Bernd Lhotzky
was born in Tegernsee in 1970. Today, he is recognised worldwide as one of the most competent representatives of classical jazz piano. He is regularly invited to the "International Stride Piano Summit" as part of the "Jazz In July" festival in New York and to the "Arbors Records Jazz Party" in Clearwater, Florida. The London magazine "Piano" honoured Bernd Lhotzky alongside Lang Lang, Grigory Sokolow and Keith Jarrett as one of the 10 best piano albums of 2001. He recorded the highly acclaimed album "Stridin' The Classics" with Dick Hyman. In the recent past, he has been awarded the "Prix de L'Académie du Jazz", the Tassilo Prize of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and several times the "Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz" of the Hot Club de France. Bernd Lhotzky has also written the soundtracks for several German short films.