A pianist who redefines musical boundaries.
As a soloist on the great concert stages of the world, she captivates her listeners with her magnificent pianistic skills. She seemingly effortlessly transitions from one era to another. This is also demonstrated by her five cross-era solo albums: ‘Bach & Contemporary Music’ (2014), ‘Bach – Chopin’ (2017), ‘Bach, Byrd, Gibbons + Contemporary Music’ (2020), ‘Grenzgänge’ (2021), and from silence (2025), whose bold compilation and brilliant execution have been unanimously praised by reviewers. In 2024, ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier I’ was released, prompting Radio Bremen to exclaim: ‘Under Sostmann’s fingers, Bach’s music sounds incredibly clear and logical, yet also musical and authentic. Alexandra Sostmann achieves the impossible here; her Bach playing unites heart and mind in an ideal balance.’
Several albums have also been nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award, the Opus Klassik, and the ICMA.
Concert Tour in Brazil September-October 2026
DER HAMBURGER Features “Bach & now!”
Article in Fono Forum: “A real challenge”
New Album! From Silence / from Silence on Prospero Classical
To Be Continued: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Bach & now! – Second Edition in April 2026
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
Hamburg
From16 to 17 November, 2026 , CD recordings with the pianist Alexandra Sostmann will take place at the Freidrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg.
Friedrich Ebert Hall
Hamburg
From January 2 to 5, 2026, CD recordings will take place at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg featuring pianist Alexandra Sostmann. During this period, she will focus intensively on recording the second book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Her long-standing engagement with this significant work of piano literature promises to bring the complexity, timeless beauty, structure, and profound humility of this music closer to the listeners in a special way.
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
Hamburg
From 20 to 25 September 2026, CD recording sessions with pianist Alexandra Sostmann will take place at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg.
For this project, Alexandra Sostmann dedicates herself to one of the most significant works in the piano repertoire: Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (BWV 870–893).
With this recording, Alexandra Sostmann continues her intensive exploration of Bach’s keyboard works. The collection of 24 preludes and fugues, spanning all major and minor keys, represents one of the crowning achievements of Western music and remains a source of inspiration for performers and audiences alike.
WDR
Froberger: Ricercar Live Recording | Herten Castle, 06.03.2022
The pianist Alexandra Sostmann is not only known for her polished Bach playing, but also for her developments and cross-connections in concert and CD programmes that trace the history of music.
In her latest CD recording, she remains true to this line when she spans from the Baroque to the present day, from Bach to Toshio Hosokawa. In doing so, she endeavours to shed light on the concept of music as a medium between immanence and transcendence that can be found in almost every culture.
It is above all the transformations and transitions reflected in music that fascinate the pianist. But silence also plays an important role – as an integral part of music and as a cipher for what cannot be said with words.
The album with works by Bach, Berio, Crumb, Kurtag, Taverner and many others will be available from March 2025.
