Benjamin Kammerer

Benjamin Kammerer serves as Professor of Piano & Piano Didactics and Deputy Department Head at the Department of Music Education, Mozarteum University Salzburg (Innsbruck campus) since 2018. An accomplished pianist, he is celebrated for his performances of contemporary and classical repertoire.

Education: Kammerer studied piano in Germany and the USA under Sontraud Speidel, Felix Gottlieb, Emile Naoumoff, and Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio). He honed his song accompaniment skills with Wolfram Rieger in Berlin and participated in master classes with Oxana Yablonskaya, Mikhail Voskressensky, Dimitri Alexejev, Stanislav Pochekin, and Boris Petrushansky.

Research Interests: His artistic focus centers on new and contemporary music, featuring works by Jörg Widmann, Thomas Larcher, and György Kurtág. He is deeply engaged in piano didactics, exploring innovative teaching methodologies for piano performance and regularly integrates 20th/21st-century compositions into his pedagogical practice.

Performance Career: As an avid chamber musician, Kammerer collaborates with artists including violinist Frederieke Saejs, clarinetist Miguel Pérez Iñesta, pianist Francesco Piemontesi, and ensembles like the Gémeaux Quartet and Galatea Quartet. His international performances span major festivals such as Heidelberger Frühling, Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival, and Montebello Festival across England, France, Italy, Central Asia, China, and the USA.

Awards: Recipient of multiple international piano and chamber music competitions, though specific awards are not detailed in source materials.