Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Karin Lechner received her first music lessons from her mother Lyl Tiempo in Caracas, Venezuela. She made her public debut at the age of five and recorded her first album at thirteen. She continued her training with Maria Curcio and Pierre Sancan and also benefited from regular advice by Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Nelson Freire, Nikita Magaloff and Rafael Orozco. Karin Lechner today performs at the world’s most prestigious concert halls, in particular at the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Philharmonic Society of Berlin, the Téatro Colon of Buenos Aires, the Suntory Hall of Tokyo, and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. She is also the guest at the greatest musical festivals, among them Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Colmar, Menton, Verbier or Montpellier. Karin is also a regular guest at the Festival Martha Argerich and Friends in Lugano. She appears in concert with a great number of partners, among them with Barbara Hendricks, Viktoria Mullova and Mischa Maisky.