Sophie Pacini

Sophie Pacini (* December 1991 in Munich) is a German - Italian pianist whose repertoire includes primarily the music of Viennese Classicism and Romanticism of the 19th century.

Life and musical career

Sophie Pacini was born as the daughter of a German doctor and an Italian literature professor in Munich. At age six, she began playing the piano. Her concert debut she had with Haydn's Piano Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII: 2 in 2000 From 2002 she was a young student at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Karl -Heinz Kammerling, 2004, she was accepted into the Gifted Institute at the Mozarteum. . Since 2007, Sophie Pacini studied in the Master Class of Pavel Gililov. At the same time she took in 2009 to a regular university degree in piano performance, from which she graduated in 2011 with honors. In summer 2010, she met Martha Argerich, whom she invited to her Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano in 2011.

After several competitions won, the media became aware of Pacini. In October 2007, she appeared in the ZDF television program on Classic Kids. The Austrian radio station OE1 she portrayed in 2009 and 2010, BR -Klassik in 2011., The Germany radio gave her 2011 presented its award as " one of the greatest talents of her generation ." In the context of Italian festivals Pietrasanta in concerto her the Young Artist Price of the Festival of Salvatore Accardo was awarded. As a result, Pacini played for ZDF / ARTE in the show Stars of tomorrow with Rolando Villazón, which was broadcast on ARTE on 23 December 2012.

Sophie Pacini's international concert appearances they led in April 2012 to her debut at Suntory Hall in Japan with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Their debut had Pacini Ruhr Piano Festival in June 2012 and at the Schwetzingen Festival in March 2012, at Musikfest Bremen in September 2012, in November 2012 at the Konzerthaus Dortmund and in the Hercules Hall in Munich. In 2013 she was invited to the " podium of the boys " of the North German Radio Orchestra, she played among others with the Dresden Philharmonic under Michael Sanderling, was in the Weilburg Castle concerts together with the State Philharmonic of the Rhineland -Palatinate under Karl -Heinz Steffens guest and debuted in concert at the Salzburg Festival with the Camerata Salzburg under Ben Gernon.

In February 2012, their first CD recording was released by Onyx Classics with piano concertos by Schumann and Mozart, which was their permits under an award at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad. In November, followed in Music CAvi her first solo CD with works by Robert Schumann ( Carnaval, Op 9, interludes op 4 ) and Franz Liszt ( Sonata in B minor ) ..

As part of the renowned concert series "New Names " and " that," Sophie Pacini was in the fall of 2013, both in Berlin ( Otto -Braun- hall ) as well as in the Zurich Tonhalle her solo debut.

Through the Mozart Society Dortmund she is promoted as a fellow since 2013.

Repertoire

Their repertoire consists primarily of pieces of Viennese classicism and the romantic music of the 19th century. Especially works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms and virtuoso pieces by Franz Liszt form the program of their current performances.

Prizes and awards

  • 2002 and 2005 1st prize at " Young Musicians "
  • 2006 1st prize at the Grotrian Steinweg competition, Braunschweig
  • 2009 1st prize in the Grand Scholarship contest the Austrian music universities, donated by Hildegard Zoologists
  • 2009 Huebel Fellowship of the Mozarteum
  • 2011 Prix Groupe Edmond de Rothschild of Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad
  • 2011 Award Germany radio
  • 2011 Award Bremer Musikfest
  • 2012 Young Artist Price of the festival " Pietrasanta in concerto "
  • 2013 Scholarship of the Mozart Society Dortmund
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