Annegret Kuttner

Events:

Born in:

Zittau

Current centre of life:

Leipzig

Instrument:

Piano

Second, third or even fourth instrument:

Unfortunately none, but saxophone is on the to-do list!

My career aspiration as a child:

Figure skater

This was the profession my parents envisioned for me:

Pianist

Works or concert experiences that shaped me:

Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy – that was my first concert with orchestra.

Work with the greatest music-making pleasure (and why?):

George Antheil’s “Ballet mécanique” for four pianos and four percussion instruments and Schubert’s “Trout” – an absolute pleasure for a pianist.

I would like a work for my instrument by this composer (and why?):

As a pianist, I don’t really have that desire – I don’t think anyone manages to sift through all the compositions for piano in a lifetime.

I would get up in the middle of the night for that:

I can’t think of anything off the top of my head. :)

Special / curious own concert experience:

Duo concert with Peter Bruns in prison (for the inmates).

My most valuable tip for the next generation of musicians:

Don’t study naively, follow a precise plan of how to live as a pianist after graduation (Plan B?).

That's what I wish for the future of the classical music scene:

It should be an integral part of culture and reach all people.

That's what I associate with Leipzig as a city of music:

Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, St Thomas’s Boys Choir, Gewandhaus, orchestra festivals and many music enthusiasts.