About me

Michael Ognianer

Pianist, composer, producer

Michael Ognianer was born in Moscow. His talent was discovered in the early years - already as a 5-year-old he presented his first composition to the Moscow audience; at 7 he gave solo recitals all over Russia, at 11 he gave concerts in EU and USA. In 1997 the young pianist moved to Munich, Germany, where he graduated from the Munich Music University and started his career as classical pianist, jazzmen, composer and electronic music producer.

Today Michael is just as much at home on a classical concert stage as he is at the piano of a jazz bar, a rock club or an electronic and experimental music venue. As a passionate world citizen and traveller, he looks for inspiration from natural wonders all over the world and mirrors it in his compositions, be it a solo piano improvised meditation or a complex and ambitious orchestra piece.

"...with his effortless and deeply inspired art Michail Ognianer seems to impart his soul to the audience." (Münchner Merkur)