The pianist Amadeus Wiesensee, based in Munich, gave his debut with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester at the age of 12 and has since been invited to perform at many prestigious venues and festivals including Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Oxford Piano Festival, Konzerthaus Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. He studied at the University of Music in Munich, masterclasses with teachers such as Sir András Schiff, Maria João Pires and Alfred Brendel have rounded off his training.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung praised his performance as “poetic and ecstatic at world-class level”. In 2021, Amadeus will make his debut at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, at the Davos Festival and at Schloss Elmau with Bach’s famous Goldberg variations.

His second great passion alongside the piano is a philosophy – a subject he simultaneously studied at the Munich School of Philosophy. He’s particularly interested in exploring how music and philosophy influence each other and in communicating the importance of the arts today.

What can we expect from the talk?

Ludwig van Beethoven changed the landscape of classical music like no other composer before him. In occasion of his 250th anniversary, we’re having a look at what was truly revolutionary about Beethoven and what it can still mean to us today.

Why do you want to be a TEDx Speaker?

I want to share my passionate belief in music as a path both to individual freedom and social integration with the amazing TEDx community.

Do you have an important message to spread or a motivational life motto?

Beethoven’s music doesn’t shy away from conflict; rather, it addresses it headfirst and goes through it. That’s where personal growth happens and why his music remains so powerful: It shows us who we can be if we don’t look away from our problems.