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Born in Vienna,
Manfred Wagner-Artzt was admitted to study at the former
„Academy of Music and performing Art“ in Vienna
in the class of Richard Hauser at the age of 13. Four
years later he continued his education with the renowned
pianist Alexander Jenner and obtained his concert pianist
diploma in 1974. Only a few months later he gained a
second diploma, by finishing his studies of chamber
music. He is renowned as a soloist, a chamber musician
and a Lied-accompanist, promoted by Erik Werba.
He won the gold medal at the International Piano
Competition in Vercelli. Since then he has toured
extensively in many European countries, in the United
States, in Russia, in Japan, Hong Kong, and in in the
Near and Middle East.
His artistic activities are documented in many recordings
for international radio and TV stations, as well as on
records and CDs, recorded for companies as EMI, GRAMOLA,
MDG, KKM, DIVERTIMENTO, etc.
A significant part of his concert-activities involve
collaborations with some of the most famous
instrumentalists performing today e.g. with the members of the
Alban Berg Quartet, of the Vienna
String-Sextet, of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Aron
Quartet,
Heinrich Schiff, Christian Altenburger, Ernst Kovacic, etc.
In the
„ARSIO PIANO DUO“, he dedicates
his interest, together with his wife, the young pianist
SUSANNA ARTZT, to the
wonderful repertoire of piano music for Four Hands and
Piano Duet.
As a member of the „exxj" (Ensemble 20th
Century) he has been involved in many developments in
contemporary music in the last 25 years.
He has given master-classes and lecture-recitals at the
famous Moscow Tchaikovsky-Conservatory (yearly), in the
USA, in Austria and other European countries and has been
assistant professor at the European Academy in
Montepulciano. He has been a member of the jury of the
Int. Competition of the University of Maryland and last
but not least he has worked as an editor for
“Universal Edition” where he prepared the new
edition of the “Mouvement for Piano-Quartet” by
Gustav Mahler and recently the never before released
piano music by Franz Schreker.
Since december 2006 he has been vice-president of the
International Chopin Society in Vienna.
Since October 1975 he has been teaching as a professor at
the University of Music in Vienna where he was nominated
in 1999 as “Ordinarius” for piano, which is
comparable to the “tenure professor” in the
United States.
In 1997 Manfred Wagner-Artzt has been honored for his merits in the
improvement of the cultural relationship between Austria and Poland as
the President of the Republic of Poland awarded him the "Cross of
Cavalier"-
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