PIANO – Uwe Zeutzheim (Peter Cornelius Conservatory Mainz)

Since then, he has regularly performed at home and abroad—in the USA, Finland, Poland, Italy, Greece, France, Switzerland, and Turkey—as a sought-after accompanist, chamber music partner, and soloist. He has contributed to television, CD, and radio productions (including for SWF, SR, and BR).

He accepted several invitations to the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, where he collaborated with renowned artists such as Tom Krause and Jorma Hynninen. On the initiative of the Goethe-Institut, he has been a guest lecturer on German art song at the State Conservatory in Ankara. At the invitation of the German Foreign Office, he performed regularly in Bonn and Berlin, as well as in Poland, including Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 413 at the Philharmonic Hall in Opole. In 2010 he appeared at the “Kulturfestival Boppard” with Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, accompanied by the Peter Cornelius Symphony Orchestra of Mainz.

In addition, he is regularly active as a juror at various competitions.

Uwe Zeutzheim teaches piano and song interpretation at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz. Numerous successes by his students in competitions—including several first prizes at the federal level of Jugend musiziert—attest to his successful pedagogical work.

Uwe Zeutzheim, a native of Boppard on the Middle Rhine, leads a piano class at the renowned Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz, working with dedicated pupils, young students, and advanced students alike. Numerous national and international competition successes by his students testify to his effective teaching.

A trusting, fear-free atmosphere forms the foundation of his pedagogical work, offering space for individual and creative development. Awakening enthusiasm and passion for music and for a composer, and jointly discovering paths to sonic and musical expression, are central impulses for engaged and expressive piano playing.

Tailored to each individual’s strengths and potential, and based on a solid technical foundation, Uwe Zeutzheim places particular emphasis on authentic, natural expression and a colorful, nuanced piano tone—key prerequisites for a style of playing that feels narrative and alive.