Catherine Vickers
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Catherine Vickers (born 1952 in Regina) is a Canadian pianist.
Vickers studied in Edmonton[1] and then in Germany with Bernhard Ebert and Hans Leygraf at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.[2] She won the 1979 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and was awarded the 1981 Sydney Competition's[2] 3rd prize.
As a classical pianist she performed in Europe, North and South America and Asia,[2][3] her repertoire includes standard and avantgardistic works of the piano literature.[1] Vickers subsequently settled in Germany, where she was a professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts and then at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts from 1998 to 2018.[3] She also was the artistic director of an electronics-piano festival (Piano+) at Karlsruhe's Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie).[4] She is known for her work at the contemporary music scene.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Department of Music, University of Alberta. "Catherine Vickers, piano". Archived from the original on 2 October 2008.
- ^ a b c Ettlingen International Piano Competition. "Archiv: Künstlerische Leiter und Jurys". pianocompetition.org (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Metropolnews, Redaktion (28 January 2018). "Frankfurt: Abschiedskonzert für Prof. Catherine Vickers". Metropolnews.info (in German). Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Wenn es in der Elektronik knistert, funkt und kracht". nmz.de (in German). 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- The Moose Jaw Times Herald
- University of Alberta's Department of Music
- Fondazione Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ferruccio Busoni[permanent dead link]
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