Oliver Schnyder
Oliver Schnyder (born October 3, 1973 in Brugg ) is a Swiss pianist .
Life
Oliver Schnyder studied with Emmy Henz-Diémand (teaching and concert qualification diploma SMPV 1994), then up to the soloist diploma in 1998 in Homero Francesch's master class at the Zurich University of Music and Theater . It was followed by a short study with Ruth Laredo at the Manhattan School of Music in New York (1998) and 1998 to 2001 in the master class of Leon Fleisher in Baltimore (Graduate Performance Diploma, 2001).
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Oliver Schnyder has been developing since his debut recital in 2000 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC and his solo debut in 2002 with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under David Zinman on the occasion of the Orpheum Music Festival for the Promotion of Young Soloists Zurich (today : Orpheum - Young Soloists on Stage) a worldwide concert activity. As a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician , he has performed throughout Europe, in North and South America and the Far East. a. on stages in Munich ( Philharmonie , 2001, 2003, Herkulessaal , 2009, Prinzregententheater , 2011, 2013), Osaka (Izumi Hall, 2003), Tokyo (Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, 2003), Hong Kong ( Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, 2004), London ( Wigmore Hall , 2004, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2020), New York ( Carnegie Hall , 2005, 2009), Frankfurt ( Alte Oper , 2005, 2017, 2019), Milan (Sala Verdi, 2005), Lucerne ( Culture and Congress Center Lucerne , 2005–2019), Moscow (Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory , 2005, Tchaikovsky Hall, 2011), Beijing ( Forbidden City Concert Hall , 2006), Hamburg ( Laeiszhalle , 2007), Brussels ( Palais des Beaux-Arts , 2008), Manchester ( Bridgewater Hall , 2009), St. Petersburg (Philharmonie, 2009), Dortmund ( Konzerthaus , 2010, 2011), Geneva ( Victoria Hall , 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019), Taipei ( National Concert Hall, 2011, 2015, 2017), Cologne ( Philharmonie , 2012, 2014), Seoul ( Seoul Arts Center , 2014, 2018), Rockville, MD (Music Center at Strathmore, 2015), Copenhagen n ( DR Koncerthuset , 2015), London (Cadogan Hall, 2015), Baltimore (Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 2015) and Zurich ( Tonhalle , Tonhalle Maag, 1998–2019).
He has also been heard at numerous international festivals, such as the Ruhr Piano Festival (2000), the Schwetzingen SWR Festival (2007, 2013), the Menuhin Festival Gstaad (2008, 2010, 2017), the Mecklenburg- Vorpommern (2008), in the Boswil Music Summer (Festival Artist, 2008), in the Musikdorf Ernen (2009, 2014, 2019), at the Lugano Festival (2010, 2015), the Lucerne Festival (2010, 2011, 2014), the Frankfurt Music Festival (2017), the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Hohenems (2018) and the Richard Strauss Festival Garmisch-Partenkirchen (2013).
As a soloist, Oliver Schnyder has appeared with many important orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra London (tour with Philippe Jordan , 2012), the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields (tour with Julia Fischer , 2015), the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (2015 with Mario Venzago ), the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (2015 under Mario Venzago), the Zurich Chamber Orchestra , the Bern Symphony Orchestra (Schnyder was the first «Artiste étoile» in the history of the orchestra in the 2014/15 season, which was connected to a tour of England in May 2015; 2018), the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (2002, 2013), the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra (2006, 2014, 2017, 2020), the Basel Symphony Orchestra (2002, 2018, England tour 2017), the Korean Symphony Orchestra (2018 ), the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (2017), the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (2020), the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim (2020), the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (2008, 2011), the Hong Kong Si nfonietta (2004), the Oslo Camerata (2004, 2005), the Israel Sinfonietta (2008) and the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna (2018).
Other important conductors under whom he has played are Semyon Bychkov ( WDR Sinfonieorchester Cologne , tour 2010), Howard Griffiths , Muhai Tang , Sir Roger Norrington (tour with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra 2016), Michail Jurowski (Korean Symphony Orchestra 2018), James Gaffigan ( Lucerne Symphony Orchestra , cycle of all Beethoven piano concerts 2017) and Ivor Bolton (Basel Symphony Orchestra, 2017, 2018).
