Wolfram Rieger

Wolfram Rieger is a German classical pianist, who is known internationally as accompanist of singers and in chamber music.

Training Born in Waldsassen, Rieger received his first piano lessons from his parents and later from Konrad Pfeiffer in Regensburg. He quickly developed a strong affection for song interpretation and therefore continued his studies at the Musikhochschule München with the lieder pianists Erik Werba and Helmut Deutsch. After graduating with distinction in 1987, he took part in the master classes of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Thomas Hampson, Olaf Bär, Peter Schreier, Matthias Goerne, Christoph Prégardien and as chamber music partner of the Cherubini Quartet, the Petersen Quartet and the Vogler Quartet.

In 1997, he received the medal of honour from the Franz Schubert Foundation of Barcelona.