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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…