{{Short description|Austrian classical pianist}} '''Christoph Berner''' (born 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Christoph Berner |publisher=VIAF |url=http://viaf.org/viaf/85874390/#Berner,_Christoph,_1971-....}}</ref> is an Austrian classical pianist.
Berner won the prizes for interpretation of the works of Mozart and Schumann at the 2003 Concours Géza Anda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozart & Schumann-Preis |publisher=Géza Anda Competition |url=http://www.geza-anda.ch/user/view/user/Christoph-Berner/uid/35 |access-date=2014-08-01 |archive-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812181213/http://geza-anda.ch/user/view/user/Christoph-Berner/uid/35 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Earlier, he took second in the 1997 International Beethoven Competition, Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographie |publisher=Christoph Berner |url=http://www.christophberner.com |access-date=2019-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913170539/http://christophberner.com/ |archive-date=2017-09-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Berner may be best known for his collaborations with German tenor Werner Güra, with whom he has recorded songs of Brahms, Robert and Clara Schumann, and especially Schubert; the duo have recorded both ''Winterreise'' and ''Schwanengesang''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Werner Güra |publisher=Harmonia Mundi |url=http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#/artists?view=disco&id=426}}</ref> He has also collaborated with instrumentalists like Heinrich Schiff.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographie |publisher=Christoph Berner |url=http://www.christophberner.com |access-date=2019-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913170539/http://christophberner.com/ |archive-date=2017-09-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Berner often plays on a fortepiano, although not necessarily one specific to the piece; on his recording of ''Winterreise'', he used a fortepiano from 1871, 43 years after the death of Schubert.
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