Born in Bonn, Fabian Müller has established himself as one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in recent seasons. He caused a sensation in 2017 at the International ARD Music Competition in Munich, where he won five prizes. Since then, his concert activities have developed at a high level: in 2018, he made his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall with the Bavarian State Orchestra and performed at the Elbphilharmonie for the first time. In the coming season, he will perform all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin at the invitation of Daniel Barenboim and will make his debut at London’s Wigmore Hall.
Fabian Müller regularly performs with major orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. His lively interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach is reflected in his long-term collaboration with the Berlin Baroque Soloists, an ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Since last summer, he has been performing all of Mozart’s piano concertos at the Rheingau Music Festival, which he conducts from the piano.
In search of his own ideal sound, he also founded his own chamber orchestra: The Trinity Sinfonia. The ensemble made its debut at the Rheingau Music Festival in 2023; as conductor, he will perform all of Beethoven’s symphonies at Beethovenfest Bonn from 2024.
In addition to his concert activities, Fabian Müller is also involved in music education. As part of the Ruhr Piano Festival, he works with more than 300 children every year, who engage with modern music in a creative way. This project was awarded the Junge-Ohren-Preis in 2014 and an Echo Klassik award in 2016.
Fabian Müller has an exclusive collaboration with the Berlin Classics label. His first CD was released in fall 2018 and contains solo piano works by Johannes Brahms. Another CD with works by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Rihm was released in 2020. This was followed in spring 2022 by his third album, which contains Schubert’s last three sonatas. In addition, a Mozart album was released by Deutsche Grammophon, which he recorded together with Albrecht Mayer.