Bernd Glemser

Bernd Glemser (born 1962, Dürbheim) is a German pianist. A student of Vitaly Margulis, in 1989 he became Germany's youngest piano professor at Saarbrücken's Musikhochschule.

He has recorded major pieces by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Schumann, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky as well as pieces by Liszt, Tausig, Godowsky and Busoni.

In 2003 Glemser was decorated with the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

His recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 was featured in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3.

Record of piano prizes, incomplete

Year	Competition	Prize	1st prize winner / Ex-aequo with...
1983	María Canals, Barcelona	2nd prize	1st prize void / Kyoko Koyama.
1984	Ferruccio Busoni, Bolzano	3rd prize	Louis Lortie.
1984	Mario Zanfi, Parma	1st prize
1985	Sydney International Piano Competition	2nd prize	Du Ning-Wu
1986	Rina Sala Gallo, Monza	1st prize
1987	ARD, Munich	2nd prize	1st prize void / Ricardo Castro.
1987	Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Santander	3rd prize
1988	Concours de Montreal	2nd prize	Angela Chang
1992	Andor Földes Prize	1st prize
1993	European Pianists Prize	1st prize		-

External links

• Bernd Glemser at Naxos Records webpage.
• Bernd Glemser at Oehms Classics webpage.