Florian Feilmair was born in 1989 and has already captured a considerable number of important prizes. In 2011, he won first prize in the international piano competition “Neue Sterne” in Wernigerode, Germany and in 2013 he won 2nd Prize at XXVII Concurso Internacional de Piano Cidade Ferrol (Spain) and 3rd Prize in the international piano competition “Premio pianistico Silvio Bengalli.” He can be heard regularly in important Austrian venues like the Vienna Konzerthaus, Musikverein Vienna, or in the Brucknerhaus Linz. In January 2014 he gave his debut at Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg.
In addition to his solo activities he is also an active chamber musician, partnering mainly in a duo with his brother, clarinettist Benjamin Feilmair. Critics have commented on Florian’s “sensitivity and a wealth of nuances” and “pearly ease and aplomb.” Florian lives both in Vienna and in the Upperaustrian countryside, where he enjoys sports such as
soccer and biking.