Born in Düsseldorf on 4 August 1938, died there in 2015; Bernd Wiesemann studied piano, music education and composition at the Musikhochschule Köln and with Alexander Kaul at the Robert-Schumann-Institut in Düsseldorf. He worked as a composer, pianist and conceptual artist; from 1973 he was the initiator and artistic director of several concert series, most recently “forum 20 – musik des 20. jahrhunderts im spiegel der dezennien” in Düsseldorf. From the early 1980s compositions of his own were written, mostly in connection with concepts and actions, from 1994 among others for the Wiesemann-Leis-Duo of piano and saxophone; he also wrote for prepared piano, toy piano and electroacoustic media. He gave concerts in Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands and in 1993/94 developed the solo programme “neue musik für kinderklavier”. In 2003 he recorded Das untemperierte Klavier – Neue Musik für Kinderklavier for Cybele Records.
Bernd Wiesemann
Piano / Composer