Oliver Schnyder is the pianist of the Oliver Schnyder Trio , which he founded in 2012 with the violinist Andreas Janke and the cellist Benjamin Nyffenegger. The trio made its debut on February 4, 2012 in the Tonhalle Zurich with Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major . Oliver Schnyder also collaborates in chamber music with musicians such as Julia Fischer , Nils Mönkemeyer , Sol Gabetta , Heinz Holliger , Antje Weithaas , Daniel Behle , Regula Mühlemann , Lia Pale , Rachel Harnisch , Veronika Eberle , Marc Bouchkov , Vilde Frang , Lars Anders Tomter , Jens Peter Maintz , Wolfram Christ , Christian Poltéra , Alina Pogostkina , Henning Kraggerud , Martin Grubinger , the Endellion String Quartet , the Carmina Quartet , the Gringolts Quartet and others. v. m.
Oliver Schnyder's concerts have been documented by public broadcasters across Europe and the USA.
Cultural engagement
Together with cultural manager Thomas Pfiffner, Oliver Schnyder is the founder and artistic director of Piano District , which brings top-class pianists such as Radu Lupu , Emanuel Ax , Michail Pletnjow , Fazil Say , Kit to the "Druckerei Baden" (former printing company of the Badener Tagblatt , Switzerland) Armstrong , Yulianna Avdeeva , Angela Hewitt , Stephen Kovacevich , Christian Zacharias , Jan Lisiecki , Dmitry Masleev , Philippe Entremont , Paul Badura-Skoda , Janina Fialkowska , Richard Goode as well as the duos Tal & Groethuysen and Anderson & Roe. In 2016 Schnyder was director of the Ittingen Whitsun Concerts (founded by Andras Schiff and Heinz Holliger ), in 2018/2019 as successor to Reto Bieris director of the Davos Festival - Young Artists in Concert , and since 2019 he has been artistic director of the Lenzburgiade Klassik together with his wife Fränzi Frick & Folk International . Since 2016 Oliver Schnyder has been a lecturer in the piano major at the Kalaidos Music Academy in Zurich.
Scholarships, prizes and awards
- “Supersonic Award” from the Luxembourg magazine Pizzicato , 2015, 2011 and 2010
- “M&T milestone” from the Swiss magazine Musik & Theater , 2014
- Contribution to artistic creation, Aargauer Kuratorium, 2016, 2012, 2007
- ICMA nomination, 2012 (International Classical Music Awards)
- «Choc de Classica» by the French magazine Classica , 2012
- “Tz rose of the week” from the Munich newspaper tz , 2009
- Orpheum Foundation for the Promotion of Young Soloists , Zurich, 2002
- Milholland Award for Piano from the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, 2001
- Finalist in the International Robert Schumann Competition for Piano and Voice , Zwickau, 2000
- First prize at the Pembaur competition, Bern, 1999
- Rahn Music Prize, Zurich, 1998
- 2nd prize Lions International Piano Competition, as the official representative of Switzerland at the European final in Budapest , 1998
- Swiss-American Cultural Exchange Council, Washington, DC, 1998
- Duttweiler Hug Prize, Zurich, 1996
- Landolt Prize, Zurich, 1996
- Soloist Prize of the Jmanuel & Evamaria Schenk Foundation, Zofingen , 1996
- Study award winner of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives and the Ernst Göhner Foundation , 1995
- Soloist competition of the Swiss Music Council, Künstlerhaus Boswil , 1991
- Swiss Youth Music Competition, Lucerne, 1986
Oliver Schnyder's recordings have received several awards, for example from Opernwelt ( Winterreisen , 2015), from Rondo-Magazin (weekly recommendation for the Brahms piano trios, 2014), from the Aargauer Zeitung (best Swiss classical album of 2014 for the Brahms trios and best Swiss classical album of 2013 for the Schubert Trios), from NDR Kultur (CD of the week for the Mendelssohn piano concerts, 2013, and CD of the day for Schumann Piano Works , 2010), from Kulturspiegel (recording of the Haydn Piano concerts in the series «The best good classical CDs», 2013), from Fono Forum (Liszt, 2012), from ClassicFM (CD of the week for the Haydn piano concerts, 2012) and from rbb Kulturradio (CD of the week for The Beethoven Project. Complete Piano Concertos and Ouvertures , 2017, and CD of the week for the Haydn Piano Concerts, 2012).
