Teaching Sessions
1.29-2.4 / 2.4-2.10
Teaching Languages
English, German, Russian
The Russian pianist Ilja Scheps studied under Prof. Lev Vlassenko and Prof. Ewgeni Schenderowitsch at the famous Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where he later taught himself. From 1982, he performed for ten years as a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic, appearing both as a soloist and with many prominent singers and instrumentalists. Numerous guest appearances have taken Ilja Scheps to the USA, Australia, China, Israel, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey, Hungary, among others.
Since 1992, Ilja Scheps has lived in Germany. He taught for a long time at the universities of music in Rostock and Dortmund, as well as at the Music Academy in Darmstadt. Since 2003, he has been a professor at the University of Music in Cologne/Aachen, leading numerous international masterclasses for pianists, co-founding and serving as artistic director for many years at the Paderewski Piano Academy in Bydgoszcz (Poland). Additionally, Ilja Scheps has been appointed as a visiting professor at several universities in China. Students of Prof. Scheps have won prizes at numerous piano competitions and have been signed exclusively to record companies such as “Sony” – Classic and “Universal” Records.
Prof. Ilja Scheps is a sought-after jury member at major international piano competitions such as “Top of the world” and “Grieg” Piano Competition in Norway, Shenzhen Piano Concerto Competition, and China Int. Piano Competition in Xiamen (China), Chopin Piano Competition in Darmstadt (Germany), piano competitions in Madrid and Campillos in Spain, Concours International de Piano “Orchestra’Sion” Istanbul (Turkey), “Int’l German Piano Award” in Frankfurt am Main, as well as at the Int. Piano Competition MozArte in Aachen (Germany).
Solo concerts with Ilja Scheps as well as concerts with orchestras, prominent singers, and instrumentalists are enthusiastically celebrated by audiences all over the world.
Prof. Scheps teaches at the Talent Music Academy in Brescia (Italy), the international music academy Anton Rubinstein Akademie in Düsseldorf (Germany), as well as the Beethoven Conservatory in Tegelen (Netherlands).
In addition to earlier recordings with companies such as “Melodia”, “MCA” (USA), and “Le Chant du Monde” (France), Ilja Scheps has added new CDs with companies such as “Deutsche Welle – classic”, “Coriolan” (Teldec), “EMC-Records”, and “CPO”.
伊利亚·谢普斯（Ilja Scheps）在莫斯科柴可夫斯基音乐学院完成学业，期间师从列夫·瓦森科教授和叶夫根尼·施德洛维奇教授。从1982年到1992年，伊利亚·谢普斯开始担任莫斯科爱乐协会的独奏家。他不仅作为独奏家同交响乐团合作举行音乐会，还为著名歌手和其他器乐演奏家伴奏。这使得他储备了大量的保留曲目，其中包括巴赫、莫扎特、贝多芬、肖邦、德彪西、斯克里亚宾、普罗科菲耶夫和柴可夫斯基的作品，以及施尼凯特、西尔维斯特洛夫和杰尼索夫的作品。
与此同时伊利亚·谢普斯在莫斯科柴可夫斯基音乐学院担任教师一职。从1992年开始，伊利亚·谢普斯开始在德国生活。除了在世界各地举办演出外，他还是一位尽职负责的音乐教师。伊利亚·谢普斯曾在罗斯托克音乐大学和达姆施塔特音乐学院担任教授多年。现在他是科隆音乐大学的教授。谢普斯教授的学生大多既是世界重要钢琴比赛的获胜者，同时他也是索尼和环球唱片公司的签约艺术家。
谢普斯教授还在世界各大音乐学院举办讲习班和大师课程，并在世界各地的多所大学担任客座教授。自2017年起，他开始担任意大利布雷西亚音乐学院教授。此后谢普斯教授被北京中央音乐学院、上海、天津、四川音乐学院等中国艺术院校聘为荣誉教授，主讲大师课。十多年来，谢普斯教授先后在深圳艺术学院和厦门中央音乐学院鼓浪屿钢琴学校担任客座教授。谢普斯教授还是中国深圳国际钢琴大赛、挪威世界之巅和格里格国际钢琴音乐节、德国达姆施塔特国际钢琴比赛、西班牙马德里斯克里亚宾国际钢琴比赛、意大利格罗塞托钢琴比赛等国际赛事的评委。
谢普斯教授是德国亚琛莫扎特国际钢琴比赛的评委会主席。他还为美国MCA唱片公司、法国世界之歌唱片公司、俄罗斯Melodia唱片公司、Coriolan唱片公司、Teldec唱片公司、德意志之声唱片公司、ECM唱片公司等厂牌录制了超过10张著名专辑。