OLGA SCHEPS, Piano

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OLGA SCHEPS, Piano
„To me, music is an extension of my expressivity, the amplification of my language. The score
is predetermined, but I am the interpreter. It is like acting – like the work of an actress who
follows a script.“ Olga Scheps
ECHO Klassik award winner Olga Scheps has quickly earned her standing among the
established and sought-after pianists of her generation with her individual and characteristic
musicality, her captivating stage presence, her scintillating sound and her warm touch. What
especially sets her apart from others is her remarkable ability to enthrall her audiences by
recounting musical narratives in her interpretations.
Olga Scheps was born in Moscow in 1986 and came to Germany at the age of six. She lives in
Cologne and studies with Pavel Gililov at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Further
studies have led her to Arie Vardi and Dmitrij Bashkirov. Moreover, for nearly ten years now,
she has received significant artistic impulses from Alfred Brendel.
An exclusive artist of SONY Classical/RCA, Olga Scheps’ debut CD “Chopin” was released in
January 2010; she received the ECHO Klassik award as “Newcomer of the Year” in October
2010. She released her second album with works by Russian composers in the autumn of
2010. In September 2012, Olga Scheps presented her most recent album “Schubert”.
Olga Scheps frequently performs recitals in venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the
Great Hall of the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Munich’s Prinzregententheater, Alte Oper Frankfurt,
Liederhalle Stuttgart, Musikverein Wien, and Cologne’s Philharmonie.
She has worked with renowned orchestras, such as the NDR Sinfonieorchester, the RadioSinfonieorchester Stuttgart, the Münchner Symphoniker, the Mozarteum Orchester
Salzburg, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, the
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Her
2012/13 concert season includes tours with the Staatskapelle Weimar as well as the State
Symphony Capella of Russia.
Since her debut at the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2007, Olga Scheps has been a regular guest at
various prominent festivals, such as the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Festspiele
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Kissinger Sommer, Heidelberger Frühling, Klavier-Festival Ruhr,
Rheingau Musik Festival, and the Hitzacker Summer Music Festival. Her recital at the Ruhr
Piano Festival in May 2009 was recorded and published in the “Edition Piano Festival Ruhr”
in cooperation with the Fono Forum magazine.
Olga Scheps also is an ardent chamber musician. She regularly collaborates with colleagues
such as the violinists Daniel Hope and Erik Schumann, the cellists Adrian Brendel, Alban
Gerhardt and Jan Vogler, as well as with the violist Nils Mönkemeyer.
Charlottenstr. 43 | 10117 Berlin
Fon (030) 680 70 29 - 50 | Fax (030) 680 70 29 - 60
[email protected] | www.june-artists.de
TV reports in the German newscast “heute journal“ (ZDF), “Capriccio“ (BR Bavarian Public
Radio & Television), Arte, 3Sat, and NDR North German Public Radio & Television have
quickly fostered her publicity among a broader audience. As an ambassador for classical
music, she is especially passionate about addressing a younger audience.
Olga Scheps is a fellowship holder at the “Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben” and the “German
National Merit Foundation ”.
For further information please visit the website www.olgascheps.de.
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