Freddy Kempf

The internationally renowned pianist Freddy Kempf performs in sold-out concert halls all over the world. With his unusually broad repertoire, he has steadily built a reputation as both, a risk-taker and a sensitive and profound artist. Born in London, Freddy Kempf first performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 8. At the age of 14 he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

Freddy Kempf has worked with renowned conductors such as Järvi, Dutoit, Sawallisch, Sanderling, Chailly, Ashkenazy, Petrenko and Davies, and has performed with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonia, City of Birmingham Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, La Scala Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony, Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, Tonhalle Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic.

In addition, Freddy Kempf has also given solo recitals in the most important international concert halls, including the large Moscow Conservatory, Berlin Konzerthaus, Milan Conservatory, Barbican Conservatory, Barbican, Het Concertgebouw, Sydney Opera House and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

Highlights of recent years include Freddy Kempf's debut at the BBC Proms and extensive concert tours in Asia, which have taken him to South Korea (Seoul Arts Centre), Singapore (Esplanade Concert Hall) and Taiwan. He has been a welcome guest conductor and pianist on tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and has been invited by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 12 concerts in England.

In the current season, Freddy Kempf is travelling to Asia again and, in addition to several solo recitals in Japan and South Korea, is also giving concerts in Seoul (Beethoven's 3rd and Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto). He returns to the Herkulessaal in Munich after many years with Clara Schumann's piano concerto.

Freddy Kempf has been recording exclusively for BIS Records for over twenty years. His latest recording of sonatas by Prokofiev was released in October 2019. Previous recordings have been critically acclaimed, his solo CD of works by Tchaikovsky in 2015 and another solo CD of works by Schumann in 2013. In 2010, his recording of Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto with the Bergen Philharmonic under Andrew Litton was nominated for the prestigious Gramophone Concert Award.