Andreas Groethuysen

Andreas Groethuysen, born in Munich in 1956, after having finished grammar school explored several academic fields (like philosophy and medicine) before he decided on music. He studied the piano with Ludwig Hoffmann at the Music Academy in Munich and, after graduation and master studies, with Peter Feuchtwanger in London.


After his studies he was admitted to the “Bundesauswahl Junger Künstler” which enabled him to play numerous concerts with solo music, chamber music and orchestra in Germany. In the mid-1980s he decided to team up with Yaara Tal as a piano duo, which over the years became the center of his artistic activities.


Since then, the duo has performed regularly at such prominent venues as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Philharmonies Berlin, Cologne and Munich, Teatro alla Scala Milano, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Hongkong Arts Festival, Lucerne Festival, Frick Collection New York, Forbidden City Concert Hall Peking, Piano-Festival La Roque d´Anthéron, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Salzburger Festspiele, Musikverein Vienna, Tonhalle Zürich – to name only a few.


The exclusive cooperation with the record company SONY CLASSICAL makes up an important part of their international success: The

Duo Tal & Groethuysen has released more than 40 recordings of piano music for four hands (largely world première recordings e.g. of pieces by Carl Czerny, Reinhard Febel, Theodore Gouvy, Charles Koechlin, Felix Mendelssohn, Max Reger, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner) which have brought them great acclaim from critics and the public alike.


Their CD’s have won the coveted “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” no less than eleven times, while the German Phono Academy has awarded its “Echo Klassik” (recently renamed “Opus Klassik”) prize to six of their recordings, including the complete recordings of Schubert´s music for four hands and the complete Mozart piano duos. Other awards from outside Germany, such as the “Cannes Classical Award“, “Editor´s Choice“ by Gramophone and the “Supersonic Award“ reflect their high international reputation.


Andreas Groethuysen was repeatedly invited to juries of national and international competitions and chaired the jury at the ARD competition for piano duo several times.


Since 2014 Univ.Prof. Andreas Groethuysen is teaching a class for solo piano and for piano duo (master studies) at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.