“The Munich-based pianist Margarita Höhenrieder is a star among insiders.”

Indeed, Margarita Höhenrieder ranks among the most distinguished German pianists of her generation. Born in Munich, she won First Prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in 1981 and received decisive artistic impulses through her studies with Ludwig Hoffmann, Leon Fleisher in the United States, and Alfred Brendel.

As a soloist, she has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Staatskapelle Dresden, and the New York Philharmonic, collaborating with conductors including Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Kirill Petrenko, James Levine, Riccardo Chailly, and Fabio Luisi.

A particular focus of her artistic work is the oeuvre of the composer Harald Genzmer, whose works she has premiered on numerous occasions – including his final composition, Wie ein Traum am Rande der Unendlichkeit, a duo for piano and flute performed with Emmanuel Pahud.

Alongside her international concert career, Margarita Höhenrieder served for many years as a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and is deeply committed to nurturing the next generation of pianists.

In recent years, several highly acclaimed recordings have been released: a live DVD featuring performances of all five piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven on accentus music. With the label Solo Musica, she recorded Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 in historically informed performance practice on an 1846 Pleyel grand (2022/23), Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Nordlicht, 2024), and most recently Mozart & Choveaux (2025) together with pianist Antti Siirala and the Wiener Concert-Verein. These productions document her stylistic range, spanning the classical and Romantic repertoire as well as rarely performed works.

In the upcoming season 2026, concert tours will take Margarita Höhenrieder to Argentina, with performances on August 24 in Córdoba, August 26 in Rosario, and August 29 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Further highlights will follow on October 30 in Zug, on November 2 at the Musikverein in Vienna, and again on April 11, 2027, at the Berliner Philharmonie. Margarita Höhenrieder thus continues her international concert career with major appearances across Europe and South America.