Wolfgang Brunner
looks back to a lot of studies: music education and musicology in Munic and Salzburg and piano with Hans Leygraf, later he studied harpsichord with Liselotte Brändle, Kenneth Gilbert and Glen Wilson, Performance practise with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In fortepiano he got impulses by Eckart Sellheim and Richard Fuller.

Since 1985 is teaching historical keyboard instruments, Piano, Pianoimprovisation and Chambermusic at the „Mozarteum“ Salzburg. He also got lectureships in fortepiano at the music academies in Karlsruhe. Trossingen and (at moment) Linz, and was member of many International juries concerning fortepiano or harpsichord.

1998 he was first winner of the International C.P.E. Bach Competition in Hamburg (Combination of Fortepiano and Harpsichord), in 1989 he was first winner of the International Mozart Competition in Brugge (Fortepiano). Since this time he was invited to all important Festivals for Early music (f.e. Brugge, Utrecht, Herne), his partners have been Barbara Schlick, Michael Schopper, Konrad Hünteler, Lucy van Dael, Freiburger Barockorchester.

In 1991 he started concerts with his own band Salzburger Hofmusik , an Ensemble playing mainly (but not exclusivly) music on contempory instruments. A main subject of the repertoire consists of Salzburgian music-tradition before Mozart.

Under his CD-recordings you can find much pioneer recordings, f.e. complete pianoworks of Anton Bruckner, E.T.A. Hoffmann, songs of Carl Orff, with the Salzburger Hofmusik there are recordings of opera, orchestral and chamber music, many of them awarded with prizes. After winning some competitions in fortepiano and harpsichord Wolfgang Brunner was invited to all important Festivals for Early music and recording more than 60 CD’s solo and with his ensemble SALZBURGER HOFMUSIK (www.hofmusik.at) . At moment he is professor at music academies at Mozarteum Salzburg and Bruckner-Universität Linz, often asked member of jurys and master classes. Beside his concert activities he was publishing in themes as historical dance, historical informed performance practice, improvisation.