Helmut Deutsch

Helmut Erich Deutsch is an Austrian classical pianist, specialising in chamber music and lieder accompaniment. Deutsch was born in Vienna, where he studied piano, composition and musicology at the Vienna Music Academy from 1967 until 1979. He was awarded the Vienna Composition Prize in 1967. He was professor for lied interpretation and performance at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München from 1986 until 2011. He is still guest professor there and at other German universities.