
Steinway Gallery Singapore and Lufthansa are proud to present “An Afternoon with Steinway Artist, Joja Wendt”, an intimate concert performance on the 3rd of March 2023 (Friday), 2pm at Steinway Gallery on Level 4, ION Orchard.
Joja Wendt is a celebrated musician from Hamburg, Germany who brings remarkable sass and excitement to his performances. By fusing together various music genres such as classical and jazz, Wendt creates a unique inspired sound that has attracted a large international following. He introduces an eclectic range of music styles to his live shows and attracts fans of all ages including those who are unfamiliar to a piano concert.
PROGRAMME
2.00PM – Guest Reception
2.10PM – Piano Performance by Steinway Artist Joja Wendt
2.50PM – Guest Performance by 6-year-old Shalom Ng, 1st prize winner in 6th Steinway Youth Piano Competition (Amateur Class)
3.00PM – Cocktail Reception
ARTIST

Joja Wendt
Steinway Artist
Concert Pianist
Louis Armstrong Award Winner
Steinway Artist Joja Wendt is redefining the idea of a conventional piano concert.
Trained in the Netherlands and New York, Joja emerged from the renowned Hamburg scene and has played alongside all time music legends over the course of his career, like rock ’n roll ikon Chuck Berry and the immortal Joe Cocker. As a result, he draws his repertoire and musical vision from an extensive pool of pop, jazz and classical music. Presented with a large slice humour, charm and charisma, his regular concerts are now themselves the stuff of legend throughout Europe.
In his latest programme, Joja is showing with huge success how hits by AC/DC, Prince or Ed Sheeran can be played solo on the piano with the same breath-taking energy that would usually require a band with several members. From Bach to Rachmaninov, Joja‘s arrangements, intuitive jazz playing techniques, broad range of pop music and his own compositions are a testament to a wonderful kind of musical freedom. Such diversity once again highlights the fact that outstandingly and authentically presented music can delight people – regardless of whether it is popular or serious.
Joja Wendt has achieved what only few musicians had the privilege to experience: His name represents a synonym for the instrument he has grown with. Joja Wendt is the pianist. Not only inside his home country, but reaching far beyond. His concert tours led him from South Africa to Singapore, China and Russia and even to the stages of New York City’s Carnegie Hall and other legendary stages. Joja Wendt has travelled the world with piano music – which is remarkable in itself. However, it is unique that he has achieved his success not only with a brilliant technique, virtuous interpretation and as a charismatic entertainer, but with his very own music.

Combining virtuosity and high musical quality
He is not only a virtuoso musician but appears like a friend to his audience. His aim is to overcome inhibitions for people to go to a piano concert. His message is: It’s fun to play the piano! His music is for everyone, all genders and age groups. “My roots of music are in the clubs,” says Joja, “that helps me today to make the distance of a concert hall and the audience disappear”. That means that he is interacting with and talking to the audience between and even during the songs. Joja’s shows are characterised by entertainment, but as Louis Armstrong Award winner, he is more than just an entertainer. Considered one of Germany’s most successful pianists, no one reaches a huge audience with the piano as he does.
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