Praxedis Geneviève Hug

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Praxedis Geneviève Hug (2015)

Praxedis Geneviève Hug (* 1984 in Zurich ) is a Swiss pianist . Together with her mother, the harpist Praxedis Hug-Rütti , she forms the Duo Praxedis .

Life

Praxedis Geneviève Hug received her first piano lessons at the age of five. Between 1994 and 2000 she was taught by Theo Lerch, winner of the Huber Foundation in Zurich . She later put her piano studies at the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale under the patronage of Vladimir Dawidowitsch Aschkenasi . In this context, the press becomes aware of them. B. the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.it. She continued her studies with Riccardo Risaliti in Florence , they appear repeatedly in the same festivals, ultimately at the Lamole Festival. She received musical impulses and support from Shura Cherkassky, Wolfgang Boettcher , Pierre Amoyal , Rudolf Baumgartner and Kristian Zimerman.

In 1998 she won first prize at the Solothurn music competition for instrumental music and in 1997 first prize “with distinction” at the Swiss youth music competition.

In 1998 she founded the piano trio IMPERIAL together with two other first prize winners of the Swiss Music Competition, the last of which was Bartlomiej Niziol, violin, and Emil Rovner, violoncello, which was awarded the prize of the "Orpheus Concerts Zurich" association in 2000. The local press reported on the concert on April 3, 2009 in Unterägeri.

In November 2000 she obtained the concert qualification diploma, in spring 2001 the teaching diploma and in summer 2003 the soloist diploma, all “with distinction”. In 2004 she gave her debut recital in the Tonhalle Zurich . In 2011 she played in the Brahms Hall of the Musikverein Vienna , the Schumann-Chopin Variations were recorded live on site. Her concert activities include piano recitals in Switzerland and abroad and chamber music concerts with ensembles etc. a. the Amati Quartet.

Since 2009 Geneviève Praxedis Hug has mainly given concerts with Praxedis Hug-Rütti , under the name Duo Praxedis, concerts at home and abroad. In 2015 original Classics was published with original works for harp and piano from the late 18th century. The album was reviewed by print and online magazines, including Concerti , the online blog HarpColumn and Planet Hugill .

Discography

  • 2013: Romanticism and Avantgarde , Unit Records
  • 2013: Carl Rütti: Works for Piano and Harp , Guildmusic
  • 2014: moschulast. Wiener Werke arranged for harp and piano , Preiser Records
  • 2014: Brahms. 21 Hungarian Dances , Paladino
  • 2014: Sound of Zurich , Guildmusic
  • 2015: Original Classics , Paladino
  • 2015: Liszt: On Wings of Song - Piano Transcriptions

Web links

Commons : Praxedis Geneviève Hug  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Press reviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lyceumclub-biel.ch (.pdf)
  2. ↑ press release pizzicato.lu
  3. ↑ Biography on the website of the Kulturhaus Stans
  4. ^ Huber Foundation - List of the Huber Foundation's winners from 1952 . Website of the Huber Foundation. Accessed September 1
  5. ^ Official website of the Accademia Pianistica Imola . Website Accademia pianist Imola. Retrieved September 1, 2015
  6. ↑ Le pianiste adolescenti virtuose di Bach e Liszt - Article , La Republica.it, April 10, 2002
  7. ↑ Program sheet 2015 , PDF program from Commune Greve in Chianti
  8. ↑ '' Roll of honor of the challenge prize winners with Praxedis Geneviève Hug from page 26 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Website of the Laupersdorf music competition. Retrieved July 27, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikwettbewerb.ch
  9. ↑ Program 2013''Harden of Honor of the Challenge Prize Winners with Praxedis Geneviève Hug from page 28 ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Website of the Laupersdorf music competition. Retrieved July 27, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikwettbewerb.ch
  10. ^ Departure - Imperial Piano Trio at the Orpheus Concerts , Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 20, 2001
  11. ↑ '' Orpheus - Concerts Prize winners with Geneviève Hug Praxedis page 6 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . PDF of the Orpheus Competition page. Retrieved September 1, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orpheus-competition.ch
  12. ↑ Chamber music at its finest with an exquisite young piano trio . PDF of the page Musikschule Unterägeri. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ '' Audio recording of the Schumann Chopin variations, interpreted by Praxedis Geneviève Hug . Video on YouTube. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  14. ↑ Original Classics: CD review on Concerti . Concerti magazine website . Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ A splendidly played CD with unusual discoveries - CD review by HarpColumn . HarpColumn blog website . Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  16. ↑ Charm overload - music for harp and piano from Duo Praxedis - CD review on Planet Hugill . Planet Hugill website. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Hug, Praxedis Geneviève
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich