Benjamin Engeli

Benjamin Engeli (* 1978 in Kreuzlingen ) is a Swiss pianist . He achieved fame through his membership in the Tecchler Trio , the Zurich Ensemble and the Gershwin Piano Quartet .

biography

Growing up in a musical family, Engeli took her first piano lessons at the age of 15. He studied both horn and piano at the Basel Music Academy . After receiving his teaching diploma, he moved to the Zurich University of the Arts to continue studying with Homero Francesch until he graduated in 2003. In that year he also founded the Tecchler Trio together with Esther Hoppe and Maximilian Hornung , which won the ARD music competition in 2007 in the piano trio category . The trio separated in 2011 after eight years and three recorded CDs .

Since 2007 he has been a member of the Gershwin Piano Quartet , with which he has given concerts in China and Brazil , among others . Engeli arranged several of the pieces for his albums be.four (2010) and Transatlantiques (2018). He has taught chamber music for eight years at the Basel University of Music . In 2013 he also took over a piano class at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory in Feldkirch . With the Zurich Ensemble , of which he is a founding member, he appeared again as arranger on the CD released in 2014.

Discography

with the Tecchler Trio :

• Tecchler Trio: Prize winners concert "Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes" (2005)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Maurice Ravel Piano Trios (2005, Ars Musici)
• Robert Schumann , Antonín Dvořák : Piano Trios (op.80), (op.26) (2006, concentus records)
• Joseph Haydn : Piano Trios Hob XV / 27, 28, 29, 31

with the Gershwin Piano Quartet :

• be.four (2010, ZHdK Records , CD + DVD)
• Edition Piano Festival Ruhr Volume 29 (2012, including three pieces of music)
• Transatlantiques (2018, Sony)

with the Zurich Ensemble :

• Scheherazade ( Sergei Eduardowitsch Bortkiewicz : 5 melodies from op.37 Arabian Nights , Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow : op.35 Scheherazade , Aram Khachaturian : Trio for clarinet, violin and piano ) (2014, paladino music, pmr 0036)
• beyond time ( Fabian Müller : Am Anfang , Volker David Kirchner : Exil , Olivier Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du temps ) (2016, Ars Produktion, ARS 38 205)

Further:

• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonatas No. 11 (op.22) , No. 24 (op.78) , No. 29 (op.105) (2011, Solo Musica, Sm 141)
• Tobias PM Schneid : New Works (with Esther Hoppe and Maximilian Hornung, 2013, Neos, NEOS 11105)
• Reminiscences - Romantic Works for Violin & Piano (with Lisa Schatzmann, 2014, Claves)
• Oskar Ulmer : Selected songs (Liedduo Brütsch & Engeli, 2016 edition.vokalmusik.ch CD101)

Awards

• Prix ​​Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes: Tecchler Trio (2005)
• ARD international music competition : Tecchler Trio (piano trio, 2007)

Web links

• Official website of Benjamin Engeli
• Benjamin Engeli on the website of the Gershwin Piano Quartet
• Benjamin Engeli on the website of the Vorarlberg State Conservatory

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carsten Dürer: Tecchler Trio. (No longer available online.) In: ensemble-magazin.de. 2009, archived from the original on May 16, 2016 ; accessed on May 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Benjamin Engeli. In: gershwinpianoquartet.com. Gershwin Piano Quartet, accessed February 15, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Biography. In: benjaminengeli.com. Benjamin Engeli, accessed February 15, 2019 . 
4. ^ Zurich Ensemble: Scheherazade. In: paladino.at. paladino music, July 9, 2014, accessed on February 15, 2019 .