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Pianist Justus Zeyen was born in Kiel, Germany and studied in Hannover with Karl Engel and Bernhardt Ebert among others. Since then, Mr. Zeyen has been a sought after pianist, giving concerts in Europe, the United States, and Japan, performing as a soloist and pianist for chamber music, and an accompanist of vocal recitals.
He has worked with a number of artists of note including Dorothea Röschmann, Diana Damrau, Christiane Iven, Sibylla Rubens, Michael Schade, among others and the choirs of the Bayerischer, Mittel, and Süddeutscher Rundfunk. Since their first concerts at the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in 1994, Justus Zeyen has collaborated regularly with bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff. They have performed at the Philharmonie Berlin; Wigmore Hall; Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus; Theater an der Wien; Concertgebouw Amsterdam; Carnegie Hall; and Tanglewood Festival; as well as in Madrid and Los Angeles. Their recording for Deutsche Grammophon of lieder by Brahms and Liszt was awarded a Cannes Award and nominated for a Grammy Award. The most recent CD that Mr. Zeyen recorded with Thomas Quasthoff is of Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin. In addition to giving concerts, he teaches at the music academy in Hannover.