EVA-MADDALENA GROSSENBACHER

SWITZERLAND

  • date of birth: May 24, 1988
  • studied at the Tibor Varga Academy in Sion and graduated in 2010 the Haute École de musique de Lausanne under the guidance of Prof. Lihay Bendayan;
  • received a Master of Arts in Music Performance and a Minor in Baroque Violin at the Hochschule der Künste Bern;
  • masterclasses with Victor Pikayzen, Benjamin Schmid, Sergiu Schwartz.

Prizes: 2nd Prize at the Marcello Pontillo International Music Competition (Italy, 2019)

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219

Paganini Caprice No. 24

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major Op. 24, Spring

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Op. 28

Semifinal

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Ravel Tzigane

Final

Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77