Mag.art. Johannes Wenk, Pianist
Senior Lecturer for Piano
wenk@mdw.ac.at

When asked about their vocation, many musicians respond, "Music is my life."

I say, "Life is music!"

Our bodies, our breathing, our heartbeats, our voices... we are rhythm and sound (person=per sonare). That is why engaging with music is the most natural thing in the world for me.

Professional activities
Piano (Department of Voice and Musical Theatre at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
Diocesan Conservatory for Church Music of the Archdiocese of Vienna (organ)
SALTO VOCALE Perchtoldsdorf chamber choir (founder and musical director)

Education
Studied IGP at the mdw, majoring in piano (class of Prof. Antoinette Van Zabner)
Studied concert organ at the mdw (class of Prof. Peter Planyavsky)

Soloist and chamber musician in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Spain and the USA. Appearances on TV and radio; CDs (Orgelportrait Gumpoldskirchen, I Got Rhythm, Franz Liszt: Via Crucis und Missa Choralis, Stimmungsbilder, Klangwellen, etc.)
 

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