Austrian pianist Martin Nöbauer made a remarkable Chur debut during the 2026 season, performing to a sold-out audience and receiving an enthusiastic response. He now returns to the Alpine city with his ambitious Beethoven 32 cycle.
Equally at home on modern and historical keyboard instruments, Martin Nöbauer first gained international recognition as a finalist at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2023, which led to his inclusion on the competition recording released by the Chopin Institute. He has won numerous prestigious prizes, including Classic on Danube (Vienna) and the Hildegard Maschmann Foundation Competition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Further successes include appearances at Musica Antiqua Bruges, the Mozarteum Summer Festival, Musica Juventutis, and Fortepiano Plus at Schloss Kremsegg.
He has performed alongside Elisabeth Leonskaja at the Stars and Rising Stars Festival in Munich and has appeared in concert in Linz, Graz, St. Florian, Mondsee, and at the Dubai Opera. Recent and upcoming highlights include a recital at Chopin’s Birthplace in Zelazowa Wola, the release of his Gramola recording Chanter avec les doigts dedicated to Chopin, and debut performances with Unione Musicale in Turin and at the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw.
Martin Nöbauer studied at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz and is currently continuing his studies with Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. He has received further artistic inspiration through studies on historical keyboards, masterclasses in Imola and Aspen, and the Imperial Programme of the Musikakademie in Liechtenstein.