Toni Ming Geiger

The pianist Toni Ming Geiger combines epochs, disciplines and cultures in his work. He works with artists from music, dance, literature, puppetry, directing and acting to create new concert experiences.

Born in Munich in 1990, Toni Ming Geiger's training took him to Cologne and Paris to Pavel Gililov, Michel Dalberto, Andreas Frölich, Jacob Leuschner and Ulrich Eisenlohr. He teaches Lied and concert design at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.

He has received many national and international awards for his musical work. In 2019/2020 he was a laureate of the "Académie Orsay-Royaumont", for which he curated a programme at the Musée d'Orsay Paris. His performances have taken him to Carnegie Hall New York, the Pierre Boulez Hall Berlin and the Cologne Philharmonie, among others. He will take over the musical direction of the HIDALGO Festival Munich from 2023 and is a founding member of the HIDALGO collective.

He has received important artistic inspiration from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Christoph Prégardien and Folkert Uhde. 

Toni Ming Geiger was a fellow of the Lied Academy of the "Heidelberger Frühling" 2018-2021 and a scholarship holder of the Carnegie Hall SongStudio, the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, the "Cusanuswerk", the "Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben", the "Dörken-Stiftung" and the Academy Concerto21 of the "Alfred-Töpfer-Stiftung FVS".

More information: www.toniminggeiger.com