Bernd Glemser (born 1962, Dürbheim) is a German pianist. A student of Vitaly Margulis, in 1989 he became Germany's youngest piano professor at Saarbrücken's Musikhochschule.

He has recorded major pieces by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Schumann, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky as well as pieces by Liszt, Tausig, Godowsky and Busoni.

In 2003 Glemser was decorated with the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

His recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 was featured in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3.

Record of piano prizes, incomplete
YearCompetitionPrize1st prize winner / Ex-aequo with...
1983 Spain María Canals, Barcelona2nd prize1st prize void / Japan Kyoko Koyama.
1984 Italy Ferruccio Busoni, Bolzano3rd prizeCanada Louis Lortie.
1984 Italy Mario Zanfi, Parma1st prize
1985 Australia Sydney International Piano Competition2nd prizeChina Du Ning-Wu
1986 Italy Rina Sala Gallo, Monza1st prize
1987 West Germany ARD, Munich2nd prize1st prize void / Brazil Ricardo Castro.
1987 Spain Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Santander3rd prize
1988 Canada Concours de Montreal2nd prizeCanada Angela Chang
1992 Hungary Andor Földes Prize1st prize
1993 Europe European Pianists Prize1st prize

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