German pianist Henning Vauth serves as Professor of Piano, Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, Coordinator of Graduate Studies, and Co-Director of the Center for Wellness in the Arts at Marshall University. He is a past President of the West Virginia Music Teachers Association and was named WVMTA Distinguished Leader 2023 and Teacher of the Year 2017.
A laureate at international competitions in Italy and Norway (“Ibla” and “Concours Grieg”), Henning Vauth has performed in the Americas, Europe, and Asia at venues such as the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, the Konzerthaus Berlin, in Germany, and Alice Tully Hall in New York City. He regularly follows invitations as faculty and jury member to international music festivals and competitions, such as the Global Summer Institute of Music – Europe in Bad Vöslau, Austria, the Las Vegas Chamber Music Institute, the Sicily International Music Festival and Competition in Italy, the Summer Academy of Music in Uelzen, Germany, the International Maestro Festival and Competition in Taipei, Taiwan, and the Curso de Perfeccionamiento in Medellin, Colombia. The Chicago Tribune entitled a review of his solo recital: “Pianist delights audience with playing, charm and wit.”
Dr. Vauth’s articles on musicians’ wellness and medicine are published in Piano Magazine, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Experimental Brain Research, Human Movement Science, and Movement Disorders.
Henning Vauth holds a D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in the United States after pursuing previous studies in Hannover, Germany (Musikhochschule), Paris, France (Ecole Normale de Musique) and Michigan (WMU). His teachers include Nelita True, Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, and Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri (piano), and William Porter (harpsichord). He received further inspiration in several master classes with Philippe Entremont and Jörg Demus.