Biography
Pianist Kai Adomeit enjoys esteem among connoisseurs on Germany's keyboard circuit, where his work spans solo recitals, concerto engagements, duo partnerships, and chamber collaborations. Born in Mannheim in 1968, he grew up amid music; his father, Hans Adomeit, held the post of solo cellist at the Nationaltheater Mannheim while also serving as a university professor. Adomeit began piano studies at eight and advanced swiftly, earning the Mozart Prize from the city of Mannheim in 1977. His principal instructors included Paul Dan, Gerhard Oppitz, Michael Ponti, Conrad Hansen, and György Cziffra. In the early 1990s he recorded the complete set of Rachmaninov's four piano concertos for the Bayer label; the cycle received a Choc du monde de la musique award from France's Diapason magazine and established his international profile. He also committed to disc works by Dvořák, Liszt, and Schumann on German labels. Throughout most of the decade Adomeit concentrated on chamber music, appearing regularly with violinist Wanda Wilkomirska, the London Piano Group, and his father. Entering the new century he resumed duo work alongside Frank Strobel and returned to solo appearances, performing with the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. He additionally serves as permanent orchestral pianist of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and has contributed to film scores in both Germany and the United States. In concert he has frequently presented Gottfried Huppertz's original score for Fritz Lang's silent film Nibelungen. He intends to record the output of contemporary composer Hermann Schäfer. In 2023 Adomeit rejoined the studio, teaming with pianist Joseph Moog on the Onyx label for the two-piano arrangement of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.
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