Kristin Merscher  Kristin Merscher (born in 1961) is a German classical pianist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany. Born in Frankfurt, Merscher began her studies at age eight with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover. From 1977, she continued her studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Pierre Sancan and (from 1980 until 1982) with György Sebők at the Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Munich Philharmonic, and gave solo performances throughout Europe, North America, and in the Far East. In addition to broadcast and television productions, she has recorded piano concertos with various orchestras, solo repertoire, and chamber music, along with cellist Maria Kliegel. In 1990, she was appointed as professor of piano at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken.