Pianist Martin Tchiba was born in 1982 in Budapest and has been living in Germany since 1985.
In his early years his artistic prowess quickly attracted attention. His ability to combine "complete dedication, passion and keen intelligence" (Rhein Neckar Zeitung, Heidelberg) on a high artistic level in his playing prepared the way towards a successful international concert career.

His concert appearances include performances at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (solo recital: 2002; duo recitals: 2005 and 2008), in the Budapest Autumn Festival, the Spoleto Festival, the Braunschweig Classix Festival and the European Ruhr Classic Festival, the Unicum Festival in Ljubljana (as soloist with the Slovenian National Philharmonic), at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, at the Flagey Brussels, in Berlin, Basel, Den Haag and Salzburg. Several concert tours, for example as a soloist with the "Sinfonietta Köln". In 2005 he had a solo performance in Berlin in the presence of the Presidents of Germany and Austria. He has made numerous live and studio recordings and broadcasts for radio and television, as with the WDR Cologne, the SR, the Deutschlandradio Kultur, the Hungarian and Dutch broadcasting services (AVRO, VPRO, Concertzender, TV Nederland 3) and others. In 2005 the Dutch Television made recordings at the "Bimhuis" in the new Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. In 2006 the "RBB Kulturradio" (Berlin) broadcast a ca. one-hour long portrait of the pianist.
In 2008 two CDs were released for the NAXOS and the TELOS labels. (see: NEW CD RELEASES)

In his carefully planned repertoire containing works of all ages, the music of the 20th and 21st centuries plays an important role. He performs it also in combination with works from earlier times. This opens a new perspective: the familiar alongside the new. Tchiba has also given the first performances of works, some of which were dedicated to him.

Following several years of piano studies with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover and outstanding successes in competitions for young musicians, Martin Tchiba studied at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken with Thomas Duis and at the Musikakademie in Basel with Jean-Jacques Dünki. He has participated as a soloist in master classes and workshops with Lazar Berman, Marie-Françoise Bucquet, Jan Marisse Huizing, György Kurtág and Jan Wijn, among others. He regularly consults the composers when studying their works.

Tchiba was given various scholarships and awards, including scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (2003-2006) and from the German Academic Exchange Service (2006/07), the Cultural Award (Kulturförderpreis) of the Federal State Capital Saarbrücken as well as promotions from the Kunststiftung NRW. The International Holland Music Sessions have repeatedly engaged him as "International Young Top Talent" for various solo and duo concerts. He was the artistic leader of a project launched by "Bipolar - German-Hungarian Culture Projects" (2006/07) and the German National Cultural Foundation on the subject of innovative music instruction.

Additional studies in composition with Michael Denhoff in Bonn, workshops with Earle Brown and Helmut Lachenmann. As a composer he received a.o. the "Award for promising young composers" from the GEMA and the German Jeunesses Musicales. His compositions have been performed and broadcasted in Germany, Italy, Russia and the Netherlands by renowned ensembles, for instance at the International Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam (invited 2001 with two works and as the youngest finalist) and at the A-Devantgarde Festival in Munich.

email: martin@tchiba.com
Website: www.tchiba.com

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