Pianist Daniel Heide specializes in collaborative playing but has also performed and recorded as a soloist. He is the founder of the Der lyrische Salon -- Liederabende auf Schloss Ettersburg, a concert series at a castle outside Weimar; the art song event has been repeated monthly ever since and has attracted growing crowds of young people. Heide made his recording debut in 2009, backing violist Pauline Sachse on the album Viola Tales. Heide is active as an accompanist and as a solo pianist, issuing several recordings of Beethoven sonatas. In 2022, he backed baritone Andrè Schuen on a recording of Schubert's song cycle Schwanengesang, D. 957.