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Volker Banfield

Volker Banfield is a German classical pianist. He studied at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie in Detmold, beginning at age 14. Afterward he moved to the United States and studied at the Juilliard School and at the University of Texas. He then returned to live in Germany and toured extensively. His repertory emphasized late 19th century and 20th century music featuring works by Bartók, Debussy, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabin. The contemporary composers György Ligeti and Detlev Müller-Siemens have dedicated works to him. He has also become identified with the works of Schumann. He held a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg until 2009. He recorded four CDs for Wergo, and additional albums for CPO, including a performance of Ferruccio Busoni's Piano Concerto together with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra which was awarded a Diapason d'Or, and the world-premiere recording of Hans Pfitzner's Piano Concerto. From Wikipedia (

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Phantasie concertante in D Minor, Op. 48

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Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: I. Mäßig bewegt

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Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: III. Langsam - IV. Lebhaft

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Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Mäßig langsam

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Études pour piano: 2e Étude: Cordes vides

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Villa-Lobos: Rudepoêma / Müller-Siemens: Under Neonlight II

2022

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Schumann: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3

1992

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Busoni: Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39, BV 247

1993

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Ligeti: Études pour piano - Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus

2012

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Müller-Siemens: Schubert-Variationen / Under Neonlight I / Konzert für Klavier und Orchester

2025

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R. Schumann: Kreisleriana, Abegg Variations & 3 Romanzen

2000

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Pfitzner: Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 31

2000

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Schumann: Fantasies, Opp. 12, 17 & 111

2000

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Goetz: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

2000