Mélodie Zhao

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Mélodie Zhao (* 1994 in Gruyères ) is a Swiss pianist and composer .

biography

education

Mélodie Zhao received her first piano lessons at the Beijing Music Conservatory when she was two years old . At the age of nine she began studying at the Conservatory of Music in Geneva . From 2007 to 2010 she studied at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève with Pascal Devoyon ( Bachelor and Soloist Master's degree), which she then followed for a second Master's degree at the University of the Arts in Berlin . She also took lessons from Paul Badura-Skoda in Paris and Vienna .

Parallel to her pianistic training, Mélodie Zhao began studying composition at the age of 15 with Jean-Claude Schlaepfer in Geneva and Nicolas Bacri in Brussels .

Career as a pianist

Zhao began giving concerts at the age of six, and as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of ten . Since then she has z. For example, with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra , the Orchester de la Suisse Romande , the Zurich Chamber Orchestra , the China National Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic, under conductors such as Vladimir Fedoseyev , Michail Jurowski , Gustav Kuhn , Muhai Tang and many more

Mélodie Zhao presented a recording of Chopin's 24 etudes at the age of 13, and a complete recording of all Beethoven's piano sonatas at the age of 19 .

A worldwide concert career has led Mélodie Zhao to, among others, the Tonhalle Zurich , the NCPA Beijing , the Victoria Hall Geneva , the Théâtre du Châtelet Paris and the LAC Lugano . She has made repeated appearances at major international festivals, including the Tyrolean Festival in Erl .

composition

As a composer, she has received commissions from orchestras and ensembles such as the Rudra Béjart Ballet and the China National Opera , and she also writes film music .

Her works include chamber music , orchestral works and sacred music as well as highly virtuoso solo piano literature.

Discography

  • Chopin 24 Études. Independent / Claves (2008)
  • Liszt Études d'exécution transcendante. Claves (2011)
  • Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas. Claves (2014)
  • Tchaikovsky Concertos 1 & 2. (Michail Jurowski, Orchester de la Suisse Romande). Claves (2015)
  • Walker. (Works by Schubert, Bach / Busoni, Chopin and Liszt). NCPA (2018)

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personal data
SURNAME Zhao, Mélodie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pianist and composer with Chinese roots
DATE OF BIRTH 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Gruyère FR