awards, including 2 Edison Awards, a Diapason d’Or de l’année and, in 20047, a “Cannes Classical Award” for that’s year best solo piano recording.

Ronald Brautigam is Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at Bristol University’s Music Department.

2011/12
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