Thomas Palm (pianist)
Thomas Palm | |
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 Palm in 2008 | |
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Occupation | Classical pianist |
Thomas Palm (born 1952) is a German classical pianist who made an international career focused on Lied accompaniment. He was for decades the piano partner of Ingrid Schmithüsen who ran a series of recitals in Cologne.
Life and career
Palm was born in Aachen on 18 February 1960.[1] He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.[2] During his studies, he was assistant in the Lied class of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and he was elected by Deutscher Musikrat for the national concert series Konzerte junger Künstler.[2] He achieved awards at international competitions.[1] Palm made his debut as a soloist with Poulenc's Piano Concerto at the Kölner Philharmonie.[2] He focused on Lied accompaniment, performing in Europe, the Americas, and East Asia.im Fernen Osten, at the Ludwigsburg Festival and the Schwetzingen Festival, among others.[1]
Palm was for decades the pianist in recitals with Ingrid Schmithüsen who founded an association running a concert series of recitals entitled "im zentrum lied" (Lied in focus) that she directed until 2019.[3] They performed a repertoire of 4000 lieder over 27 years.[3] They programmed them in a recital in a dramatic sequence, trying to achieve a coherence as in the song cycles by Schubert and Schumann, and to tell "eine ungehörte Geschichte" (an unheared story), as she worded it.[3] [4] They made recordings of lieder selected around themes for the label Canterino.[3] Kölner Philharmonie.[2] Since 1999, Palm has worked in a duo with the soprano Irmelin Sloman.[2]
He has run a piano class at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf[2][5] and has lectured at the Chorakademie in Siena.[5]
Palm lives with his wife and two children in Schladern, part of Windeck, where he conducts a local men's chorus and the corresponding women's chorus.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Von Schladern auf die Bühnen der Welt". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 17 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Duo-Abend" (PDF). Bonner Schumannfest (in German). 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Schwering, Markus (12 March 2026). "Nachruf auf Ingrid Schmithüsen: Mit intellektueller Energie". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "im zentrum lied". im zentrum lied (in German). 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Dozenten". Chorakademie Siena (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2026.