14. November 2026
POTSDAM, GERMANY
Nicolaisaal
Brandenburger Symphoniker/Andreas Spering:
Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466
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New Single
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, III. "Presto Agitato"
In time for the upcoming Beethoven Year 2027, rising piano star Fabian Müller will release Beethoven’s complete cycle of 32 piano sonatas on Deutsche Grammophon.
The recordings were made at Berlin’s prestigious Pierre Boulez Saal, where Müller recently performed the complete sonata cycle at Daniel Barenboim’s personal invitation, earning widespread critical acclaim and an enthusiastic response from audiences.
As a first introduction to the project, a track from Beethoven’s iconic Moonlight Sonata will be released, alongside a specially produced video.
In collaboration with UN Climate Change, the video features Fabian Müller performing in the dried-up bed of the Rhine River, highlighting the visible impact of climate change.
The striking images of the drought-affected landscape are paired with the intensity and emotional urgency of Beethoven’s music, creating a powerful dialogue between nature and sound.
BIOGRAPHY
Fabian Müller, Piano
Fabian Müller has established himself as one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation: an outstanding Beethoven specialist and distinguished soloist who captivates audiences wherever he performs. Highlights of the 2026/27 season include engagements with Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Markus Stenz, SWR Symphonieorchester, which he leads from the piano, Royal Northern Sinfonia under Nil Venditti, and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice conducted by Marin Alsop. Deutsche Grammophon and Fabian Müller are marking Beethoven’s anniversary year with a major recording project: a complete recording of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, to be released in February 2027. Running parallel to this project is Beethoven - 32 Sonatas in 32 Minutes, a second unconventional recording in which each sonata is distilled into a one-minute musical portrait. Fabian Müller has a particularly close connection with this cycle, having performed it at the personal invitation of Daniel Barenboim during the 2024/25 season at Boulez Saal Berlin.
These projects follow an eventful 2025/26 season that featured performances with Bamberger Symphoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Pannon Philharmonic and NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, as well as a last-minute substitution as soloist with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester under Aivis Greters at Philharmonie Berlin. Other notable projects included a successful tour with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and appearances in Uppsala, Riga and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and chamber music collaborations with Albrecht Mayer and Theo Plath at Mogens Dahl Koncertsal in Copenhagen as well as with Leonkoro Quartet. Fabian Müller also enjoyed considerable success not only as a pianist but equally in his role as a conductor, leading his own orchestra, The Trinity Sinfonia, at Heidelberger Frühling 2026.
Fabian Müller attracted wide attention in 2017 at ARD International Music Competition in Munich, where he received five prizes, including the audience prize. Since then, his concert career has developed at a high international level: in spring 2018, he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York with Bavarian State Orchestra followed by debuts at Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall in London and in the prestigious Hamburger Meisterpianisten series.
“WHAT THE 31-YEAR-OLD AND THE 30-PIECE ORCHESTRA MADE OF THESE MUSICAL MILESTONES WAS SIMPLY OVERWHELMING.”
Fabian Müller has appeared with orchestras such as Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Staatskapelle Berlin, several German radio orchestras, Beethoven Orchester Bonn and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and with conductors including Paavo Järvi, Maxim Emelyanychev, Tarmo Peltokoski, Gabriel Venzago, Tabita Berglund and Antonello Manacorda. Together with Kölner Kammerorchester, he presented Beethoven's complete piano concertos, directing them from the piano over a series of concerts across two consecutive evenings. Since 2023, he has been performing Mozart's piano concertos at Rheingau Musik Festival, spread over several years, again conducting from the piano, with the participation of the Camerata Salzburg, among others. In pursuit of his own artistic ideal of sound, he founded his chamber orchestra, The Trinity Sinfonia, in 2023.
Fabian Müller is a regular guest at festivals such as Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele (Artist in Residence 2024), Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Beethovenfest Bonn (Artist in Residence 2023), and Aldeburgh Festival. He maintains distinguished musical partnerships with artists such as Igor Levit, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Bomsori Kim, Liisa Randalu, Maximilian Hornung, Julia Hagen, Schumann Quartet, Aris Quartet, Vision String Quartet and Leonkoro Quartet.
