AMANDINE SAVARY - Piano |
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French pianist Amandine Savary won first prize in several International Competitions including the Concours International de Piano Ginette Gaubert, the Grand Concours International de Piano de Paris and the 2003 West of France Young Artist Competition. She has appeared as soloist with the Orchestre de Bretagne conducted by Mosche Atzmon, and has given many recitals, including a performance at the Festival International de Dinard, under the patronage of the pianist Kun Woo Paik, where she will be returning for another performance later this year.
In July 2005 Amandine was invited to perform as both soloist and chamber musician at the Academia de Santander in Spain, as well as participating in the "Kyoto International Student Festival 2005" in Japan. She has played in halls such as the Fumin Alti Hall (Kyoto, Japan), the Palacio de Festivales and the Palacio de Magdalena (Santander, Spain), the Salle Stephane Bouttet and the Triangle de Rennes (France). Amandine has participated in Master-Classes with eminent pianists and musicians including Cedric Tiberghien, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alexander Satz, Marie-Paule Siruguet, Sigmund Nissel, Genevieve Martigny, and Bernard Ringeissen. She is also an active chamber musician with a wide repertoire. She is a member of a Piano Trio Pourquoi which recently gave a successful performance as part of the Bloomsbury Festival and she also regularly plays with violin, cello and voice, including with such leading artists as Paul Neubauer, viola player with the New York Philharmonic. Amandine enjoys performing contemporary repertoire and has worked with composers such as Luciano Berio, Ivan Fedele, and Yoshihisa Taira. In France Amandine has appeared on TV and Radio programmes such as France 3 Television and Mezzo Sequences; she also recently played on BBC Radio 3 In Tune programme with cellist Mats Lidstrom from the RAM and Cellist Claes Gunnersson, principal cello of the Gothenburg Symphony. |