Florian Hölscher

Florian Hölscher studied with Robert Levin, Michel Béroff and Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Freiburg, Paris and Cologne. He also received decisive impulses from the conductor Peter Eötvös. His repertoire includes solo and chamber music works from the 17th to 21st centuries. He is particularly passionate about premiering new works. For many years, Florian Hölscher has worked closely with contemporary composers, in particular Marco Stroppa, Alberto Posadas and Jonathan Harvey. Between 2015 and 2018, Alberto Posadas wrote the 80-minute solo cycle ‘Erinnerungsspuren’ for him, which was performed at WDR Cologne, the Luxembourg Philharmonie and the ‘Wien Modern’ festival at the Konzerthaus, among others.

As a soloist, he has worked with conductors such as Peter Eötvös, Christopher Hogwood, David Zinman, Francois-Xavier Roth, Kent Nagano, Sylvain Cambreling and Johannes Kalitzke. The pianist is a founding member of the Stuttgart-based ensemble Ascolta, with which he regularly performs at many important festivals for contemporary music and has built up a repertoire of over 300 ensemble works.

Since 2018, Florian Hölscher has held a piano professorship at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main.