biography
“His playing combines structural intelligence, outstanding control of sound, and deep emotionality.”
With a pianism distinguished by natural elegance, lyrical expressiveness, and tonal nuance, German pianist Jonas Aumiller has earned a remarkable artistic reputation. Hailed as a “musical poet” (Carl Bechstein Foundation) and praised for his “patrician musicianship and refinement” (Gramophone), he creates recital programs in which interpretive sensitivity meets creative individuality—often enriched by his own transcriptions of organ and orchestral works.
Aumiller is the winner of the 3rd International Brahms Competition in Detmold and silver medalist of the 12th International Piano Competition in Hamamatsu, Japan. He has also received second prize and three special prizes at the 27th Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition in Monza, Italy, as well as the silver medal and audience prize at the 8th Sendai International Music Competition.
In 2025, he received the Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award at the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, and was the only German pianist admitted to the XIX International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
These competition successes opened the door to numerous performances across Europe, Japan, and the United States. He has appeared with leading orchestras such as the Northwest German Philharmonic, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
“Jonas Aumiller opened his recital with the best Bach-Busoni D major Organ Prelude and Fugue, BWV532, I’ve heard in concert since the salad days of Marc-André Hamelin and Sergio Fiorentino”
In the upcoming season, Aumiller will make his debut at the Miami International Piano Festival, perform in the chamber music series of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, embark on a tour of Japan, and appear as soloist in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra.
Highlights of previous seasons include recitals for the Winners & Masters series in Munich, at the Bologna Festival, and a performance at Bellevue Palace at the invitation of former German President Joachim Gauck. As a participant of the Verbier Festival Academy, he received the Tabor Foundation Piano Award. Another notable milestone was his recital marking the 250th anniversary of the Bagno Concert Gallery, the oldest freestanding concert hall in Europe.
Born in Munich, Aumiller began piano lessons at the age of seven. He completed his Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude at the Conservatorio F.A. Bonporti in Trento under Massimiliano Mainolfi. Since 2018, he has worked with Sergei Babayan—first at the Juilliard School in New York and later at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where he earned his Master of Music degree and, in 2024, his Artist Diploma together with the Hope and Stanley Adelstein Prize for Excellence in Composition and Performance. During his studies, he was generously supported by the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, and the Swiss Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation.
“The gigantic crescendo in Liszt’s Les Préludes is just the most striking example of the finely-nerved grand architect that the audience had before it in Aumiller.”