Katharina Königsfeld

Education

The pianist and organist Katharina Königsfeld, born in Bamberg, discovered her passion for the piano and organ at the age of 6. She studied both piano and organ as an artistic major with Prof. A. von Arnim and Prof. R. M. Stangier at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.

In addition to the solo repertoire, she also works extensively with chamber music and lieder.

She has received musical inspiration from Christoph Eschenbach, Ian Fountain, Dirk Mommertz, Grigory Gruszman, Lutz Brenner, Edgar Krapp and Erwan le Prado, among others.

Concerts & competitions

Her busy concert schedule includes the Philharmonie Essen, the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum as part of the renowned Ruhr Piano Festival, the Festspielhaus Erl, the Kurtheater Bad Homburg, the Konzerthalle Bamberg, the Stadthalle Wuppertal, the Freiburg Minster and the Kurhaus Meran.

She is often invited to perform on the MS Europa.

In Lied, she has worked with musical greats such as Justus Zeyen, Jan Philip Schulze, Christoph Eschenbach and Matthias Goerne.

Career

In 2015, she ventured into the world premiere of Hans Rott's symphony, transcribed for piano, which was met with standing ovations at the Festpielhaus Erl.

Together with violinist Marie Claudine Papadopoulos and cellist Alexandre Vay, she forms the trio 'Klassik3'.

She works regularly with the soprano Claire Elizabeth Craig and the baritone Oddur Jonsson.

Katharina Königsfeld was under contract exclusively with Sony Classical from 2014 to 2021.

Today

In 2018, she took over the artistic direction of the International Organ Academy Kitzbühel and founded the Maria Hofer Organ Competition.

She also initiated and curates the KonzertKULTur series at the Schlosshotel Kitzbühel.

She enjoys passing on her musical ideas at master classes and responding to jury invitations.

She can be heard at musical readings with the actors Hans Sigl and Jakob Seeböck.

In 2024, she gave the world premiere of works for the combination of tuba quartet and organ with the Melton Tuba Quartet.