SWITZERLAND
– date of birth: 18th of June 1991
– studied with prof. Ivan Monighetti and Raphael Wallfisch and obtained his Soloist Diploma with distinctions in 2016
– has played in Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, UK, Czech Republic, Italy, Holland, in festivals such as Lavaux Classic, Musique et Prodige, Apeldoorn Festival, Rencontres Musicales d’Enghien, Celloclassics, Tribunes des Jeunes Musiciens RTS
Prizes: First Prize in the Swiss Soloists Audition in 2012; Young Artist Prize of the Leenaards Foundation in 2013; second position in the Rahn Musikpreis for String Instruments in 2018
Program:
First Round
Piatti Caprice no. 2 op. 25
Haydn Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major
Schumann Adagio and Allegro op. 70
Second Round
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata
Penderecki Divertimento for Cello Solo
Popper Spinning Song op. 55
Semifinal
Enescu Sonata no. 2 in C major op. 26
Shostakovich Sonata in D minor op. 40
Final
Shostakovich Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major op. 107
