Background
Born to a Jewish family in Odessa, Oleg Maisenberg received his first piano lessons from his mother at the age of five.
Born to a Jewish family in Odessa, Oleg Maisenberg received his first piano lessons from his mother at the age of five.
He completed his studies at the Central Music School Kishinev and at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow with Professor Jocheles.
From 1971 to 1980 he appeared regularly with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and other renowned orchestras of the former Soviet Union. In 1981 Oleg Maisenberg emigrated to Vienna. Since then he has appeared with the Israel Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, with the conductors Christoph von Dohnányi, Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy, Herbert Blomstedt, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Neeme Järvi, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Georges Prêtre, Alain Lombard, Michel Plasson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Vladimir Fedosejev, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
He has devoted much of his time to chamber music, collaborating with such artists as Hermann Prey, Robert Holl, Heinz Holliger, Sabine Meyer, András Schiff, Renaud und Gautier Capuçon.
His continuing collaboration with the violinist Gidon Kremer commenced during his early years in Russia. Maisenberg has appeared at most of the major festival venues in Salzburg, Vienna, Lockenhaus, Lucerne, Berlin, Florence, Edinburgh, Piano Festival Ruhr and Sviatoslav Richter Festival in Moscow, among others, and has performed as a recitalist throughout the world.
His repertoire encompasses all stylistic epochs - his particular preference being the music of the 19th century. Between 1985 and 1998, Oleg Maisenberg was Professor of Piano at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart.
As of 2008 he is listed as a Professor in the Institute of Keyboard Instruments (Tasteninstrumente) at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
He gives master classes on a regular basis and acts as an adjudicator at various international competitions (Clara Haskil - Vevey, Géza Anda - Zurich, Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator - Munich). Former students include Till Fellner and Richard Hyung-ki Joo.
Maisenberg frequently appears with chamber orchestras such as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra New York, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Wiener Virtuosen (members of the Vienna Philharmonic), and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra.