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Simon Haje
Piano

Nineteen-year-old Simon Haje is a versatile, successful young German pianist with regular concert appearances and winner of numerous first prizes at renowned international piano competitions.

Simon Haje has received numerous awards and special prizes at international piano competitions. He received first prizes at the Piano Podium Munich, Schumann Competition Düsseldorf, Steinway Piano Competition and Piano Competition Enschede / Netherlands. Last year alone he was able to win the first prize in four competitions in a row (Neuchatel, Aarhus, Kronberg, Orbetello).

Simon Haje made his orchestral debut at the age of twelve as a soloist in Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor at the Schlosstheater Rheinsberg. At the age of fourteen he performed Weber's Concert Piece in F Minor with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He made his debut in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus  in Berlin in 2020 with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. In 2022 he was a soloist in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic with Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1. In 2022 and 2023 he performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

Simon Haje is a scholarship holder of "YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now Berlin e.V. ",  German Music Foundation, Musica Mundi Belgium, Daniel Hope Academy, Liechtenstein Musikakademie, and Richard-Wagner-Stipendienstiftung.

 Because of his achievements, he was named a Young Steinway Artist in 2022. 

 In 2024, performances are scheduled in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and the Netherlands. In March 2025, piano concerts in Aarhus and Berlin (with the Konzerthausorchester conducted by Christoph Eschenbach) and a concert tour in the United States are planned.