“Suddenly a pianist appeared on the stage stepping back from the music so that the textual score could be discerned in its finest detail. … He revealed an immense musicality that persuaded in every nuance.“
─ Carsten Dürer, Piano News

Anton Gerzenberg, born in 1996 in Hamburg, is an outstanding artist of the younger piano generation. After winning first prize at the Geza Anda Concours in Zurich in 2021 and being presented as a “Great Talent” at the Wiener Konzerthaus from 2022 to 2024, he established himself with a remarkably versatile repertoire. His virtuosic, subtly nuanced playing captivates both audiences and critics. In June 2024 he received the Martha Argerich Steinway Prize.

The 2025/26 season opened with a duo recital with Martha Argerich at the Summer Music Days in Hitzacker (described by NDR Kultur as “a concert from another star”) and with several programs at the prestigious Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Up next is a solo recital at the Wiener Konzerthaus, spanning Debussy, Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Boulez. Gerzenberg, who remains particularly attached to the Konzerthaus since his days as a “Great Talent,” places a special emphasis this season on literary–musical programs including a focus on Thomas Mann. Another highlight is his debut with the Hamburger Symphoniker. In 2024/25 he performed at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikverein Wien, Grazer Musikverein, Nikolaisaal Potsdam, the Ruhr Klavierfestival and Le Piano Symphonique Luzern. In spring 2025 he toured Asia with Lilya Zilberstein (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China).

Gerzenberg has already performed in major venues such as Tonhalle Zürich, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Franz-Liszt Academy Budapest and National Concert Hall of Taiwan, and at festivals like Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, and Martha Argerich Festivals in Lugano and Hamburg. He has appeared with the TonhalleOrchester Zürich, Wiener Symphoniker, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Graz Philharmoniker and Tiroler Symphonieorchester. Artistic partners include Martha Argerich, Ilya Gringolts, Julia Hagen and Dora Schwarzberg; conductors include Paavo Järvi, Stefan Blunier, Jonathan Stockhammer, Holly Hyun Choe and Nil Venditti.

His strong commitment to contemporary music stems from studying with Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Notably, his tour of György Ligeti’s complete Etudes cycle, paired with Debussy and Ravel, drew considerable attention. In 2019 he co-founded the ÉRMA Ensemble, dedicated to contemporary music. He previously studied in Hamburg with Julia Suslin and Julija Botchkovskaia and in Vienna with Jan Jiracek von Arnim. Additional influences came from figures such as Robert Levin, Alfred Brendel and Bella Davidovich.

In his musical DNA lies a unique family tradition: his mother is the internationally renowned pianist Lilya Zilberstein, his father a trumpeter, his brother a pianist and lyricist. This heritage is reflected in his confident versatility across solo and chamber music, from early music by Sweelinck to advanced contemporary works by composers such as Lachenmann or Boulez. His interpretations are characterized by tonal differentiation, intellectual depth and a willingness to take risks.