Bernd Glemser

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

External links

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