Discography
- Bruch : Concerto for two pianos and orchestra op. 88a. Oliver Schnyder, Julia Kociuban (piano). ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra , Howard Griffiths . Sony Classical, 2019
- Fauré : The Secret Fauré II. Oliver Schnyder (piano), Basel Symphony Orchestra under Ivor Bolton . Sony Classical, 2019
- My most beautiful Christmas carols. Oliver Schnyder Trio & Friends. Daniel Behle (tenor). Sony Classical, 2018
- Beethoven : The Beethoven Project. Complete Piano Concertos and Overtures. Oliver Schnyder, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan . Sony Classical, 2017
- Beethoven: The Piano Trios. Oliver Schnyder Trio. Sony Classical, 2017
- My Hamburg. Oliver Schnyder Trio. With Daniel Behle (tenor). Berlin Classics (Edel), 2016
- Brahms : Piano Trios No. 1, B major, op.8 (first and revised version), No. 2, C major, op.87 , No. 3, C minor, op.101.Oliver Schnyder Trio. Red Seal (Sony), 2014
- Schubert : Winterreise (n) , D. 911 (original version and version with piano trio). Oliver Schnyder Trio. With Daniel Behle (tenor). Sony Classical, 2014 (2 CDs)
- Haydn : Piano Concertos in F major, Hob.XVIII: 3, G major, Hob.XVIII: 4 and D major, Hob.XVIII: 11. With the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields under Andrew Watkinson. RCA Red Seal (Sony), 2012, and in the series “The best good classical CDs” in the edition of the Kulturspiegel , 2013
- Schubert: Piano Trios No. 2, E flat major, D. 929, op. 100 and No. 1, B flat major, D. 898, op. 99 ; The Shepherd on the Rock , D. 965, op. 129 ; Serenade (from Schwanengesang , D. 957). Oliver Schnyder Trio. RCA Red Seal (Sony), 2013 (2 CDs)
- Mendelssohn : Piano Concertos No. 1, G minor, op. 25 and No. 2, D minor, op. 40 ; Concerto for piano and strings, A minor, MWV O 2. With the Musikkollegium Winterthur orchestra under Douglas Boyd . RCA Red Seal (Sony), 2013
- Richard Strauss : songs. With Daniel Behle (tenor). Capriccio, 2012
- Generation. Songs by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann , Brahms. With Renate (mezzo-soprano) and Daniel Behle (tenor). Capriccio, 2012
- Liszt : Années de pèlerinage. Première année: Suisse . Works, Malédiction , for piano and strings, p. 121. With Andreas Janke, Yi-Chen Lin, Cosemin Banica, Cathrin Kudelka (violin), Michel Rouilly, Katja Fuchs (viola), Benjamin Nyffenegger, Christian Proske (cello), Kamil Losiewicz (bass). RCA Red Seal (Sony), 2011 (2 CDs)
- Schubert: Piano Trio, E flat major, D. 929, op. 100 ; Piano Sonata, A major, D. 664, op.120.Trio Opus 100. Solo Musica, 2010
- Mendelssohn: Sonata for violin and piano, F major; Concerto for Violin and Piano, D minor. With Rudens Turku (violin) and the Cappella Istropolitana under Ariel Zuckermann . Avie Records, 2010
- Swiss songs. Leo Nadelmann: My blue piano ; Songs by Bloch , Hegar , Ringger , Burkhard . With Noëmi Nadelmann (soprano). Musiques Suisses (Migros), 2010
- Piano Works. Schumann: Abegg Variations, op. 1 ; Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6 ; Arabesque, op. 18 ; Ghost Variations, WoO 24 ; Songs of the Morning, op.133 . RCA Red Seal (Sony), 2010
- Homelands. Music for violin and piano. Grieg : Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano, C minor, op. 45; Rachmaninoff : Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14; Dvořák : Sonatina for violin and piano, G major, op. 100 ; Piazzolla : Milonga en Re (Tango); Sarasate : Romanza Andaluza, op. 22, No. 1. With Rudens Turku (violin). Avie Records, 2009
- Hefti : Schattenspie (ge) l, trio for violin, violoncello and piano; Ritus, four dance collages for solo violoncello; Rose petals, song cycle for medium voice and piano. Telos, 2008
