About The Speaker
Moritz Eggert
Speaker
Moritz Eggert was born in Heidelberg in 1965. After studying in Frankfurt, Munich and London, he steadily expanded his compositional output, focusing on music theater (19 operas to date), vocal and instrumental music as well as conceptual and performative works. His work often explores extremes, both in the intensification of aspects of the musical material and the physicality of the performers. Contrary to the typical image of “serious” academic music, his music often uses irony, parody or satire as a means to captivate an audience, but does not shy away from emotionality or melody when necessary. As a blogger (“Bad Blog of Musick”) and author, he is a well-known critical voice in contemporary music and discusses current cultural and political issues such as #metoo, gender equality and the abuse of power in classical music. His best-known works include the cycle “Hämmerklavier” for solo piano and the song cycle “Neue Dichter Lieben”. Eggert is a pianist and has also appeared on stage as a conductor, actor and singer, and his current projects include the opera production “The Last Conspiracy” (Volksoper Vienna), which will premiere in March 2023, as well as new concerts for the percussionist Konstantyn Napolov and the violinist/violist Elisabeth Kufferath.