Wilhelm Kempff, born 1895 in Brandenburg, grew up in Potsdam. During school he studied at the Berlin Music University, where he became student of Heinrich Barth, the pupil of Tausig and Bülow (piano). In 1918 he debuted at the Berlin Philharmonic under Arthur Nikisch. His first solo tour abroad led Wilhelm Kempff in 1919 to Finland and Sweden, in 1920 his first record recordings appeared. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducted in 1924 the world premiere of the second Symphony by Wilhelm Kempff. In Potsdam 1930 he played the first of his concert cycles totalling more than 50 with Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas. From Wilhelm Kempff comes the well-known citation: "I consider myself lucky to live in the age of Bechstein." After the end of the war he once again presented concerts worldwide. His annual Beethoven interpretation courses in the southern Italian city Positano were famous. Wilhelm Kempff died 1991 in Positano.





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C. Bechstein Centrum Köln
In den Opern Passagen
Glockengasse 6
50667 Köln
+49 - 221 - 987 428 110
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C. Bechstein Centrum Düsseldorf
Grünstraße 15 - im stilwerk
40212 Düsseldorf
0211 - 247 95 -160
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C. Bechstein Partner Centrum Essen bei Piano Schmitz
Hindenburgstraße 50-52
45127 Essen
+49 - 201 - 233 2-46
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C. Bechstein Centrum Frankfurt am Main
Eschersheimer Landstr. 45
60322 Frankfurt
+49 69 - 400 501 130
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C. Bechstein Partner Centrum Bielefeld im Pianohaus Kemp Bielefeld
Jöllenbecker Str. 73
33613 Bielefeld
0521 - 60737
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Pianohaus Kemp Osnabrück
Hannoversche Str. 95 B
49084 Osnabrück
+49 - 541 - 27449
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C. Bechstein Partner Centrum Karlsruhe im Pianohaus Schlaile
Kaiserstraße 175
76133 Karlsruhe
+49 - 721 - 130 21 1
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Königstraße 50 A
30175 Hannover
+49 - 511 - 843 00 - 150
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C. Bechstein Partner Centrum Stuttgart im Piano-Fischer Musikhaus
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 8
70174 Stuttgart
+49 - 711 - 163 48 270
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C. Bechstein Centrum Tübingen
Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 9
72072 Tübingen
+49 - 7071 - 977 88 120
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C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg GmbH
Pumpen 8 | im Chilehaus
20095 Hamburg
+49 - 40 - 986 601 - 140
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Dohnanyistraße 15
04103 Leipzig
+49 - 341 - 268 20 900
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C. Bechstein Centrum Augsburg GmbH
Halderstraße 16
86150 Augsburg
+49 - 821 - 15 20 30
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Heinrichgasse 1
87435 Kempten
+49 - 831 - 290 03
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C. Bechstein Partner Centrum München im Piano-Fischer Musikhaus
Thierschstraße 11
80538 München
+49 - 89 - 211 13 54 00
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im stilwerk
Kantstraße 17
10623 Berlin
+49 - 30 - 2260 559 100
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An der Frauenkirche 12 - Coselpalais
01067 Dresden
+49 - 351 - 49 77 28-0
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im Musikkontor
Lange Straße 13
18055 Rostock
+49 - 381 201 46 10
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Jentschstraße 5
02782 Seifhennersdorf
+49 - 3586 - 450 40