Biography
Simon Haje was born in Germany in 2005. He has been taking piano lessons since the age of six and entered pre-college at the Berlin University of the Arts at the age of nine.
He’s a scholarship holder of the Music Academy in Liechtenstein and takes part in the intensive weeks and activities of the academy.
Simon has received numerous awards and special prizes at international piano competitions. He received 1st prizes at the “Piano Podium Munich”, the “Schumann Competition Düsseldorf”, the “Steinway Piano Competition” and the “Piano Competition Enschede” in the Netherlands. This year alone he was able to win the 1st prize in four competitions in a row (Neuchatel, Aarhus, Kronberg, Orbetello).
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Simon was already able to gain stage experience at the age of five as a member of the children's choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has made regular public appearances at home and abroad. As a pianist, he has played in important venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, the Beethovenhaus Bonn and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg. He gave moderated recitals in the Palais Lichtenau in Potsdam, in the MS3 Theater, in the Christophori Piano Salon and in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg.
Simon made his orchestral debut at the age of twelve as a soloist in Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D minor at the Schlosstheater Rheinsberg. At the age of 14, he performed Weber's Concert Piece in F minor with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He made his debut in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus in Berlin in 2020 with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. In 2022, he was a soloist in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic with Mendelssohn's 1st Piano Concerto. In 2022 and 2023, he performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Simon is a scholarship holder of YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now Berlin e.V., the German Music Foundation, Musica Mundi Belgium and the Daniel Hope Academy. Because of his achievements, he was named a Young Steinway Artist in 2022.