Sébastien Singer

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Sébastien Singer (* 1974 in Winterthur ) is a Swiss cellist.

Singer studied until 1994 at the Conservatoire de Musique de Neuchâtel with François Hotz and then at the Zurich University of the Arts with Walter Grimmer , from which he graduated in 2000 with a soloist diploma. Then he was a student of Lluís Claret in Barcelona.

Since 2001 he has been a member of the Swiss Piano Trio , with which he won first prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanissetta in 2003 and first prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in 2005. Martin Wettstein has dedicated works to him, and in 2007 he gave the world premiere of Daniel Schnyder's Triple Concerto with the Swiss Piano Trio .

In addition to working with the Swiss Piano Trio, Singer also performs with the violinist Stefan Tönz , the guitarist André Fischer and the pianists Marc Pantillon and Jérémie Tesfaye .

Discography

  • Franz Schubert : Sonata for Arpeggione and piano in A minor / George Crumb : Sonata for cello solo / Edvard Grieg : Sonata op.36 in A minor for cello and piano with Jérémie Tesfaye , 2001
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Trio KV 564 in G major / Antonín Dvořák : Piano Trio op.65 in F minor with the Swiss Piano Trio, 2002
  • Antonín Dvořák : Cello Concerto op.104 in B minor / Symphony No.9 op.45 in E minor "From the New World" with the Orchester Symphonique et Universitaire de Lausanne under Hervé Klopfenstein , live recording, 2003
  • Hans Huber : 12 waltzes op.27 for violin, cello and piano four hands / 2 romances for cello and piano / 12 waltzes op.54 for violin, cello and piano four hands with Louis Pantillon , Dominique Derron , Pius Urech , 2004
  • Paul Juon : Litaniae op.70 in C sharp minor for violin, cello and piano / Frank Martin : Trio sur des Mélodies Populaires Irlandaises / Daniel Schnyder: Trio 1999/2000 with the Swiss Piano Trio, 2004
  • Martin Wettstein: Mystical Dances / Daniel Schnyder: Trio 1999/2000 / Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio op.65 in F minor with the Swiss Piano Trio, live recording, 2005
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano (Marc Pantillon, Piano) Claves 2009
  • Grammont Selection 3, Créations de l'année 2009 en Suisse (Francesco Hoch, Trio Ischia) (Grammont 2010)
  • Swiss Piano Trio / Felix Mendelssohn, The Piano Trios op.49 et op.66 (Audite 2011)
  • Swiss Piano Trio / Robert Schumann / Piano Trios op.63 & op.80 (Audite 2011)
  • Swiss Piano Trio / Piotr Illitsch Tschaikowsky / Piano Trio op.50 (Audite 2012)

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personal data
SURNAME Singer, Sébastien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cellist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur