Alan Kwiek Alan Kwiek, pianist. Born in Buenos Aires, he started learning music at the age of 9. He studied with Lidia E. Santos, Fernanda Bruno, Pia Sebastiani and Elizabeth Westerkamp. He has played as a soloist and chamber music performer in the most important venues in Argentina and abroad including: CCK, Teatro San Martín…

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BEZIAZYCHNA YULIANNAUkraine/Pays-Bas née le 09/12/2013 1er Prix ex-aequo, Prix du public et Prix spécial Michel Runtz au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie A PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES J.S.Bach: Toccata en mi mineur BWV 914 F.Chopin: Mazurka op.24 n.2 F.Liszt: Etude Paganini n.4 en Mi Majeur M.Runtz: Picasso, Petits Ricochets was born December 9, 2013 in…

ŽIVKOVIĆ MARKOSerbie né le 17/10/2012 1er Prix ex-aequo au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie A PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES L. van Beethoven: Sonata en do mineur op.10, 1er mouvement F.Chopin: Etude op.10 n.5 K.Debussy: Préude de la Suite «Pour le piano» M.Runtz: Le Petit Rag D’Hôtel Born October 2012 in Novi Sad, Marko learned to…

WANG ZHUOYAChine/Italie née le 23/04/2013 2e Prix au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie A PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES L. van Beethoven: Sonata op. 14 n. 2, 1st movement F.Schubert: Impromptu op. 90 n. 4 M.Runtz: Petits ricochets ZHUOYA WANG was born in 2013 and began studying piano at 5 years with Mrs Maddalena De Facci.…

LESCURE BOURDONCLE AVAFrance née le 20/02/2013 3e Prix au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie A PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES L.van Beethoven: Sonate op.13, 1er mouvement Ava Lescure Bourdoncle was born into a family of musicians. She has been playing the piano since a young age with her parents Alexandra Lescure and Michel Bourdoncle. She studies…

CHO ANSELMEFrance né le 26/11/2011 1er Prix et Prix spécial Michel Runtz au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES L. van Beethoven: Sonate op.2 n.3, 1er mouvement F.Chopin: Étude op.10 n.3 M.Runtz: Fusion Anselme CHO was born on November 26, 2011. He is currently in the Specialized Cycle at the CRR…

CHEN DAVIDSuisse/Argentine né le 03/06/2008 2e Prix au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES L. van Beethoven: Concerto no.2, 1er mouvement F.Chopin: Mazurkas op. 17 n.4 et op.63 n.3 S.Prokofiev: Sonate n.2, Finale David was born in 2008 into a family of musicians. His father Vladimir Sverdlov Ashkenazy is a pianist…

FEDIURKO OLEKSANDRUkraine/Autriche né le 26/05/2010 3e Prix et Prix du public au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES V.Kosenko: Mazurka en Ré-bémol Majeur op.3 n.2 M.Ravel: Sonatine, III. Animé S.Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux op. 33 en fa mineur, ré mineur et sol mineur M.Runtz: Moire Oleksandr entered Children’s Music School No. 21 in…

POGOSOV ARTYOMOuzbékistan né le 02/11/2010 Diplôme de finaliste au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES F.Liszt: Étude transcendante n.10 F.Liszt: Rhapsodie n.12 M.Runtz: Modigliani Pogosov Artyom est né le 2 novembre 2010 à Tachkent. Artyom a commencé à montrer un grand intérêt pour la musique classique à l’âge d’un an et…

WAITE EMMAÉtats-Unis née le 29/04/2011 Diplôme de finaliste au Concours «Genève Musicale» 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES W.A.Mozart: Sonate en Ré Majeur KV 576, 1er mouvement S.Rachmaninov: Étude- Tableau en mi-bémol mineur, op.33 n.6 Emma Waite, a 7th grader at the Special Music School in New York City, has been studying piano with…

KULAGA ZOFIAPologne/France née le 27/05/2010 Demi-finaliste au Concours «Genève Musicale 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES L. van Beethoven: Sonate en do mineur op.10 F.Chopin: Étude op.25 no.2 F.Chopin: Scherzo en si mineur op. 20 Zofia Kułaga, born in 2010 in Krakow, Poland, started learning to play piano at the age of 6 in…

RAULINE ADRIENFrance né le 07/07/2006 3e Prix au Concours «Genève Musicale 2023, catégorie C PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES F.Chopin: Barcarolle op.60 N.Kapustin: Étude n.1 M.Runtz: Regard sur WA Winner of around fifteen international competitions (2nd place in the Genève Musicale competition, 1st prize for 20th century interpretation in the Ad Libitum competition, second prize for…

BODINEAU-ACKER PABLOFrance né le 29/12/2007 Demi-finaliste au Concours «Genève Musicale 2023, catégorie C PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES I.Stravinsky/G.Agosti: Trois mouvements de «L’Oiseau du Feu» – Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï, Berceuse, Final M.Runtz: Éclats Pablo Bodineau-Acker was born in December 2007, the only musician in his family, Pablo developed an unusual interest in classical music…

BOUCLIER JEANNEFrance/Suisse née le 08/07/2010 Demi-finaliste au Concours «Genève Musicale 2023, catégorie B PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES F.Chopin: Ballade op.23 Jeanne Bouclier, Franco-Swiss, born July 7, 2010, started playing piano in 2018 with Dimitri Papadopoulos, whose teaching she still follows. In 2023, she received a 2nd prize at the Swiss Youth Competition, was a semi-finalist…

CONTE DAVIDEItalie né le 25/05/2006 Demi-finaliste au Concours «Genève Musicale 2023, catégorie C PROGRAMME POUR LES MASTER-CLASSES F.Mendelssohn: Fantasie op.28 M.Runtz: Eclats C.Debussy: Étude pour les degrés chromatiques DAVIDE CONTE was born in 2006, he began studying piano at the age of 6 with Maddalena De Facci with whom he still studies. He obtained the…

Till Fellner Till Fellner’s international career began in 1993 with the 1st prize at the renowned Concours Clara Haskil in Vevey (Switzerland). Since then, he has been a sought-after guest at the major orchestras and the major music centres of Europe, the USA and Japan, as well as at numerous festivals. As soloist he performs…

Rena Shereshevskaya Rena SHERESHEVSKAYA – well-known teacher and pianist, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, (France), laureate of the Ippolitov-Ivanov International Prize in Musical Education and an Honorary professor of the Moscow Ippolitov-lvanov Musical and Pedagogical Institute. A graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and of a poste-graduate course at this conservatory,…

Prisca Benoit Prisca Benoit discovered the piano at the age of three, her precocious talent was quickly noticed and encouraged by the great cellist Pierre Fournier. She entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at a very young age in the class of Jacques Rouvier. She will emerge with a brilliant first prize…

Alexandre Moutouzkine Alexandre Moutouzkine has won top prizes in more than 20 international competitions, including the Naumburg, Cleveland, Montreal, New Orleans, Shanghai, Iturbi (Valencia), Maria Canals (Barcelona) and Arthur Rubinstein (Tel Aviv). In recognition of his early participation in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Competition, where he won the Special Award for Artistic Potential at age…

Akiko Ebi Born in Osaka in Japan, Akiko Ebi began to learn playing the piano at 3 and half years old. First prize at the National Piano Competition in Japan, launched her international career as the winner of the 2nd Grand Prix in the Long/Thibaud Competition in Paris with 4 special prizes given by Arthur…

Cédric Pescia Born in Lausanne, of Swiss and French nationality, Cédric Pescia began his musical studies at the age of seven. He first studied at the Lausanne Conservatory in the class of Christian Favre (First Prize for Virtuosity with distinction from the jury in 1993), then with Dominique Merlet at the Geneva Conservatory (First Prize…

Adrian Kreda Adrian Kreda, of Argentine, Polish and Swiss nationality, is a graduate of the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires, the Academy of Music of Krakow and the Geneva Conservatory. He has won several national and international awards. Since 1981, he has played in America, Europe and Asia. He performed the complete cycle of Ludwig…

Mladen Tcholitch (Čolić) Mladen Tcholitch (Čolić) discovered the piano at the age of four and was tought in Serbian and Russian music traditions with Ivana Branovacki then Svetlana Bogino in Serbia. Mladen entered the CNSM in Paris in the class of Jacques Rouvier and Prisca Benoit, obtained a brilliant first prize then joined the advanced…

Aleksandra Vegezzi Boskov Originally from Yugoslavia, Aleksandra did all her schooling in Switzerland (Villars-Ollon, Fribourg, the University of Geneva). Her professional experience includes Swissair and occasional assignments as a translator for the Department of Foreign Affairs (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and the supervision of the first elections in Bosnia).…

Adrian Kreda Adrian Kreda, of Argentinian, Polish and Swiss nationality, is a graduate of the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires, of the Music Academy of Krakow and of the Geneva Conservatory. He won several national and international awards. Since 1981, he has performed in America, Europe and Asia. He performed the complete series of sonatas…

Patricia Villars Patricia Villars Apothéloz worked for several years in a fiduciary, managing numerous mandates. In 2005, she joined the Geneva Conservatory of Music where she was responsible for accounting and salaries until 2018. Member and accountant of the ” Genève Musicale” Association.

Lyda Chen Argerich Born in Geneva, Lyda Chen studied the violin at the Geneva Conservatory in the class of Ayla Erduran then followed the teaching of Professor Lin Yao Ji at the Central Conservatory of Beijing. Upon her return from China, she began studying law and obtained her license at the University of Geneva. Her…

Prisca Benoit Prisca Benoit discovered the piano at the age of three. Her talent was quickly noticed and encouraged by the great cellist Pierre Fournier. She began her musical studies at the Conservatoire National de Région in Nice, then entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris in the class of Jacques Rouvier for…

Philippe Chanon Franco-Swiss pianist, Philippe Chanon was born in Burgundy on August 1, 1963. He studied at the CNSM in Lyon, as well as at the HEM in Geneva and Lausanne. He holds three State Teacher’s Diplomas and the Certificate of Aptitude, a 1st prize for Virtuosity, the National Diploma of Higher Musical Studies, a…

Montse Roig I Losantos Montse Roig, born in Barcelona (Catalonia), has dedicated her professional life to the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona for more than thirty years, during which she has followed thousands of young pianists during their time at Palau de la Musica Catalana, preparing their international musical career. The Competition Association…

Michel Runtz Franco-Swiss composer and pianist, Michel Runtz was born in Paris in 1955 and lives mainly in Switzerland. He is the founding president of the Jeune Musique Association and of the Friborg International Piano Competition, a competition devoted to the piano repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries, for young people up to 18…

Antonio Vegezzi Originally from Ticino, but living in the canton of Geneva since university, Antonio Vegezzi has had a long professional experience in financial services: he was a partner and managing director for Switzerland of the Capital Group, one of the most important international companies of investment. Until 2021, he was also assistant professor at…

Juliette Kreda Juliette Kreda, born in Geneva, currently studying law at the University of Fribourg. Alongside her schooling, she pursued several artistic courses in classical dance, harp, theater and lyrical singing. She is also interested in sport: in rowing, from which she obtained a Youth and Sport training certification. She speaks 6 languages ​​and is…

Catherine Ryser After working in real estate, Catherine joined the Geneva Conservatory of Music in 2011 as an assistant director, a position she still holds. Her interest in art led her to get involved in various activities. She took upholsterer-decorator courses for 12 years and ran an online sales site for decorative objects for 6…

Goran Despotovski Goran Despotovski (1972). He graduated from the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Belgrade (1995); he received his bachelor (1999) and master degrees (2003) in painting from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, and acquired the title of the Doctor of Arts – Fine Arts (2018). He has been employed at the…