Teo Gheorghiu
Teo Gheorghiu (born August 12, 1992 in Männedorf , Canton of Zurich ) is a Swiss Canadian pianist of Romanian origin who grew up in Rüti , Zurich and London .
Life
Teo Gheorghius's parents immigrated to Canada from Romania and took Canadian citizenship before settling in Switzerland. His mother is the art historian Adina Gheorghiu. He has a younger brother, Max.
He speaks fluent German, Swiss German, English and Romanian. He understands French very well. He describes himself as a socialist.
He loves cycling. In the summer of 2017 he went on a bike tour from London to Morocco . He was able to soak up a lot that he later wanted to express musically.
career
education
Gheorghiu began his pianist career at the age of five with Daniel Höxter and from the age of nine attended the Purcell School in London, a boarding school for musically gifted children under the direction of Simon Rattle , where he studied piano with William Fong .
He studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia with Gary Graffman and later returned to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music . There he met his teacher and mentor Hamish Milne , who, according to Gheorghius, "rekindled his passion for music". He studied with Milne for five years and graduated with a bachelor's degree .
Concerts
He made his concert debut in 2004 at the Tonhalle in Zurich with Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (where the footage for the last scene of the film Vitus was recorded live). In May 2007, his interpretation of the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff was received with praise by the Musikkollegium Winterthur . In the same year he gave concerts with the Tokyo New City Orchestra , the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and the Bern Symphony Orchestra . In 2008 he played concerts in Tokyo , Istanbul , London, Saint Petersburg and Potsdam . In 2009 he toured in Zurich, Gstaad , Friborg as well as in Harrogate , Bad Saarow , Bucharest , Bonn , China and Taiwan .
In 2010 he made his recital debut in the Zurich Tonhalle with Bach's English Suite in G minor , Mozart's Fantasy in C minor and Chopin's second piano sonata . In 2012 he played at the Lucerne Festival . He took part in Klassik Bülach and the Lenzburgiade at Lenzburg Castle several times . In 2017 he played at the Schumannfest in Bonn and at the Tchaikovsky Gala of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, as well as with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and at the Istanbul Recital Series in Istanbul. In 2018 he took u. a. participated in the Thun Castle Concerts as Artiste Etoile and played Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto with the Winterthur Music College under Roberto González-Monjas in Winterthur. He also played with the Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse, as well as with the Mecklenburg State Orchestra Schwerin and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra .
Vitus
In the Swiss film Vitus by Fredi M. Murer he plays a highly gifted boy; for this he received the Undine Award for best film debutant in 2007 . The final scene of the film used live recordings from his first concert in 2004 in the Tonhalle Zurich , in which he, the Piano Concerto of Robert Schumann interpreted.
Awards
- 2004: First prize at the San Marino piano competition for twelve year olds
- 2005: First prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar for ten to thirteen year olds
- 2010: Beethoven-Ring of the “Society Citizens for Beethoven” for the interpretation of the Sonata for Piano No. 13 in E flat major op. 27/1 at the 2009 Young Talent Competition in Bonn
Discography
- Franz Schubert : Impromptus op. 90 (D 899) No. 1–4 , Wanderer-Fantasy op. 15 (D 60) ; Franz Liszt : Vallée d'Obermann for piano solo, from Années de pèlerinage, Première Année: Suisse, No. 6 ; Musikkollegium Winterthur under Douglas Boyd , "Excursions", Sony Classical 88875010832, 2015
- Antonín Dvořák : 2nd Piano Quintet op. 81 , 12th String Concerto op. 96 (“American Quartet”) , Carmina Quartet , Sony Classical 88875015512, 2014
- Robert Schumann : Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 ; Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor op. 37 ; Deutsche Grammophon 476 6824, 2009
- Robert Schumann : Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54, 1st movement; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; Maurice Ravel : Alborada del gracioso ; Domenico Scarlatti : Sonata K 263; Johann Sebastian Bach : Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) 29, 30, Aria ; Franz Liszt: La Campanella ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem in D minor (KV 626) , Lacrimosa; Rondo in A minor (KV 511) ; Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54, 3rd movement; “Vitus Soundtrack”, Sony Classical 82876859022, 2007
Web links
- Website by Teo Gheorghiu
- Teo Gheorghiu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Teo Gheorghiu on the Radio Swiss Classic music database
- Teo Gheorghiu on SRF's Aeschbacher program
- Teo Gheorghiu on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teo Gheorghiu plays in Uster article on zueriost.ch from October 20, 2011
- ↑ Robert Rowat: Meet Teo Gheorghiu, Montreal International Musical Competition's sole Canadian quarter-finalist. In: CBC , March 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b «For me, Bach is the greatest». In: Annabelle , April 9, 2009.
- ↑ Bettina Ullmann: Music is everything. In: Coop newspaper , August 17, 2010.
- ↑ Christian Dorer : Pianist Teo Gheorghiu says: "I am a socialist". In: Aargauer Zeitung , September 4, 2012.
- ↑ pianist with bicycle. In: BR Klassik , November 1, 2018.
- ↑ Bruno Bötschi: Teo Gheorghiu: "Zurich is currently not good for my soul". In: Bluewin , August 21, 2018 (interview).
- ↑ a b c Teo Gheorghiu . ( Memento of February 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the George Enescu Festival and International Piano Competition 2007 in Bucharest.
- ↑ a b Isabelle Falconnier: Vitus a grandi. Brilliant! ( Memento of February 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: L'Hebdo , January 15, 2009.
- ↑ Beethovenring for 17-year-old Swiss pianists. In: Aargauer Zeitung , January 25, 2010.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gheorghiu, Teo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Männedorf, Canton of Zurich |