
Michael Beyer
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Pianist, stage, television and director of more than 250 major music programs for live television, theater casts, DVD/blu-ray and Internet Video Stream.
Known for
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John Williams: The Berlin Concert (2021)
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Hoffmanns Erzählungen (2011)
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (2020)
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Tristan und Isolde (2009)
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Onegin (2017)
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Europiano (2/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe (2026)
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John Williams: Live in Vienna (2020)
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New Year's Concert 2026 (2026)
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Leonard Bernstein Mass (2020)
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A John Williams Celebration (2015)
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Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust (2017)
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House (2025)
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Alban Berg - Wozzeck (2016)
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Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow (2008)
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From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 (2026)
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Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival (2017)
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Der Freischütz, Konzerthaus Berlin (2021)
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' @ Gewandhaus, Leipzig (2025)
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Parsifal (2021)
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New Year's Concert 2022 (2022)
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert (2011)
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New Year's Concert 2010 (2010)
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Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Opernhaus Zürich (2023)
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Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005 (2005)
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Lohengrin (2019)
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Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019 (2020)
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Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2013)
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Berliner Philharmoniker in Singapur - A Musical Journey in 3D (2011)
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Salzburg Festival 2021: Currentzis conducts Mozart (2021)
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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music (2025)
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Berg: Lulu (2015)
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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 (2010)
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Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 (2011)
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Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5 (2007)
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Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann) (2011)
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Abbado in Lucerne 2003 (2003)
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The Pyongyang Concert - New York Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel (2008)
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Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden (2022)
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Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte (2002)
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Leif Ove Andsnes plays Mozart (2022)
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Così fan tutte - Salzburger Festspiele 2020 (2020)
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Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7 (2006)
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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2006)
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Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel (2017)
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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015 (2015)
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Winterreise (2021)
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Mariss Jansons dirige Dvorak & Mussorgsky (2015)
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Swan Lake (2014)
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Barenboim The Warsaw Recital (2010)
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Wagner: Parsifal (2017)
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The Nutcracker (2018)
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2009 with Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2010)
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Joshua Bell - Nobel Prize Concert (2010)
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection (2007)
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Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival) (2011)
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Mariss Jansons conducts: Dvořák – Stabat Mater (2016)
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Mahler Symphony 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand) (—)
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Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes (2022)
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Beatrice Rana @ Lucerne Festival 2025 (2025)
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Puccini: Il trittico (2022)
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (2022)
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John Cranko: The Taming of the Shrew @ Stuttgart Ballet (2022)
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The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration (2018)
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Universe, Incomplete (2019)
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Christian Spuck: “Winterreise” Ballet de Zurich (2021)
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Dvořák: From the New World (2018)
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Petr Popelka & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with Antoine Tamestit & Josef Špaček (2024)
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Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021 (2022)
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250 Jahre Ludwig van Beethoven - Das Jubiläumskonzert aus der Oper Bonn (2020)
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Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 (2009)
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Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004 (2022)
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New Year's Concert 2014 (2014)
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Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Evgeni Koroliov (2008)
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