The Austrian pianist Gottlieb Wallisch has placed himself squarely in the long tradition of Viennese music, combining Classical-period works and contemporary music in his programs. Wallisch was something of a child prodigy, winning admission at age six to a class for gifted children at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He was the school's youngest student at the time. Wallisch gave his first concert in Vienna at seven. A first prize at the Igor Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition for young players in the U.S. drew attention, as did a debut at the Wiener Musikverein when he was 12. Wallisch made his formal debut under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin in 1996 and has gone on to perform under a long list of prestigious conductors including Giuseppe Sinopoli, Kirill Petrenko, and Bruno Weil. He has been among the few champions of American composer George Antheil in the German-speaking sphere. Wallisch has been a fixture of the Central European festival scene, appearing at the Salzburg Festival, the Beethovenfest Bonn, and the Ruhr Piano Festival, among others. He was named a "Steinway Artist" in 2012. Wallisch has recorded for the spotify:search:label%3A%22Naxos%22 , spotify:search:label%3A%22Linn%22 , and spotify:search:label%3A%22Alpha%22 labels, among others, issuing a reading of the rare piano adaptation of Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, on the latter imprint in 2018. He has taught at the University of the Arts in Berlin and the Geneva University of Music.