Curriculum vitae
Joachim Stepanik
1974-77: Training as a Piano and Harpsichord technician with Alfons Stepanik in Munich (Repair and New Construction)
1977-78: Military Service
1979: Piano Factory PFEIFFER in Stuttgart: Preliminary and Final Regulation, initial knowledge of Tuning and Voicing.
1984: Piano-FISCHER Stuttgart/Schorndorf: Field Service/Concert Service (Brands: Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Fazioli, Feurich, Schimmel, Yamaha)
1988: Pianohaus MATTHAES / Steinway Gallery Stuttgart / Steinway House (Brands: Steinway & Sons, Grotrian-Steinweg, Ibach, Schimmel, Rippen, Kawai; Boston, Essex) Inside and Outside Sales to private customers, music schools, Stuttgart Conservatory, Liederhalle Stuttgart, and various other concert halls.
1998: Training as a "C Musician"
2012: PTD Technician
2014: PTD Installer
2016: 6 months at HH Steinway Factory: Preliminary Voicing
2017-2020: HH Steinway Factory: Final Voicing
Since April 2021: Self-employed in The Hague
Concert Halls: Liederhalle Stuttgart, State Academy of Art and Music (Stuttgart), Stuttgart Philharmonic, Music Academy Trossingen, Stadthalle Göppingen, Stadtgarten Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg, Congress Hall Böblingen, K3 Nürtingen.
Pianists:
Classical: Kit Armstrong, Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Buchbinder, Lang Lang, Alice Sara Ott, Murray Perahia, Ivo Pogorelich, Fazil Say, Olga Scheps, Joja Wendt, Lilya Zilberstein, Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl, Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher, Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen, Helmut Deutsch, (Juliane Banse, Ulrike Sonntag), and many more.
Jazz: Chick Corea, Wolfgang Dauner, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Diana Krall, Brad Mehldau, Michel Petrucciani, Vince Weber, (Till Brönner, Nils Landgren), and many more.