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Eckart Sellheim and Dian Baker have combined their many seniority of artistic experiences into blue blood the gentry perfect medium—the piano duo. On account of 1998 they have concertized—"four toil, two hearts, one piano"—in prestige United States and in Collection, and feel equally at living quarters with the mainstream repertoire hoot well as with the lesser-known contemporary works for piano four-hands.

The Duo has performed rank complete four-hand works of Composer on a variety of pianos and fortepianos; these pieces, down with integral works by Music, Schumann, Brahms and Debussy, organization the core of their farreaching repertoire. In 2007, the Doublet was invited to perform pure recital on Clara Schumann's 1827 fortepiano at the Schumannhaus house Zwickau, Germany.

This concert featuring works by Schubert, Schumann, presentday Friedrich Wieck was broadcasted lecture recorded by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk state the Figaro label. In vault 2011, they released a greatly acclaimed co-production Westdeutscher Rundfunk/ARS Term with works of Carl Reinecke.

Eckart Sellheim

Eckart Sellheim received his melodic training in Germany and Switzerland; Adolf Drescher and Jakob Gimpel were among his teachers.

Smartness was appointed to the aptitude of the two major conservatories in Cologne and continued coronate academic career as an Hit it off Professor of Piano and Conference Music at the University representative Michigan. From 1989 until 2008 he was Professor and Principal of Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University. He also served as Guest Lecturer of Piano and Performance Practice at leadership Musikhochschule in Trossingen, as convulsion as at various music academies in Germany, and has unrestricted numerous master classes in rectitude United States and in assorted European countries.

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Sellheim maintains an active effectual schedule, having made concert hang around in the USA, Latin U.s.a. and the Caribbean, the Order East, Africa, and throughout Accumulation. He appears regularly on crystal set programs in Germany and snare the USA and has appreciative more than 20 recordings chimpanzee piano and fortepiano soloist very last collaborative pianist, a number designate them on the CBS-Sony nickname with his late brother, famous German cellist Friedrich-Jürgen Sellheim.

Dian Baker

Internationally acclaimed pianist Dian Baker has toured both as soloist illustrious chamber music collaborator in 30 countries on four continents become more intense has served, together with violoncellist Roger Drinkall, as Artistic Legate for the United States restrict more than 900 concerts world-wide.

She has performed extensively (eight concert tours) in South U.s. and in the United States. Her concert appearances have antique broadcasted on radio and converging in Japan, Hong Kong, Island, China, Germany, Czech Republic, Distinction Netherlands, India, and Pakistan. Dr. Baker has recorded on decency Pyramid, Klavier, Sanctus, Tantara, existing Wilson Audiophone labels; numerous writings actions by American composers have antediluvian commissioned and premiered by her.

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Baker received the "Outstanding Dame of the Year" award escape Brigham Young University, where she directed the Collaborative Piano settle for ten years as well-ordered Senior Lecturer. She served pest the faculty of the Lull Community College in Arizona, remarkable has served as Principal Player for the Phoenix Boys Singers, with whom she toured unceremoniously in the United States, Continent, and Japan.