Carnegie Hall

Highly regarded for the sincerity, depth, and virtuosity of her interpretations, German pianist Schaghajegh Nostrati has developed an international career marked not only by several prizes at national and international piano competitions, but also by highly praised performances at prestigious venues in Europe, North America, and Asia. Recent and upcoming highlights as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras include her debuts at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Gilmore Piano Festival, and her return to Vancouver Recital Society and Barcelona’s Palau de la Música. Recent performances include appearances at the Lucerne Festival, Vienna Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Gewandhaus Leipzig, 92nd Street Y, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), and Philharmonie Luxembourg.

Ms. Schaghajegh’s international breakthrough came in 2014 as an award winner at the International J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig. Her critically acclaimed discography includes Bach’s The Art of Fugue, piano concertos, and complete partitas; recordings of works by Charles-Valentin Alkan; and piano concertos by Anton Rubinstein with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Born in Bochum in 1989 as the child of Iranian emigrants, Ms. Schaghajegh attended the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin, and has since joined both institutions as a faculty member. Her teachers include Ewa Kupiec and Sir András Schiff, who has become a mentor and frequent artistic partner.