Heiko Stralendorff

Heiko Stralendorff studied piano with Vitalij Margulis and violoncello with Marçal Cervera in Freiburg. In Munich he studied piano with Klaus Schilde and chamber music with Eckart Besch. These studies were followed by five years of private study with Marina Horak, adding holistic aspects to his education. He has also participated in seminars with Frédéric Gevers (Antwerp) and jazz pianist Wolfgang Mayer (Saarbrücken).

Heiko Stralendorff has been a lecturer in accompanying at the University of Music and Theatre Munich since 1991 and has played with students of many different instruments. He has accompanied auditions for the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others.

As a soloist with orchestra, he has given guest performances at the Royal Sanatorium (Königliches Kurhaus) in Bad Reichenhall, the Wartburg in Eisenach and the Cuvilliés Theater of the Munich Residence, to name a few. Since 2012 he has regularly accompanied choirs directed by Thomas Gropper, either alone or together with pianist Mirjam von Kirschten. He also performs as a soloist in concerts of the Pianists Club of Munich (Pianistenclub München) of which he is the chairman since 2026.

Heiko Stralendorff is also active as a music editor and writes piano reductions for G. Henle Verlag and Edition Butorac.