Pianist Annett Busse was born in 1972 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now known as Chemnitz) in Germany. From 1980 to 1987 she received lessons at the Music School in Chemnitz. In 1987 she was accepted into the Special School for Music in Dresden, where she studied until 1990.From 1990 until 1996 when she moved to the UK, Annett studied Piano and Piano-Pedagogy under Professor Winfried Apel at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Dresden, where she was also a member of the Concert Class for Lied Interpretation.In March 1993 she was awarded a scholarship by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. She has attended masterclasses given by Peter Feuchtwanger, Edith Picht-Axenfeld and Anatol Ugorski. In June 1995 she took part in the voice and piano competition of the German Music Schools in Munich.Annett Busse has given recitals in various cities in Germany, Southern France and the UK. In November she performed the Liszt First Piano Concerto with the Berolina Orchester in the Schauspielhaus, Berlin.Annett performs regularly in the concert series' of several London Churches including St Martin-within-Ludgate, St Lawrence Jewry, St Bride's Fleet Street, St Mary-le-Bow and St James' Piccadilly. She was a guest performer in the "Souvenirs" International Arts Festival in Bloomsbury, London, in July 1998. She also appears frequently in the popular lunchtime concert series at the Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans, amongst other venues. Annett recently performed an acclaimed recital in the famous medieval mountain village of Bardou in the Languedoc, Southern France.During the late 1990's Annett studied in London with the renowned composer, pianist and teacher Peter Feuchtwanger. She lives in the Languedoc and in Harpenden, GB where, in addition to her busy performing schedule, she runs a flourishing Teaching Practice.Annett has recently released her debut recording, on the MUSIC CHAMBER label, of the seldom-heard masterpicece by DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH, 24 PRELUDES FOR PIANO, op 34. This critically acclaimed recording is now available from WWW.MUSIC-CHAMBER.COM, WWW.CDBABY.COM and WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK .The recording also features the exquisite DANCES OF THE DOLLS, another unjustly neglected masterwork of Shostakovich.Recorded in London in 2007 on a historic Steinway once owned by the great conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, Annett's album displays the warm, natural and totally unenhanced sound for which Producer Richard Carruthers of MUSIC CHAMBER is becoming justly renowned, reflecting the unforced freshness and vitality of her pianism.Annett's CD of Shostakovich has received a glowing review in the magazine INTERNATIONAL PIANO PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THIS REVIEW or to purchase the album from www.music-chamber.comAll audio samples on this page are taken from the above album. Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy .COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor !!!
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