Louis Schwizgebel
Louis Schwizgebel (born 19 November 1987) is a Swiss pianist. He studied piano with Franz Josefovski and Brigitte Meyer at the Lausanne Conservatory, Pascal Devoyon at Universität der Künste Berlin, Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald{{Cite web|url=http://www.concertsfribourg.ch/artistes.html|title=Artistes|last=Fribourg|first=Société des Concerts de|website=www.concertsfribourg.ch|language=fr|access-date=2019-03-27}} at the Juilliard School, and Pascal Nemirovski at the Royal Academy of Music. He won second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition.
Career
Schwizgebel has been the recipient of a number of prizes and scholarships, including second prize at the 2005 Concours de Genève,{{cite web|url=http://www.concoursgeneve.ch/laureate/louis_schwizgebel_wang|title=Louis Schwizgebel-Wang - Concours de Genève|author=|date=|website=www.concoursgeneve.ch|accessdate=30 January 2019}} First Prize at the 2007 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Leipzig and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York,{{Cite web | title=Young Concert Artists | url=http://www.yca.org/roster/louis-schwizgebel/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406015911/http://www.yca.org:80/roster/louis-schwizgebel/ | access-date=2025-01-11 | archive-date=2013-04-06}} and 2nd prize at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition. He received a scholarship from Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund in 2013-2014,{{cite web |url=http://mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/en/scholarships/scholarship-holder/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=60&cHash=1fdc360a47f24a706fd22e9aa2b5bc07#&panel1-1 |title=Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund: Louis Schwizgebel, Piano |website=mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918195151/http://mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/en/scholarships/scholarship-holder/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=60&cHash=1fdc360a47f24a706fd22e9aa2b5bc07 |archive-date=2016-09-18}} and was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2013-2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2J8nGhHFq1hX3KPB6S8bQHH/new-generation-artists-a-to-z|title=BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists - New Generation Artists A to Z|author=|date=|website=BBC|accessdate=30 January 2019}}
Personal life
Born in Geneva, Louis Schwizgebel is the son of Chinese mother Yaping Wang and father Georges Schwizgebel, a Swiss animated film director. He lives in London. He enjoys performing magic,{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/gilmore_rising_star_louis_schw.html|title=Gilmore Rising Star Louis Schwizgebel to make magic at the piano|first=Mark Wedel Special to the Kalamazoo|last=Gazette|date=8 October 2014|website=MLive.com|accessdate=30 January 2019}} and making complex origami.{{cite tweet|user=louisschwiz|author=Louis Schwizgebel|number=665174299175731200|date=13 November 2015|title=Another complex origami folded from an uncut square. #scorpion #origamifridays #robertjlang}}
On 27 July 2018, Schwizgebel married Justine Kolata, 28 years old and American, in Buckingham, England. The bride is a graduate of Yale and of Cambridge.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/fashion/weddings/justine-kolata-louis-schwizgebel.html|title=Justine Kolata, Louis Schwizgebel|author=|newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 July 2018|publisher=|accessdate=30 January 2019}}
Discography
- 2006: Piano Concerto No. 2 of Mendelssohn, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève directed by Paul Goodwin; label Pan-Classics.
- 2013: Solo Album "Poems"; label Little Tribeca, EAN 3149028040920
- 2013: Brahms Cello Sonatas + Clarinet Trio with cellist Ophélie Gaillard and clarinetist Fabio Di Càsola; label Aparté
- 2014: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Thierry Fischer; label Little Tribeca, EAN 3149028051124
- 2015: Saint-Saëns: piano concertos n°2 & n°5, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Martyn Brabbins & Fabien Gabel; label Aparté
- 2016: Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, D958 and 16, D845; label Little Tribeca, EAN 3149028098327
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.louisschwizgebel.com/}}
- [http://intermusica.co.uk/artist/Louis-Schwizgebel Louis Schwizgebel's page on the Intermusica website]
- [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/louis-schwizgebel-mn0003105113 Louis Schwizgebel discography on AllMusic]
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Category:Swiss classical pianists
Category:Musicians from Geneva
Category:21st-century Swiss classical pianists
Category:Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom