Wolfgang Heisig (born in 1952) is a German pianist and composer who is known for his contemporary application of piano rolls.
Born in Zwickau, Heisig studied piano and composition at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden between 1972 and 1978.
Since 1990, Heisig has been intensively engaged with the music of the composer Conlon Nancarrow, who often punched his compositions into paper rolls that were played with player pianos.
Since Nancarrow was hardly interested in the duplication and distribution of these rolls, Heisig not only acquired a Phonola [de] to interpret the works through nuanced pedalling and actuation of dynamic and tempo levers.
With Michael Wollny, Émile Parisien, Max Stadtfeld [de] and Leafcutter John, he played at the ceremony "100 Years Bauhaus" at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.