ABOUT AARON

Described by Zubin Mehta as “a truly exceptional Schubert interpreter — a musician of rare poetic insight, whose playing speaks with depth, humanity, and inner freedom,” Aaron Wajnberg is a highly acclaimed international concert pianist whose career has taken him to some of the world's most prestigious concert halls and opera houses.

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He has performed at Carnegie Hall (New York), Van Cliburn Hall (Fort Worth), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne), La Monnaie, BOZAR and Flagey (Brussels), the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Valencia), the Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), deSingel and Queen Elisabeth Hall (Antwerp), the Alfried Krupp Saal (Essen), the Joseph Keilberth Saal (Bamberg) and the Veronica Hagman Hall (Danbury), as well as in concerts presented by the Fundació Victoria de los Ángeles (Barcelona), among many others.

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His career encompasses solo performance, chamber music and an extensive involvement in the vocal repertoire. He has collaborated with some of the most celebrated singers of our time, including Rolando Villazón, Roberto Alagna, Ian Bostridge, Christoph Prégardien, Jeanine De Bique, Axelle Fanyo, Christianne Stotijn, Pumeza Matshikiza, Samantha Hankey, Chen Reiss, Sophie Karthäuser, Allison Cook, Shannon Keegan, Tineke Van Ingelgem and Charlotte Wajnberg.

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His performances have received widespread critical acclaim. Martin Köhl (ART.5/III) highlighted the sensitivity and individuality of his playing, while Juan Barrios (Olyrix) praised his lyricism and versatility. Emmanuel Andrieu (Classiquenews.com) celebrated his “brilliant piano accompaniment” and “magnificent lyricism, sincere and not pompous.” Reviewing his performance with Jeanine De Bique at La Monnaie, Soline Heurtebise (Olyrix) wrote that “accompaniment becomes conversation.” Following his collaboration with Ian Bostridge, Lucrèce Maeckelbergh (Klassiek-Centraal) described Wajnberg as “an attentive partner who was perfectly on the same wavelength.”

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Highly active in chamber music, Wajnberg has performed with distinguished instrumentalists such as Michael Barenboim, Artiom Shishkov, Marc Sabbah, Julien Hervé and Roman Patočka, as well as with internationally renowned ensembles including Quatuor Enesco and Quatuor Danel. He also served as an accompanist at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in its Voice editions of 2018 and 2023.

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A cum laude graduate of the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels, Wajnberg studied with Leonid Margarius and Victor Makarov, whose profound artistic influence shaped his musical identity and continues to inspire his interpretative vision. In February 2023, he was invited by Renée Fleming to participate in Carnegie Hall's prestigious SongStudio programme.

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His discography includes recordings for Salzburg Concert Records and Prima Classic. Further live recordings of his performances have been made for Klara, Musiq'3 (RTBF), Canvas and NPO Klassiek. He has given world premieres of works by Luc Van Hove, Annelies Besses, Robert Groslot and Annelies Van Parys, and presented the Belgian premiere of songs by Iain Bell alongside Rolando Villazón at BOZAR in Brussels.

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Alongside his performing career, Wajnberg is actively involved in music education. He is Artistic Director of the Flanders International Piano Academy (FIPA) and Professor at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp. His piano students have won top prizes at international piano competitions. He regularly gives masterclasses internationally, including at The Juilliard School in New York, as well as in Chicago, Paris and Frankfurt. His teaching activities encompass piano performance, chamber music and vocal repertoire.

In 2025, he was appointed Artistic Director of the Municipal Conservatoire Mechelen, and since 2026, he has been Co-Artistic Director of the Udo Reinemann International Masterclass alongside Christianne Stotijn.

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