Anna Christiane Neumann BACH WITHOUT WORDS Transcriptions of Bach Chorales and Chorale Preludes

Anna Christiane Neumann is a freelance pianist, répétiteur and music teacher. Her musical career began at the Music School in Berlin-Köpenick. After working for several years with Manfred Schmitz, she developed a passion for piano accompaniment which is still keenly felt today. At the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig she studied piano with Ulrich Urban and instrumental accompaniment with Hanns-Martin Schreiber. After additional studies in chamber music with Karl-Peter Kammerlander and Philipp Moll, she passed her music performance examination “with distinction” in 2005. In addition to concert appearances as a soloist, she performs as an accompanist in chamber music recitals and at international competitions. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig. In 2011 she took part in Das Liederprojekt (The Song Project) of German broadcaster SWR2 as a piano accompanist for children’s songs.

Soft, warm, full: this is the sound of the piano in the hands of Christiane Neumann, who dedicated her debut GENUIN CD to transcriptions of Bach chorales, choruses and arias. Through the modern grand piano, lines, colors and counterpoints that one has never heard before all merge together, giving a rounded character to the timeless pieces of the cantor of the Thomas Church in Leipzig. An unprecedented compilation for a new listening experience – absolutely worth listening to!