CLARA SOPHIA MURNIG
PIANIST
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I am a classical concert pianist from Vienna, specializing in contemporary piano music and art song accompaniment. Whether as a soloist, in chamber music, or alongside a renowned singer – I love bringing music to life while striving to preserve each piece’s authenticity, originality, and unique character, and at the same time giving it a special touch. For me, the music always comes first! If you are interested in a collaboration, a concert, or further musical projects, I look forward to hearing from you – simply visit the Contact page. If you would like to stay informed about current projects and upcoming events, you can sign up here for my newsletter, which is published four times a year.
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At key:artrecords, a new CD is currently in production, created in collaboration with Lied-Duo alto Cornelia Sonnleithner and Clara Sophia Murnig on piano. The album is titled Der Tod, die Muse (Death, the Muse).
This project, marked by exceptional emotional intensity, is dedicated to the eternal theme of transience—a field of tension between farewell and new beginnings, pain and comfort, past and future.
At its heart lies love, which endures in all its many facets despite the blows of fate—dark, poetic, and profoundly moving.
The program brings together works by great composers such as Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, and Modest Mussorgsky, whose music reflects on death, memory, and impermanence in deeply touching and distinctive ways.
The selected songs and compositions create a space for musical melancholy, quiet beauty, and deeply felt emotion.
UPCOMING DATES
SEASON 2025 / 26
JAN
25
Final Concert
Leadership: Helmut Schmidinger
Arnold Schönberg Center, Schwarzenbergplatz 6, Entrance: Zaunergasse 1/3, 1030 Vienna
begin time: 11 a.m.
JAN
30
Lied-DUO Cornelia Sonnleithner
Lied-Duo Concert "Der Tod, die Muse"
Krypta in St. Peter's Church, Petersplatz 1, 1010 Vienna,
begin time: 8:30 p.m.
An evening concert of exceptional emotional intensity. Under the title "Death, the Muse – Brahms, Murrogski and Mahler on the Wieden," the concert is dedicated to the eternal theme of transience—a tension between farewell and new beginnings, pain and comfort, past and future. It is about love that continues to live on in various facets despite all the blows of fate—dark, poetic, and profound.
ABOUT ME
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Music has always played a central role in my life. As far back as I can remember, I have been sitting at the piano. Growing up in a family of musicians, where both parents were piano teachers, there was never a time in my life without pianos. I remember playing under my parents' grand piano while they prepared for their lessons or concerts. The desire to play myself...
