Gilles Vonsattel

Gilles Vonsattel  

Switzerland
Age 28

Gilles Vonsattel, a member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, received an Avery Fisher career grant in 2008. He was also the top prizewinner at the 2006 Geneva International Music Competition, and is a laureate of the Cleveland and Dublin International Piano Competitions. He has performed in major venues across the United States including Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and Washington D.C.’s National Gallery of Art. In ensemble, Vonsattel has debuted at the Musée du Louvre in Paris and at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. He studied with David Deveau in Boston, and received his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. He also holds a degree in political science and economics from Columbia University, and is interested in geopolitics.

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  • Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major Op. 81a Les Adieux Adagio - allegro

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 for violin and piano in A major Op. 47 Kreutzer Adagio sostenuto - presto

  • Trio élan | Banff Residency

  • Trio élan: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101: Allegro energico

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Bartók: Out of Doors Suite Sz. 81: Barcarolla

  • Gilles Vonsattel | Photo Shoot

  • Trio élan | Banff Residency

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Ravel: Sonatine: Modéré

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  • Gilles Vonsattel | Photo Shoot

  • Trio élan | Banff Residency

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  • Gilles Vonsattel
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    31 October
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  • Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major Op. 81a Les Adieux Adagio - allegro

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 for violin and piano in A major Op. 47 Kreutzer Adagio sostenuto - presto

  • Trio élan: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101: Allegro energico

    Trio élan: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101: Allegro energico

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Bartók: Out of Doors Suite Sz. 81: Barcarolla

    Gilles Vonsattel: Bartók: Out of Doors Suite Sz. 81: Barcarolla

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Bach:Contrapunctus I

    Gilles Vonsattel: Bach:Contrapunctus I

  • Gilles Vonsattel: Ravel: Sonatine: Modéré

    Gilles Vonsattel: Ravel: Sonatine: Modéré



Quarterfinals

Solo Recital

Beethoven
            
Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

Current                
"Leaps of Faith" Piano Piece No. 3
    
Ravel                
Gaspard de la nuit


Chamber Music Recital

Beethoven   
Sonata No. 9 for violin and piano in A major Op. 47
"Kreutzer"
   
Lutoslawski
Subito

Semifinals



J. S. Bach
           
Contrapunctus I
Contrapunctus IX
Canon alla Ottava
from The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080

Debussy           
Images deuxième livre
   
Bartók               
Out of Doors Suite Sz. 81

Mahler (Rückert)       
Liebst du um Schönheit
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
from Fünf Rückertlieder

Liszt               
Après une lecture de Dante fantasia quasi sonata
from
Années de pèlerinage (Deuxième année: Italie) S. 160

 
Finals



Bartók              

Piano Concerto No. 2 Sz. 95

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