Hanni Liang

Born in Bielefeld in 1993, Hanni Liang received her first piano lessons at the age of eight. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in music and an additional degree in media management at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, there under the significant influence of Bernd Goetzke. She then pursued her studies with Prof. Matthias Kirschnereit at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre. She has received scholarships from the German National Academic Foundation, the Carl Bechstein Foundation, and the Gesellschaft Westfälische Kulturarbeit.
Her 2018 début at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie was followed by a number of acclaimed national and international performances at Ludwigsburg Castle Concerts, at the Heidelberg Spring Festival, and at the Würzburg Mozart Festival, apart from appearing in Saint Petersburg and Beijing. She has received decisive musical influence from Maria João Pires. All these artistic experiences and encounters, along with her long-standing collaboration with composer Manfred Trojahn (leading to several world premieres) have reinforced her vision of seeking to encourage a more harmonious co-existence among human beings of all backgrounds through music.
Thus, apart from her solo appearances, Hanni Liang curates a number of artistic social projects that function on a participative basis and focus on a subject of social interest. This has led to collaborations with “Fridays for Future,” with sociologist Harald Welzer, and with concert poet Timo Brunke; furthermore, she has felt inspired to team up with TONALi, the Hamburg art project, to ensure the formation of the TONALiSTEN collective. In 2022, Hanni Liang presented a project for the fourth time at the Ruhr Piano Festival.