OLGA SCHEPS

Pianist

''The power of music speaks through her (...) Her technical perfection is one thing, but without an identification with this music and the idea of what one can do with it, such an intense and expressive performance would not be possible (...) Standing ovation! Bravo!"

- Marion Heier, der Patriot

''She masters the technical hurdles seemingly effortlessly. She plays with minimal pedal use, her touch clear and pure.''

- Florian Arnold, Braunschweiger Zeitung

''The path to the listener's heart is long and stony. Only a few musicians are gifted with the ability to sing away the rubble like Orpheus of old. Olga Scheps is one of them.''

- Tom Schulz, Hamburger Abendblatt

Fidelio act 1

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

Who is Olga Shceps?

Olga Scheps has established herself as one of the most distinctive pianists of her generation. She studied with Professor Pavel Gililov at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, graduating with distinction. Her playing is widely admired for its combination of emotional depth, poetic sensitivity and brilliant technique.

Olga’s solo recitals are in high demand with audiences worldwide, as are her appearances as a soloist with orchestra. She has worked with renowned conductors such as Thomas Dausgaard, Lorin Maazel, José Serebrier, Marcus Bosch, Ralf Weikert, Michel Tabachnik, Antoni Wit, Ivor Bolton, Cristian Mandeal, Christoph Altstaedt, Tugan Sokhiev, Simone Young, Markus Poschner, Kristjan Järvi, Lena Lisa Wüstendörfer, Gabriel Feltz and Pablo Heras-Casado.

She has played in leading concert halls around the world, including the Berlin Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie, Cologne Philharmonie, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tonhalle Zürich, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Cadogan Hall London and Suntory Hall Tokyo. Olga is also a sought-after guest at festivals such as the Rheingau Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Heidelberger Frühling, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, MDR Music Summer, the Lucerne Festival on Piano, the ACHTBRÜCKEN Festival in Cologne, the Mozart Festival Würzburg, the Mersin Festival in Turkey and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad.

Olga Scheps regularly collaborates with renowned orchestras, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National

Orchestra, the Russian State Orchestra Moscow, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Swiss Orchestra, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Prague Philharmonia, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Braunschweig State Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, the Baltic Sea Philharmonic, the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla.

Alongside her work as a soloist in major venues with orchestras and festivals, Olga maintains an active chamber music profile. She collaborates regularly with artists such as Alban Gerhardt, Daniel Hope, Adrian Brendel, Jan Vogler and Nils Mönkemeyer, as well as ensembles including the Danish String Quartet and the Kuss Quartet, with whom she recorded the piano quintet by Mieczysław Weinberg.

Her debut recording Chopin for Sony Classical was awarded the ECHO Klassik Prize, launching an internationally celebrated recording career. The album was followed by highly acclaimed recordings including Russian Album, Schubert, Chopin’s Piano Concertos with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Vocalise, Satie, Tchaikovsky, Melody and Family.

Olga’s repertoire covers core piano works as well as distinctive and lesser-known compositions, reflecting her curiosity and strong artistic individuality. Among other works, her repertoire includes the posthumous études of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt’s Malédiction, Les Oiseaux exotiques by Olivier Messiaen, Lamentate by Arvo Pärt, the Piano Quintet by Mieczysław Weinberg and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Concerto. Since 2013 she belongs to the select circle of official Steinway Artists.

DISCOGRAPHY

“...the album (100% Scooter) has everything it needs: a baroque feel, magnificent late-Romantic landscapes, and catchy melodies. It's superbly played. You only realize how audacious it is - conceptually speaking - when you think about it for a while.”

Thomas Lindemann, WAZ