Caroline Fischer
Biography Caroline Fischer
Caroline Fischer
The German-Korean concert pianist Caroline Fischer enrolled in the Julius Stern Institute for very gifted students at the University of Arts Berlin at the age of nine. When she was only 16, she began her studies at the Academy of Music „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin and continued studying in Mannheim, Geneva, Oslo and Hamburg.
She completed all eight of her degrees (7 Diplomas, 1 Master’s degree) with outstanding achievement, including two Konzertexamen degrees. The exceptional pianist has given numerous successful concerts in Europe, Asia, South America and the USA and has performed in major concert halls, such as the Philharmonie Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin, Seoul Arts Center, Musikhalle Hamburg, Gumho Art Hall Seoul, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, Ruhrfestspielhaus Recklinghausen, Theater Wolfsburg, Woori Financial Art Hall Seoul, National Theatre Bangkok, Teatro Municipal de Las Condes Chile, Wiener Musikverein and the Wiener Konzerthaus. She has played as a soloist with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Korean Chamber Ensemble, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia, New Symphony Orchestra Berlin, New Philharmonie Westphalia and at the International Steinway Piano Festival, EXPO Hanover and Yeosu, Beethoven-Festival Bangkok, Korean Festival Seoul, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Caroline gave concerts during the state visits of the former German Federal President Roman Herzog to South Korea and Mongolia and performed in Bellevue Palace Berlin for former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has won 37 prizes and awards (first prizes, gold medals, audience awards) in national and international competitions: “Jugend musiziert” Competition, International Steinway Piano Competition Berlin, International Queen Sophie Charlotte Competition, International Competition for Young People Berlin, Köster Classic Award-Klassik Radio Hamburg, Lions Club Mannheim Music Competition, Vienna Grand Prize Virtuoso, American Protégé International Concerto Competition, Classic Superstar Award and received 16 scholarships from renowned foundations. Her debut CD Caroline Fischer Piano (2006) and her second CD Lisztomagia (2009) were released by GENUIN classics. This year's highlights include performances in the Carnegie Hall New York, Singapore, Thailand, concert tours in Chile and Brazil and the recording of her 3rd and 4th CDs, which are recorded in the Gewandhaus Leipzig. In addition to her active performing career, Caroline Fischer is the chairwoman of the Kulturclub Berlin e. V. as well as the artistic director and organizer of the “Rising Stars Grand Prix” – International Music Competition Berlin, which is held in the Philharmonie Berlin. From 2010 to 2013 she was the assistant piano teacher to Prof. Einar Steen-Nøkleberg at the Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo and was appointed youngest “visiting artist“ at the Chulalongkorn University Bangkok.