- Songs. Songs by Schubert, Beethoven, Grieg, Britten , Trojahn . With Daniel Behle (tenor). Phoenix Edition, 2008
- Contrasts. Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 12, A major, KV 414 ; No. 13, C major, KV 415 and No. 26, D major, KV 537 ; all piano works in minor: Fantasias No. 3, D minor, K. 397 and No. 4, C minor, K. 475 , Piano Sonatas No. 9, A minor, K. 310 and No. 14, C minor, K. 457 ; Rondo for piano No. 3, A minor, KV 511 ; Adagio, B flat minor, KV 540. With the Camerata Bern under Erich Höbarth. RCA Red Seal (Sony), 2008 (2 CDs)
- Hefti: Tenet, four songs for soprano and ensemble; Schattenklang, Adagio for piano; Mondschatten, for violin and marimba; O, star! II, mosaic for saxophone solo; Miroirs, for violin and piano. With the Zurich Chamber Ensemble under David Philip Hefti. Telos, 2007
- Recital. Chopin . Telos, 2007
- Grieg: Lieder, op. 48; Hefti: rose petals; Ravel : Histoires Naturelles. With Judith Schmid (mezzo-soprano). SwissPan, 2007
- Hefti: Diarium for solo violin; O, star! Mosaic for clarinet solo; Melencolia I, for flute, percussion and piano; Sator, concerto for clarinet and orchestra. With Stefan Tönz (violin), Valentin Wandeler (clarinet), the Zurich Chamber Ensemble and members of the Collegium Novum Zurich under David Philip Hefti. Telos, 2006
- Saint-Saëns : Piano Concertos No. 2, G minor, op. 22 , and No. 5, F major, op. 103 ; Wedding Cake, op.76. ClassicO, 2004
- Piano works. Fauré: Nocturne No. 1, op. 33, Impromptus No. 2, op. 31 and No. 3, op. 34; Debussy : Estampes; Mussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition . Art Unity, 2002
- Ringger: Aria amarosa (with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under Okko Kamu ), The Golden Heat of Midday (with the Musikkollegium Winterthur orchestra under Heinrich Schiff ), "Feuillages" for string quartet (with the Carmina quartet), piano pieces. Musiques Suisses (Migros), 2001
- Piano works. Brahms: Sonata No. 3, F minor, Op. 5 ; Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, op. 54 ; Schubert: Sonate, A major, D. 664. Art Unity, 2001
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michelle Ziegler: Sustainable Moments. The Oliver Schnyder Trio in Ernen. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 10, 2014
- ^ Piano District website
- ↑ a b Oliver Schnyder Trio. Ittingen Charterhouse , February 23, 2020 (PDF; 626 kB)
- ↑ About us. Previous directors. Davos Festival - Young Artists in Concert
- ↑ Lecturers. Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences Switzerland.
- ↑ Supersonic Award March 2011 ( Memento from August 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Pizzicato (PDF; 4 kB)
- ↑ Werner Pfister: m & t milestone. In: Music & Theater. 11/12 2014
- ↑ The musicians sponsored by Orpheum ( Memento from October 13, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Orpheum Foundation for the Promotion of Young Soloists
- ↑ Beate Stender: CD of the week. The Beethoven Project. In: rbb Kulturradio . February 5, 2018 (PDF; 71 kB)
- ^ Schubert's «Winterreise», once with piano, once with piano trio. In: Pizzicato. February 18, 2015
- ^ Noble service to Schubert. In: Pizzicato. July 6, 2013
- ↑ Mendelssohn with Oliver Schnyder. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. January 24, 2014
- ↑ Good the son, weak the mother. In: Pizzicato. 5th January 2013
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SURNAME | Schnyder, Oliver |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brugg |