"She is unusually musical and sensitive -

qualities that are rather rare in our musical times." Andràs Schiff

Born into a family of musicians in Salzburg, Cornelia Herrmann studied with Imre Rohmann in Salzburg, Noel Flores in Vienna and Ferenc Rados in Budapest, and drew further inspiration from master classes with Alexander Lonquich, Murray Perahia, András Schiff and others.

In 1996 she was the youngest finalist and winner of the International J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, and in 1999 gained a special award at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg. In 2001 she received the major Sponsorship Prize from the Hildegard Maschmann Foundation.

Her career has since continued to advance. Her début at the 2002 Salzburg Festival led to a further engagement the following year. In 2003 she toured Spain with the Camerata Salzburg and Sir Roger Norrington. Her concerts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under James Judd in July 2003 brought her a contract for three CD productions with JVC. The following year, she performed with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra under John Axelrod in the KKL Lucerne, and opened the Innsbruck concert season with the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner.

Further engagements have taken Cornelia Herrmann to venues including the Zurich Tonhalle, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Large Festival Hall in Salzburg, Brucknerhaus in Linz, Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Vienna Musikverein and Vienna Konzerthaus, for performances with the Linz Bruckner Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, MDR Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Cosmopolitaine, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Halle and Vienna Chamber Orchestra, under distinguished conductors such as Christian Arming, Manfred Honeck, Stefan Sanderling, Hubert Soudant, Pinchas Steinberg and Marcello Viotti. (see Collaborations)

In the 2008/09 season, Cornelia Herrmann's engagements will include guest concerts in Stuttgart, Leipzig, Istanbul, Tokyo, Washington and Boston, and her début with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (USA) conducted by Stefan Sanderling and the Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan) conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue. In April 2009 Cornelia Herrmann is to perform Schumann's Piano Concerto in the Great Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus.

Cornelia Herrmann is also an enthusiastic chamber musician. She was a guest at the Open Chamber Music Festival in Prussia Cove and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, and has performed with Christian Altenburger, Hermann Baumann, Mirijam Contzen, Elina Garanca, the Amar Quartet, Pegasos Trio, Wiener Klavierquartett and others.

In May 2006 her second CD was issued by JVC, with Schumann's Fantasy Pieces op 12 and Brahms' Piano Pieces op 76.