Paul
Rivinius
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2020
2019
“Sparkling virtuosity, great precision and the finest colours characterize the sensitive playing of Paul Rivinius.”
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.
Media
Discography
The extensive discography of Paul Rivinius with the Mozart Piano Quartet can be found here:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas
Lena Neudauer, Paul Rivinius
CPO, 2025
Ernst von Dohnanyi and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas and Serenade for String Trio
Hellen Weiß, Paul Rivinius, Wen Xiao Zheng, Gabriel Schwabe
CPO, 2024
Ivan Eröd: Lieder
Louise Alder, Adrian Eröd, Michael Nagy, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Gary Matthewman, Christoph Traxler, Susanna Klovsky, Paul Rivinius, Aeon Quartett
Quinton, 2023
My Paris
Ana de la Vega, Paul Rivinius
Pentatone, 2022
Les Deux!
Benjamin Rivinius (Viola), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
Brahms, Glazunow, Pauli Müller-Zürich
SR, 2021
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
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
Zoltan Kodaly: Kammermusik für Cello
Julian Steckel (Cello), Antje Weithaas (Violine), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
CAvi, 2019
Poulenc: Kammermusik
Sextett, Trio, Sonaten für Flöte und Klavier, Klarinette und Klavier, Oboe und Klavier
Ensembles Arabesques
Farao Classics, 2019
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
Henri Vieuxtemps: Werke für Viola & Klavier
Christian Euler (Viola), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
MDG, 2018
The Kreisler Story
Daniel Röhn (Violine), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
Berlin Classics, 2016
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
Richard Strauss: Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier op. 6
Maximilian Hornung, Paul Rivinius
Sony Classical, 2014
French Cello Sonatas Vol. 2
Julian Steckel (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
CAvi, 2014
Christian Euler & Paul Rivinius - Viola & Piano
Bax: Sonata
Bliss: Sonata
Vaughan Williams: Suite
MDG, 2013
Maurice Ravel: Werke für Violine & Klavier
Lena Neudauer, Paul Rivinius, Julian Steckel
Hänssler, 2013
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
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
French Cello Sonatas Vol.1
Julian Steckel (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
CAvi, 2011
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Die Werke für Cello & Klavier
Julian Steckel (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
CAvi, 2010
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
Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol.3
Johannes Moser (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
SWR Classic, 2009
Rote Rosen (Lieder von Richard Strauss)
Camilla Tilling, Paul Rivinius, Ulf Wallin
BIS, 2009
Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol.2
Johannes Moser (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
SWR Classic, 2008
Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol.1
Johannes Moser (Cello), Paul Rivinius (Klavier)
SWR Classic, 2007
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..”