Hello, I'm Albert.

My late discovery of the piano and classical music make me uniquely able to understand the needs of adult music learners. My own musical mentors inspired me to create the Key-Notes method to help you learn to play the piano beautifully and confidently!

My Story

I discovered classical music and a hidden talent for piano as a young adult.

This led me to become a Fulbright Scholar and Bösendorfer Artist in the City of Music, Vienna, Austria. I founded Key-Notes so adult piano learners just like you can benefit from the methods taught by world-renowned experts.

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Thanks to Dreama TV for asking to share my piano journey in this documentary in the hopes of inspiring others.

Biography

Albert Frantz began piano studies and discovered classical music at the unusual age of 17.

A graduate of Penn State University, he won local, state and national piano competitions and became the first pianist to be awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Vienna in nearly a decade. Albert records solo and chamber music for the Gramola label and is a Bösendorfer Artist.

His first CD, of works by Romantic composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, was an official jury nomination for the German Record Critics’ Award, established to set the "most rigorous standards for supreme achievement and quality" in the field of music recording. His most recent album is Liszt’s complete Transcendental Etudes.

Albert is also a passionate amateur Ironman triathlete and is among the most frequent contributors to the TEDx platform. A documentary about his life and work was released by dreama.tv in 2015. In October 2016, Albert was the cover story for Toastmaster Magazine, the official print publication of Toastmasters International, the world's largest organization for leadership and communication training in over 140 countries. He served as Head of Mission, Austria for the global think tank Diplomatic Council and continues to advocate for issues of children's rights around the world. As a keynote speaker and activist, Albert has spoken at venues ranging from the Austrian Parliament to the United Nations in Geneva.

In the 2024–2025 season, Albert will perform the inaugural Concert for Children's Rights together with the Vienna Boys' Choir and Vienna Girls' Choir at Vienna's City Hall in support of children's rights nonprofits.

He plays a Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand specially selected for the Vienna Musikverein.

Agent

Mag. Carmen Meissner
MeissnerMusik&Kultur-Management
Email: c.meiss[at]gmx.de
Mobile: +43 (699) 10477537 (Austria)
Office: +43 (1) 7962501 (Austria)
Mobile: +49 (176) 72994711 (Germany)