Music education and work with children and young people are particularly close to Fabian Müller’s heart. As a festival pianist for the Education Project of Klavier-Festival Ruhr, he worked with over 300 children every year, encouraging them to engage with contemporary music in a creative way. The project received the Junge Ohren Award in 2014 and an Echo Klassik Award in 2016.
“… a true heir to the very essence of the great German piano tradition”
Fabian Müller enjoys a close collaboration with Berlin Classics. His debut release on the label, featuring solo piano works by Brahms, appeared in 2018 and was followed in 2020 by an album comprising works by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Rihn. His most recent recording, released in 2022, is devoted to Schubert’s last three sonatas.
“EVEN AS A PASSIONATE CONCERTGOER YOU HAVE TO DIG DEEP INTO YOUR MEMORY TO REMEMBER A COMPARABLY INTENSE APPASSIONATA.”
CONCERTS
20. Dezember 2026
KÖLN, GERMANY
Philharmonie
Solo recital:
Works by Beethoven, Bach/Busoni, Liszt and Chopin
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BREMEN, GERMANY
Sendesaal
Beethoven-Zyklus: Konzert 1
Solo recital: Works by Beethoven
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MAINZ, GERMANY
Landesmuseum
Beethoven-Zyklus: Konzert 2
Solo recital: Works by Beethoven
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FREIBURG, GERMANY
E-Werk
SWR Symphonieorchester (play/conduct):
Mozart, Kurtág and Beethoven
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STUTTGART, GERMANY
Im Wizemann
SWR Symphonieorchester (play/conduct):
Mozart, Kurtág and Beethoven
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DETROIT, USA
Orchestra Hall
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Markus Stenz:
Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466
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BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY
Theater
The Trinity Sinfonia/Fabian Müller (play/conduct):
Beethoven
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HANNOVER, GERMANY
Sendesaal
The Trinity Sinfonia/Fabian Müller (play/conduct):
Beethoven
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HITZACKER, GERMANY
St.-Johannis-Kirche
Musikwoche Hitzacker
Solo and chamber music with the Freytag Trio
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“A GREAT AND AT THE SAME TIME UNPRETENTIOUS MUSICIAN WHOSE SPIRITED, DEDICATED AND SENSITIVE PLAYING TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY AND MAKES THE STEINWAY SHINE.”
“VIRTUOSO, MAGNIFICENT, EXCELLENT.”
THE TRINITY SINFONIA
Getting out on stage, reeling off a program, receiving applause: For Fabian Müller, this is definitely not enough for a fulfilled life dedicated to music. It has always been too little for him, even though he is now one of the most highly regarded pianists of his generation. "Being creative" is what he wants and he has shown what he means by this in numerous projects and challenges. This includes taking more and more reins into his own hands on stage.
The most recent result of his constant striving to get out of his comfort zone: his own orchestra. In 2023, Müller founded it with musician friends and named it The Trinity Sinfonia. Its musical roots are thus reflected in its name: Müller was first musically influenced by the Trinity Church in Bonn, where his father was a pastor. The members of the Sinfonia are hand-picked and all inspired by the idea of performing central works of the classical-romantic orchestral literature in the spirit of chamber music. Top musicians from currently top chamber music formations such as the Aris Quartet, vision string quartet and Monet Quintet as well as solo wind players from leading German symphony orchestras form the core of the line-up and are jointly responsible for the special spirit of the Trinity Sinfonia.
“MOZART WITH DRIVE. THE TRINITY SINFONIA’S FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WAS THRILLING.”
But the work of the new orchestra is not only characterized by a sound culture that makes you sit up and take notice. As is Müller's style, the Sinfonia's programs are anything but ordinary. For example, the debut program focused on Mozart and dared to create an unusual dramaturgy by interweaving symphony, chamber music, piano concerto and solo piano repertoire. A common program structure in Mozart's time. Nowadays an ear-opener. And a musical affair of the heart for Fabian Müller: "incredibly exciting, incredibly enriching."
After a celebrated debut at the Rheingau Music Festival in 2023, The Trinity Sinfonia's journey now continues at the Bonn Beethovenfest.
All of Beethoven's symphonies will be on the program in the coming years:
"A PROJECT," SAYS MÜLLER, "THAT DEMANDS ALL OUR STRENGTH AND AT THE SAME TIME UNLEASHES OUR CREATIVITY LIKE AN EXPLOSION. AN ARTISTIC ADVENTURE THAT WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT!"
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