He studied under several internationally recognized musical artists and participated in master classes conducted by Shura Cherkassky and Bruno Leonardo Gelber.

[3] He has received honors and awards for his performances and his musical recordings and has been the subject and guest artist on many radio and television programs.

His repertoire comprises Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Scriabin, the Second Viennese School up to the Avantgarde.

[4] His pedagogical concept is a unit of psyche and physis of each student and his individuality, taking this by a fusion of the art, music and the instrument.

[6] Schliessmann is also a professional scuba diver[7] and serves as an Ambassador for the "Protecting of Our Ocean Planet" program of the Project AWARE Foundation.

The inspiration of the variety of colours of the underwater world he converts into differentiated sounds in his artistic interpretations, a phenomenon called synesthesia.

And I'm also confronted with the question of poetry and poesy, something that is so often neglected – especially in Bach.According to Phil Muse, "Schliessmann is essentially a romantic, and as such he is the last sort of pianist you would expect to just play the notes as written, without comment.

"[13] James Harrington argued in American Record Guide in 2010 that "Schliessmann arrives at his own unique interpretations, with reverence for the past (Cortot, Michelangeli, Rubinstein, and Horszowski especially).

Still, if you're looking for playing with splashy virtuosity, heightened emotionality, and an extroverted interpretive style, you won't find it here.

[12] As a child and youngster I had been taught by one of the last master-students of the legendary Helmut Walcha, and I completely had been affected by this style of insight into Bach and the internal structures.

Lastly one can say that I have been growing up with Bach, even to this day.The Goldberg Variations have always enjoyed a special status, with pianists regarding them as a touchstone of their technical and interpretative powers.

The question of rubato is very sensitive: It's nothing arbitrary, but much more something well calculated and well proportioned, something that is integrated in the classical strength of form, which is constructed on the profound knowledge of the polyphonic and contrapuntal structures of Bach and Mozart.

[9] Phil Muse commented: "There is a strong personality behind his performances, one that always has a decided opinion about the music" and the FAZ described his concert appearances as a "mystic fusion".

It's very stimulating.Peter J. Rabinowitz explained, "this give and take is so important that, when recording in a studio, he likes to bring a few friends along to serve as an audience.

Coming back to my artistic aims in my Chopin: It's a special combination of lyricism, poetry, virtuosity, noblesse, classical strength but also romantic enthusiasm and passion, in bringing out this obscure man Chopin ...Related to this, one could ask ″what is talent?″, to which I would immediately answer: ″To have the strength, power, endurance, courage and stamina to start new after each setback.″ These characters blend into one: Virtue.

There begins and starts a long lasting experience: the chance that the artistry of a true artist will live on for generations, and will influence other epochs.

[41][42] In June 2014 Schliessmann signed a further recording contract with the British label Divine Art for the worldwide releasing of selected piano works and cycles from Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin.

[43] Schliessmann has appeared in a number of television and radio productions on the European television stations ARD, ZDF, WDR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, ARTE, 3-SAT, EinsFestival, Unitel-Classica [de], Classical TV[62] and the US channels Classic Arts Showcase, WSMC, WWFM, WUOT, WDPR, KING-FM and KZSU.

[66] He is also a long-term member of the Frankfurter Gesellschaft für Handel, Industrie, Wissenschaft und Kultur, Lions Clubs International and American Guild of Organists.