Pianist, composer and multimedia artist Martin Tchiba was born
in 1982 in Budapest and has been living in Germany since 1985. In his
early years his artistic prowess quickly attracted attention. His ability
to combine "complete dedication, passion and keen intelligence"
(Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Heidelberg) on a high artistic level prepared the
way towards a successful international career.
He has performed at a great number of international venues and festivals
(including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Budapest
Autumn Festival, Spoleto Festival and many others). He has played the
world premieres of numerous new compositions (including works by György
Kurtág, Johannes Kreidler, Sarah Nemtsov, Moritz Eggert, Alwynne
Pritchard, Christian Jendreiko, Gerhard Stäbler, Kunsu Shim and László
Sáry). Recently, his social-media piano concerts "WIReless"
at Tonhalle Düsseldorf and "Netzwellen" at Saarländischer
Rundfunk have attracted attention. His individual "programme compositions"
in which he combines contemporary music with the classical and romantic
repertoire have gained much recognition, too. His compositions have been
performed at renowned venues and festivals (including Gaudeamus Music
Week in Amsterdam, aDevantgarde Festival in Munich, Hungarian Radio Budapest,
"Schönes Wochenende" in Düsseldorf, eviMus Festival
in Saarbrücken and many others). Tchiba has made a vast number of
live and studio recordings and broadcasts for radio and television (including
WDR Cologne, SWR, SR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandradio
Kultur, the Hungarian and Dutch broadcasting services and many others).
The Dutch Television made recordings at the "Bimhuis" in Amsterdam.
"RBB Kulturradio" (Berlin), "SR 2 KulturRadio" and
"RTS Espace 2" (Switzerland) aired detailed portraits of the
pianist and composer.
His CDs, released for the Naxos, Telos, Hungaroton, Challenge Classics
and Spektral labels, received many positive reviews in international music
magazines (BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique,
Fono Forum, Rondo, Ritmo, Musik & Theater Zürich, Het Parool
Amsterdam, Die Zeit, Neue Musikzeitung, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik,
American Record Guide and others). His recording of the "Fantasie"
Op. 116 No. 4 by Johannes Brahms got listened to more than 18 million
times on Spotify. In 2019 his CD with the complete piano music of the
composer Johannes Kreidler was released (in cooperation with SWR Baden-Baden)
and was broadcast by many leading radio stations in Europe. In October
2021 his new CD "Martin Tchiba: klang collection (electroacoustic
compositions)" came out on the emt
EDITION MARTIN TCHIBA label.
Following several years of piano studies with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
in Hannover and outstanding successes in competitions for young musicians,
Martin Tchiba studied piano at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken
with Thomas Duis and at the Musikakademie in Basel with Jean-Jacques Dünki
as well as composition with Michael Denhoff in Bonn. He was given various
scholarships and awards, including scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert
Foundation and from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the "Kulturförderpreis"
of the Federal State Capital Saarbrücken as well as promotions from
the Kunststiftung NRW. The International Holland Music Sessions promoted
him as an "International Young Top Talent". In 2018 he was awarded
the "Förderpreis für Musik" of the Federal State Capital
Düsseldorf.
He was the artistic leader of a project launched by "Bipolar - German-Hungarian
Culture Projects" and the German National Cultural Foundation on
the subject of innovative music instruction and ran several educational
projects for young people.