Florian distinguishes himself by his passion for rare works from the romantic and post-romantic repertoire, and for his concert programs which often include composers such as Lyapunov, Alkan, Medtner and Dohnanyi. He has also authored transcriptions based on orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov, and which have been attracting the attention of musicians such as Boris Berezovsky and Cyprien Katsaris.

Florian Noack was born in 1990 in Brussels. He began playing the piano at the age of 4, and aged 12, entered the Queen Elisabeth Musical Chapel in the program for Exceptional Young Talent, where he studied under Yuka Izutsu. He pursued his studies at the Musikhochschule in Cologne with the Russian pianist and composer, Vassily Lobanov, and at the Musikhochschule Basel with Claudio Martinez-Mehner.

 

Florian Noack has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including the Rachmaninov International Competition, the International Robert Schumann Competition and the Piano Competition in Cologne. He also won the "Grandpiano" Prize from the Belgian Vocational Foundation, and has received grants and scholarships from Spes, the Fondation Banque Populaire and from the Mozart Gesellschaft.

He performs regularly at many festivals in China, South Korea, the United States, France, Germany and Belgium, and gives recitals in among others the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Beijing Concert Hall, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, the Konzerthaus in Detmold and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In France, he is a regular guest of many festivals including the Chopin Festival, the Festival of Annecy, Piano en Valois, l'Esprit du Piano, and Pianissimes.

 

 

Johannes Brahms/ Florian Noack
  - All mein Gedanken
  - Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus

Gunhilde
  - Wie komme ich den zur Tür herein (49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO.33)

Joaquin Nin
  - Danza Iberica

Percy Grainger
  - Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter
  - Molly on the Shore

Johann Strauss II / Florian Noack
  - Paraphrase d'après des valses de Johann Strauss

Francis Poulenc
  - Pastourelle
  - Bourrée au Pavillon d’Auvergne
  - Valse

Edvard Grieg
  - The Giboen's wedding procession at Vossevangen. Gangar
  - Myllarguten's Gangar
  - Halling from the Gnome's Hill (Danses norvégiennes paysannes (Slåtter), Op.72)

Anonymous/ Florian Noack
  - Hungarian Songs

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  - Krakowiak in E Major, Op.5, No.1
  - Mazurka in a minor, Op.9, No.2
  - Mazurka in A Major, Op.9, No.3 (Danses Polonaises, Op.5 et Op.9)

Leos Janacek/ Florian Noack
  - Požehnaný
  - Dymák
  - Čeladenský (Lachian Dances)

Giuseppe Martucci / Florian Noack
  - Tarantella, Op.44, No.6

Alexander Borodin
  - Au Couvent (Petite Suite)