Lukas Sternath

Lukas Sternath’s life has revolved around music from an early age. Born in Vienna in 2001, he was already traveling the world as a Viennese choirboy and performed on the major stages of Europe, North America, and Asia. He undertook piano studies with Anna Malikova and Alma Sauer at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. In 2022, he passed the entrance exam to the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media and is currently a student in Igor Levit’s class there. His other mentors include Till Fellner, Ingolf Wunder, and Sir András Schiff, whose master classes he has attended. Sternath won the International ARD Music Competition in 2022, where he additionally received seven special prizes, including the Audience Trophy and the award for best performance of a commissioned work. He had previously won prizes at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, the Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund, and the European Piano Competition in Bremen. Last season, Sternath made his recital debut at the Vienna Musikverein and his debuts with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, and the Munich Philharmonic. His engagements for the 2023-24 season include performances in the recital series presented at the Flagey in Brussels, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, and the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, as well as at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Lingotto in Turin, and the Zurich Tonhalle. He additionally plans to undertake a tour with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Jakub Hrůša to Hamburg and Cologne, along with performances with the Vienna Philharmonic Summer Academy under the direction of Tugan Sohkiev and solo recitals at the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, and the Heidelberger Frühling. Nominated by the Musikverein Wien, the Wiener Konzerthaus, and the Philharmonie du Luxembourg, Lukas Sternath was chosen as the ECHO Rising Star of the 2024-25 season, in which capacity he will perform in the leading European concert halls.

March 2024