Gilles Vonsattel, piano at Lincoln Center (Site)
Thursday December 3, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Go behind the scenes as leading artists mentor the next generation of chamber musicians. Audiences will witness CMS artists working directly with emerging ensembles from across the country as they share ideas, refine interpretations, and bring the music to life in real time.
Program
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Performers
Gilles Vonsattel
Swiss-born American pianist Gilles Vonsattel boasts remarkable versatility and artistic originality. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the 2016 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, and top prizes in the Naumburg and Geneva competitions, he has graced prestigious stages worldwide, enthralling audiences with recitals and chamber performances, and collaborating with renowned orchestras including the Munich Philharmonic and the Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco symphonies. As a champion of new music, he has premiered compositions by celebrated composers such as Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, Anthony Cheung, and George Benjamin. He is an alum of CMS’s Bowers Program and has earned degrees from Columbia University and the Juilliard School. Today, Vonsattel shares his passion for music as a Professor of Piano at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.