Born in Odessa, pianist Oleg Masienberg spent his formative years studying at the prestigious Kishinev Music School and then at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow.
He began to make his mark on the world of classical music after moving to Vienna in 1981 - a city he has since made his home. Between April 1985 to February 1998 he taught at the Hochschulef Musik in Stuttgart, and since March 1998 has been a professor at Vienna's University of Music and Artistic Interpretation.
Not that Maisenberg has let his teaching get in the way of performing. In addition to performing with some of Europe's top orchestras and appearing on the stages of some of the world's leading venues, Maisenberg makes tine to regularly attend some of the smaller international music events such as the Salzburg, Edinburgh and Moscow's Sviatoslav Richter festivals.
The talented pianist has also enjoyed a highly successful recording career. His extensive recordings for classical labels Teldec, Phillips and Deutsche Grammophon include works by Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Stravinsky to name a few.
For tonight's concert, National Symphony Orchestra conductor Hsu Hsun (許心) will be leading the ensemble of talented musicians through Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Opus 15 and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
Oleg Maisenberg will be performing with the National Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall (國家音樂廳) at 7:30pm tonight. Tickets for the show cost between NT$300 and NT$1200 and are available at the door.
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