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“Sparkling virtuosity, great precision and the finest colours characterize the sensitive playing of Paul Rivinius.”

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Biography

Pianist Paul Rivinius, born in 1970, received his first piano lessons at the age of five. His teachers were first Gustaf Grosch in Munich, later Alexander Sellier, Walter Blankenheim and Nerine Barrett at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken.
After graduating from high school he also studied horn with Marie-Luise Neunecker at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule and continued his piano studies with Raymund Havenith. In 1994 he was accepted into Gerhard Oppitz’s master class at the Musikhochschule in Munich, which he completed with  honours in 1998. Paul Rivinius was for a long time member of the Bundesjugendorchester and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

As a chamber musician, he won several prizes with the Clemente Trio, founded in 1986, for example at the renowned ARD Music Competition in Munich in 1998 and subsequently performed as the “Rising Star” ensemble in the world’s ten most important concert halls, including Carnegie Hall in New York and Wigmore Hall in London.

Paul Rivinius also plays in the Rivinius Piano Quartet together with his brothers Benjamin, Gustav and Siegfried.

Since 2004 he has also been pianist of the Mozart Piano Quartet, which has gained international reputation through extensive tours in North and South America and Asia.
In 2018 the Mozart Piano Quartet received the “Opus Klassik” for the recording of Georg Hendrik Witte’s Piano Quartet for MDG Dabringhaus & Grimm.

Paul Rivinius was part of numerous radio and CD productions with cellists Julian Steckel, Johannes Moser and with the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling to name a few.
Paul Rivinius taught for many years as professor of chamber music at the “Hanns Eisler” Academy of Music in Berlin and lives now in Munich.

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Discography

The extensive discography of Paul Rivinius with the Mozart Piano Quartet can be found here:

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas

Lena Neudauer, Paul Rivinius

CPO, 2025

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Ernst von Dohnanyi and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas and Serenade for String Trio

Hellen Weiß, Paul Rivinius, Wen Xiao Zheng, Gabriel Schwabe

CPO, 2024

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Ivan Eröd: Lieder

Louise Alder, Adrian Eröd, Michael Nagy, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Gary Matthewman, Christoph Traxler, Susanna Klovsky, Paul Rivinius, Aeon Quartett

Quinton, 2023

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My Paris

Ana de la Vega, Paul Rivinius

Pentatone, 2022

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Les Deux!

Benjamin Rivinius (Viola), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

Brahms, Glazunow, Pauli Müller-Zürich

SR, 2021

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Hiller & Urspruch: Forgotten Treasures

mit Joanna Sachryn (Cello)

Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885): Sonate Nr. 2 für Klavier und Violoncello D-Dur op. 172
Serenade Nr. 1 für Klavier und Violoncello op. 109
Anton Urspruch (1850–1907): Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello D-Dur op. 29

KALEIDOS, 2020

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Jugendstil - Lieder 1838 - 1916

Camilla Tilling (Sopran), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

Korngold: Einfache Lieder op. 0 Glückwunsch op. 38 Nr. 1
Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder
Zemlinsky: Walzer-Gesänge op. 6
Schönberg: 4 Lieder op. 2
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder

BIS, 2019

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Zoltan Kodaly: Kammermusik für Cello

Julian Steckel (Cello), Antje Weithaas (Violine), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

CAvi, 2019

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Poulenc: Kammermusik

Sextett, Trio, Sonaten für Flöte und Klavier, Klarinette und Klavier, Oboe und Klavier

Ensembles Arabesques

Farao Classics, 2019

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Johanna Senfter: Werke für Violine

Violinsonaten op. 26 & 32
Suiten für 2 Violinen op. 91 Nr. 1 & 2

Friedemann Eichhorn, Alexia Eichhorn, Paul Rivinius

Paladino, 2019

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Henri Vieuxtemps: Werke für Viola & Klavier

Christian Euler (Viola), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

MDG, 2018

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The Kreisler Story

Daniel Röhn (Violine), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

Berlin Classics, 2016

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Werke für Viola & Klavier II

Peijun Xu, Paul Rivinius

Vieuxtemps: Sonate für Viola & Klavier op. 36
Milhaud: 4 Visages für Viola & Klavier op. 238
Faure: Sicilienne op. 78
Debussy: Clair de lune

Hänssler, 2014

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Richard Strauss: Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier op. 6

Maximilian Hornung, Paul Rivinius

Sony Classical, 2014

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French Cello Sonatas Vol. 2

Julian Steckel (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

CAvi, 2014

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Christian Euler & Paul Rivinius - Viola & Piano

Bax: Sonata
Bliss: Sonata
Vaughan Williams: Suite

MDG, 2013

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Maurice Ravel: Werke für Violine & Klavier

Lena Neudauer, Paul Rivinius, Julian Steckel

Hänssler, 2013

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Franz Schubert: Lieder

Camilla Tilling, Paul Rivinius

Bei dir Allein; Lied der Dephine; Lied des Florio; Suleika I & II; An Silvia; Der Zwerg; Geheimes; Heimliches Lieben; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Fühlingsglaube; Im Frühling; Der Sänger am Felsen; Totengräbers Heimweh; Am Tage Aller Seelen  

BIS, 2012

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Werke für Viola & Klavier

Peijun Xu, Paul Rivinius

Bach: Partita für Violine solo BWV 1004
Schubert: 3 Lieder
Vieuxtemps: Elegie für Viola & Klavier
Chopin: Nocturnes Nr. 2 & 20
Clarke: Sonate für Viola & Klavier

Ars Produktion 2012

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French Cello Sonatas Vol.1

Julian Steckel (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

CAvi, 2011

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Die Werke für Cello & Klavier

Julian Steckel (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

CAvi, 2010

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Cello Sonatas

Johannes Moser & Paul Rivinius

Bridge: Sonate für Cello & Klavier d-moll
Britten: Sonate für Cello & Klavier op. 65
Bax: Legend-Sonata für Cello & Klavier

SWR Classic, 2010

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Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol.3

Johannes Moser (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

SWR Classic, 2009

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Rote Rosen (Lieder von Richard Strauss)

Camilla Tilling, Paul Rivinius, Ulf Wallin

BIS, 2009

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Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol.2

Johannes Moser (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

SWR Classic, 2008

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Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol.1

Johannes Moser (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

SWR Classic, 2007

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Hindemith: Werke für Viola & Klavier

Benjamin Rivinius (Viola), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)

perc pro, 2007

“…Paul Rivinius is one of the smartest piano accompanists on today’s concert scene, needless to say..”

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