ALEXANDER MARIA WAGNER

Alexander Maria Wagner (born 1995) studied composition with Tristan Murail, Franz Hummel and Kenneth Hesketh, as well as piano with Pavel Gililov and Theodor Breu; at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Royal College of Music in London. Furthermore he received artistic impulses from Thomas Adès.
His concert activities have taken him not only across Germany (including performances at the Herkulessaal and Gasteig in Munich, the Beethoven House and Beethovenfest in Bonn, and the Regentenbau in Bad Kissingen, among others) but also to various countries in Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, England, Romania, Greece, Azerbaijan) and the USA. Renowned radio and television broadcasters such as BR, WDR, Deutschlandradio Kultur, 3Sat, and ORF have featured him in portrait broadcasts. In 2018, he made his debut with the Jena Philharmonic performing Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto; shortly before that, his recording of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the RTV Symphony Orchestra Moscow was released. In season 2024/25, Wagner toured several venues performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations as well as his own piano compositions Rhapsotüde and Miniaturen über Mohn. In autumn 2026, he will make his debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin in the renowned C. Bechstein piano series.
At the age of only 14, he composed his First Symphony Kraftwerk, which was recorded by the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2017, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra recorded his Second Symphony, which was subsequently chosen by the English National Ballet School in London for a new choreography. In 2023, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (OE1) also programed this widely acclaimed orchestral work. For many of his compositions (Triptychon, Rosendorn, Käfer töten) Wagner writes his own texts. He also maintains a long-standing artistic collaboration with author Helen Brecht (Arien ohne Vorhang, Traum einer Maschine, among others). His work for cimbalom Worte in Trance was premiered in May 2026 at the Music Centre in Budapest as part of the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of György Kurtág. In autumn 2026, the Callias Ensemble premiered his vocal octet Octocorallia at the Athens City Hall. He is currently working on a new string quartet and an opera. His works are published by Universal Edition Vienna.

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