Professors
Prof. Thomas Steinhöfel
Professor of Artistic Song Interpretation and Repetition
Fürstenhaus
- born in Königsee (Thuringia)
- first piano tuition aged five
- attendance of the Music High School Weimar / Belvedere
- 1982–88, studies at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar; piano with Prof. Volkmar Lehmann, Lied interpretation with Prof. Ludwig Bätzel, and chamber music with Prof. Martin Högner
- two-year scholarship at the conservatoire 'Franz Liszt' Budapest with Attila Nemethy, Ferenc Rados, and Emilia Varasdy
- master classes with Victor Mershanov, Bernard Ringeissen, Peter Feuchtwanger, Jürgen Uhde, and Peter Schreier
- since 1990, tutor for piano, Lied interpretation, and repertoire studies at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar
- since 1993, professor at the LISZT University
- official piano accompanist at the Weimar Masterclasses and the International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists, hosted by the LISZT University
- concerts as soloist, chamber musician, and Lied accompanist in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, the Netherlands, Brazil, and the USA
- invited to give courses in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Finland, and Brazil