B i o g r a p h y
Belgian born pianist Aaron Wajnberg rapidly became one of the most sought after pianists of his generation, celebrated for his poetic sensibility, musical intelligence, and consummate artistry.
In 2011, he made his Carnegie Hall debut and has performed ever since at major venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro, Veronica Hagman Hall Danbury (Connecticut), Palau de les Arts Valencia, Joseph Keilberth Saal Bamberg, the Bayerische Staatsoper München, the Dutch National Opera, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Clara Schumann Saal Frankfurt, Crystall Hall Rogaska Slatina, Mozarteum Salzburg, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Rudolfinum Praag, Teatro Communale Bologna, Teatro Verdi Milano, Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle Lille, Opéra de Lille, Ruse State Opera (Bulgaria), Baltasar Dias Municipal Theatre Funchal (Madeira), Kiev Philharmonic Hall, Flemish Opera, Queen Elisabeth Hall, DeSingel and AMUZ Festival van Vlaanderen (Antwerp), BOZAR, LaMonnaie & FLAGEY (Brussels)
Next season’s engagements include appearances with, among others, Rolando Villazón, Sir Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Ian Bostridge, Christoph Prégardien, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Pumeza Matshikiza, Olga Peretyatko, Samantha Hankey, Jeanine De Bique, Sophie Karthäuser, Chen Reiss, Allison Cook & Charlotte Wajnberg.
He has established himself as a chamber musician in high demand, played concerts with Michael Barenboim, Artiom Shishkov, Marc Sabbah, Sindy Mohamed, Sary Khalife, Annelien Van Wauwe, Julien Hervé, Roman Patocka, Maciej Pikulski, Matthew Barley and chamber music ensembles as the Quatuor Enesco and the Quatuor Danel among others.
He was the accompanist for international masterclasses and recitals by great singers such as Ann Murray, James Newby (rising star series), Samuel Hasselhorn, Matthew Rose, Karen Vermeiren, Héloise Mas, Edith Wiens, Maxim Mikhailov, Shadi Torbey, Charlotte Wajnberg, Ferdinand von Bothmer, Thomas Allen, Sergei Leiferkus, Gary Jankowski, Danylo Matviienko, Yuriy Hadzetsky, Coline Dutilleul, Sooyeon Lee and he was an accompanist at the International Queen Elisabeth Competition for Voice in Brussels, 2018 & 2023.
He studied at the Royal Conservatoires of Antwerp & Brussels with Levente Kende, Leonid Margarius & Victor Makarov.
In February 2023, he was invited by legendary soprano Renée Fleming to participate in Carnegie Hall's SongStudio.
Widely acclaimed for his interpretations of the music of our time, he gave world premiere performances of work by A. Besses, R. Groslot, A. Van Parys, as well as the Belgian premiere of songs by Iain Bell, together with R. Villazon at BOZAR in Brussels.
While continuing his busy playing career, Wajnberg is deeply committed to working with and coaching younger singers and pianists.
He gives frequent masterclasses and workshops in New York, Paris and Frankfurt and is a professor of Lied & assistant professor piano (class of prof. Nikolaas Kende) at the Royal Antwerp Conservatoire.
Since 2019, Aaron Wajnberg has been the artistic director of Antwerp LiedFest.