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Swiss Pianist, Winner of Bachauer Competition,
to Perform at Oglethorpe University
Atlanta's First Opportunity to Hear Bachauer
Winner
Atlanta - Swiss Pianist Cédric Pescia, gold medallist of
the 2002 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, will perform
at Oglethorpe University in the Conant Performing Arts Center on
Tuesday, September 24, at 8 p.m.
Pescia’s program for September 24 will consist of Beethoven’s
Sonata, Op. 110, Wagner-Liszt’s “Isoldes Liebestod,” and “The
Goldberg Variations” of J. S. Bach. General admission is $10. Call
404-364-8447 for more information.
Cédric Pescia of Switzerland took home the gold in Salt Lake City in
2002. Long after the snow had melted, the 26-year-old native of
Lausanne, won the gold medal at the XIII Gina Bachauer International
Artists Piano Competition held in Salt Lake City in June 2002. In
addition to the gold medal, his amazing performances during the
competition also earned him a $30,000 US prize, the peer jury prize,
and worldwide concert and recital opportunities.
Pescia began his piano studies at the age of seven. Subsequently he
was enrolled at the Lausanne Conservatory of Music under the
direction of Christian Favre. He continued studies at the Geneva
Conservatory under Dominique Merlet. Currently, he studies with
Klaus Hellwig at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin, where he was
awarded, in 2000, the Diploma with the highest possible score.
Pescia has been heard in concerts though out Europe. He has
performed in Berlin, Hamburg, Nürnberg, and many cities in
Switzerland and France. His concerto appearances have been with
orchestras in Switzerland, Germany and France, including L’Orchestre
de la Suisse Romande, the Festival of Strings of Luzern, the
Sinfonietta of Lausanne, the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin and the
Klassische Philharmonie of Bonn. Radio Suisse Romande, the DRS-Schweiz,
France-Musiques and the SFB Berlin have issued recordings of his
performances for broadcast. In addition to solo and orchestral
performances, Pescia is a frequent partner in collaborative
performances.
To be a competitor in the Gina Bachauer Competition signifies a
distinguished accomplishment in it’s own right. The 2001-2002
audition process narrowed the field from 520 hopefuls to the 30
pianists who traveled to Salt Lake to vie for prizes and
international recognition. According to the Bachauer Foundation,
this year’s 520 applicants are the most that any music competition
has ever received for a single competition. Pescia, 26, played the
“unconventional” Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K.
271 to win the 4-round competition.
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