Louis Schwizgebel (born 19 November 1987) is a Swiss pianist. He studied piano with Franz Josefovski and Brigitte Meyer at the Lausanne Conservatory, Pascal Devoyon at Universität der Künste Berlin, Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald[1] at the Juilliard School, and Pascal Nemirovski at the Royal Academy of Music. He won second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition.
Career edit
Schwizgebel has been the recipient of a number of prizes and scholarships, including second prize at the 2005 Concours de Genève,[2] First Prize at the 2007 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Leipzig and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York,[3] and 2nd prize at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition. He received a scholarship from Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund in 2013-2014,[4] and was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2013-2015.[5]
Personal life edit
Born in Geneva, Louis Schwizgebel is the son of Chinese mother Yaping Wang and father Georges Schwizgebel, a Swiss animated film director. He lives in London. He enjoys performing magic,[6] and making complex origami.[7] On 27 July 2018, Schwizgebel married Justine Kolata, 28 years old and American, in Buckingham, England. The bride is a graduate of Yale and of Cambridge.[8]
Discography edit
- 2006: Piano Concerto No. 2 of Mendelssohn, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève directed by Paul Goodwin; label Pan-Classics.
- 2013: Solo Album "Poems"; label Little Tribeca, EAN 3149028040920
- 2013: Brahms Cello Sonatas + Clarinet Trio with cellist Ophélie Gaillard and clarinetist Fabio Di Càsola; label Aparté
- 2014: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Thierry Fischer; label Little Tribeca, EAN 3149028051124
- 2015: Saint-Saëns: piano concertos n°2 & n°5, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Martyn Brabbins & Fabien Gabel; label Aparté
- 2016: Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, D958 and 16, D845; label Little Tribeca, EAN 3149028098327
References edit
- ^ Fribourg, Société des Concerts de. "Artistes". www.concertsfribourg.ch (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Louis Schwizgebel-Wang - Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ http://www.yca.org/roster/louis-schwizgebel/ [bare URL image file]
- ^ "Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund: Louis Schwizgebel, Piano". mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18.
- ^ "BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists - New Generation Artists A to Z". BBC. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Gazette, Mark Wedel Special to the Kalamazoo (8 October 2014). "Gilmore Rising Star Louis Schwizgebel to make magic at the piano". MLive.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Louis Schwizgebel [@louisschwiz] (November 13, 2015). "Another complex origami folded from an uncut square. #scorpion #origamifridays #robertjlang" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Justine Kolata, Louis Schwizgebel". The New York Times. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.