Camilla Köhnken studied piano performance with Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Cologne, Jerome Rose in New York, and Claudio Martínez Mehner in Basel. Additionally, she completed a BA in medieval history and art history at the University of Frankfurt/Main.
Enjoying an international career both as a soloist and chamber musician on modern pianos playing in halls like the the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall in New York, or the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Santander, she is also very interested in period instruments of the 19th century and served for many years as a pianist in residence at the Beethovenhaus Bonn.
Since June 2014 she is a research fellow in the applied interpretation research project “Instructive Editions” under Prof. Kai Köpp at the Bern University of the Arts where she is focusing on a PhD project on shared interpretation practices of the Liszt school.