Daniel Heide

The pianist Daniel Heide, who comes from Weimar, is one of the most sought-after lied accompanists and chamber musicians of his generation. He studied at the Franz Liszt Hochschule Weimar with Prof. Ludwig Bätzel and received groundbreaking inspiration from Christa Ludwig and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

His extensive concert activity has taken him throughout Europe and to many countries in Asia. 

As a lied accompanist and chamber music partner, he is a regular guest at renowned festivals such as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Hohenems, the Schubertiada Vilabertran (ES), the Eppaner Liedsommer (IT), the BBC Edinburgh International Festival (GB), the Oxford Lieder Festival (GB), the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival and the Rheingau Music Festival. He has given guest performances in the most important European concert halls such as the Philharmonies in Berlin, Cologne and Paris, the concert halls in Berlin, Vienna and Dortmund, the Frankfurt Opera, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Teatro Zarzuela in Madrid, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Børssalen in Copenhagen, the International Arts Center deSingel in Antwerp and the Muziekcentrum De Bijloke in Ghent.

An intensive collaboration connects him with singers such as Andrè Schuen, Christoph Prégardien, Konstantin Krimmel, Julian Prégardien, Simone Kermes, Katharina Konradi, Patrick Grahl, Ingeborg Danz, Britta Schwarz, Johannes Weisser, Roman Trekel, Natalie Perez and Sheva Tehoval.

In addition to his busy concert schedule, his work has been documented on a number of CD releases. Recent releases include "Liebende" with soprano Katharina Konradi (CAvi-Music, 2021), "Die Schöne Müllerin" with Andrè Schuen (Deutsche Grammophon, 2021), "Prémices" with soprano Sheva Tehoval (CAvi-Music, 2021), and "Dichterliebe" with tenor Patrick Grahl (CAvi-Music, 2020).

His first CD with songs by Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Frank Martin, which he recorded together with the South Tyrolean baritone Andrè Schuen for the CAvi-Music label, was awarded the ECHO Klassikpreis in the category "Best Young Singer" in 2016. For the following release "Wanderer", also with Andrè Schuen, he received an OPUS Klassikpreis in 2019 (CAvi-Music, 2019).

He is currently recording the complete song oeuvre of Franz Liszt on seven CDs for the CAvi-Music label and is compiling a new catalog of his songs.

Updated September 2025