About
“I am convinced there is nothing quite like the shared experience of an audience listening to a piece of music live, experiencing its emotional journey together and yet perceiving it in a unique and personal way.”
Jonas Aumiller first asked his parents for a piano teacher when he was 3. The Munich native wouldn’t have his first lesson for four more years, because his non-musician parents couldn’t imagine someone teaching music to a child that young. He says that, at that age, it was “its completeness as an instrument that made me fall in love with it.” He went on to study with Massimiliano Mainolfi at the Conservatorio F.A. Bonporti in Trento, Italy, then with Sergei Babayan at The Juilliard School (graduate diploma) and Cleveland Institute of Music (master’s and artist diploma).
He’s performed in the United States, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, and Germany, including at Bellevue Palace in Berlin (at the invitation of former German President Joachim Gauck) and with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Recent years have also seen a string of international competition successes, including first prize at Brahms Detmold (2021) and second place at Hamamatsu (2024), Rina Sala Gallo in Italy (2024), and Sendai (2022), where he also won the Audience Prize.
A great admirer of the pianistic traditions of the 19th and 20th century, Jonas transcribes orchestral and organ works for piano and performs them regularly in his recitals; he aspires to share these transcriptions more widely by publishing and recording them as well. He leans on two pillars to guide his success: “my passion and love for music, which come from within me, combined with the intense work with my two teachers.”
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
- SCRIABIN Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28
- BACH Toccata in G Minor, BWV 915
- CHOPIN Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, op. 60
- SCHUMANN Presto passionato in G Minor, op. 22a
- MONTERO Rachtime
Quarterfinal Round
- LISZT "Saint François de Paule marchant sur les flots" from Deux légendes
- DEBUSSY "Feux d'artifice" from Préludes, Book II
- BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111
Semifinal Round - Recital
- BACH–BUSONI Organ Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
- BRAHMS 6 Klavierstücke, op. 118
- CHOPIN Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp Major, op. 36
- LISZT–AUMILLER Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3)
Semifinal Round - Mozart Concerto
- MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595
Final Round - Concerto 1
- BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37
Final Round - Concerto 2
- BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15