Henri Sigfridsson

Henri Sigfridsson (* 1974 ) is a Finnish pianist .

Education

Sigfridsson began his musical studies at the Conservatory in Turku . He then attended Erik T. Tawaststjerna's class at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki . In 1995 he switched to Pavel Gililov's class at the University of Music in Cologne . From 1995 to 1997 he also studied in Lasar Berman's master class in Weimar . In October 2011 he was appointed professor for piano at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.

Sigfridsson has worked with many European symphony orchestras and has given concerts under renowned conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy , Lawrence Foster and Dennis Russell Davies . He plays chamber music with Gidon Kremer and Ivri Gitlis and trio with Sol Gabetta and Patricia Kopatchinskaja . Although he has no vocal training, he also performs lieder singing, accompanying himself.

Henri Sigfridsson has successfully participated in many competitions. In July 2000 he won a 2nd prize and the audience award at the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich . 1994 first prize at the international Franz Liszt Competition in Weimar and in 1995 the major Scandinavian competition The Nordic Soloist Competition . In 2001 he received the support award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for music . In 2005 he was the winner of the Beethoven Competition Bonn for Piano .