Biography
Praised by Gramophone Magazine for “the maturity and sophistication of her interpretations,” pianist Elisabeth Brauß has established herself as one of the most outstanding artists of her generation. Her intuitive musicianship, poetic sensitivity, and clarity of expression have brought her to major European stages and collaborations with leading orchestras across the continent.
During the 2025/26 season, Elisabeth Brauß makes her North American debut with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, performing Anna Clyne’s Atlas Concerto under the direction of Thomas Søndergård. Further highlights include performances with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the Oulu Symphony, and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, as well as a return to the Hallé Orchestra to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 with Mark Elder.
As a recitalist, she appears at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Muziekcentrum De Bijloke in Ghent, and makes her debut at the Piano aux Jacobins Festival in Toulouse. She also continues her chamber music partnership with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, with whom she will perform across Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Recent concerto highlights include engagements with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lille, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, under conductors such as Andrew Manze, Cornelius Meister, Paavo Järvi, Nicholas Collon, Jaime Martín, and Ryan Bancroft.
As a recitalist, she has appeared at major venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein, Zurich Tonhalle, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, and Philharmonie de Paris, and at festivals such as Aldeburgh, Lucerne, Rheingau Musik Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Kissinger Sommer.
Her debut solo album, Robert Schumann – Brahms (Oehms Classics, 2017), was met with unanimous critical acclaim. Since 2021 she has recorded exclusively for Pentatone, releasing Human (2022), an album featuring works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Hans Abrahamsen, described by BBC Music Magazine as “a dazzling interpretation of great emotional depth.”
Born in Hanover in 1995, Elisabeth Brauß studied at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Mattias Kirschnereit and Bernd Goetzke. From 2018 she has been part of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme and is a former scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. She currently lives in Germany, combining her international concert career with educational and outreach projects for young musicians.