\r Pianist Hansjacob Staemmler (*1978) received his earliest musical education from Prof. Linde Grossmann, and later studied with Prof. Georg Sava at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin; he also attended master classes with artists such as Daniel Barenboim and Menahem Pressler. Hansjacob Staemmler has received awards at competitions such as the International Bremen Piano Competition and the Hanns-Eisler Prize Berlin. In 2005 the German Music Council awarded him a scholarship and selected him to perform in its nationwide series of Young Artists’ Concerts. Hansjacob Staemmler pursues a highly active career as a pianist including performances at such well-known concert venues as Berlin's Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein, the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Nuremberg's Meistersingerhalle and at festivals and concerts and recitals all across Europe and in the United States. Hansjacob Staemmler has been a member of the faculty at the Freiburg Musikhochschule since 2009. \r \r