Ingrassia Artist Management announces the signing of concert pianist and organist Klaus A. Becker for representation in the United States and Europe.
Originally from Germany, Becker is an accomplished concert artist. Early prizes in the national music competition “Jugend musiziert” provided scholarships to attend graduate conservatories in Germany, where he studied piano with Ludwig Hoffmann, Friedrich Gulda, and Claudio Arrau. He concurrently studied organ with Leo Kramer, Franz Lehrndorfer, and Heinz Umlaff. Invitations to perform during the early years of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival brought Becker in contact with Leonard Bernstein, whose musical ideals he continues to adhere to.
Becker also holds a Ph. D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, and is active in academic research, with a lifelong goal of combining the advancement of science with music performance. That theme of building bridges between the worlds of science and music continues on a different level, in bringing together the worlds of piano and organ. Recent and upcoming performances include Smith College (MA), St. Thomas Church (NYC), and King’s Chapel (Boston).
Klaus A. Becker joins a roster that includes pianist Alexander Wasserman, classical guitarist Charles Mokotoff, jazz artist Clyde Wheatley, and organists Scott Lamlein, Edward Broms, Luca Pollastri, and Pavel Kohout, among others.
For more information, please visit www.klausabecker.com or www.ingrassiaartists.com.
