Ingrid Fliter
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Ingrid Fliter (born September 23, 1973, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian pianist. She began her formal piano studies with Elizabeth Westerkamp. Her first public appearance in recital was at age 11, and she made her concerto debut at the Teatro Colón at age 16.[1]
In 1992, on the advice of Martha Argerich, Fliter moved to Europe, and continued her studies with Vitalj Margulis at the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg. She later was a student with Carlo Bruno in Rome, and with Franco Scala and Boris Petrushansky at the Academy "Incontri col Maestro", Imola. She has participated in masterclasses with Leon Fleisher, Alexander Lonquich and Louis Lortie. She also counts Zoltan Kocsis as a mentor.[1]
Fliter won several competitions in her native Argentina and in Europe, first prize winner at the Cantu International Competition and fourth prize winner at the Ferruccio Busoni Competition in Italy. In 2000, she was awarded the silver medal at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Fliter was the fifth recipient of the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award[2], and the first woman to win this award.[3] She is a New Generation Artist for BBC Radio 3 for the period 2007-2009.
Fliter made her United States debut as the featured soloist on a tour with the Warsaw Philharmonic and Kazimierz Kord in January/February 2002. Her first concerto appearance with a US orchestra was with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in January 2006.[4]
The piano music of Chopin has been one of the great standards of the classical repertoire for generations, and many audiences have enjoyed hearing it played well; however, and especially in this unique class of the art, there is to be found a rare, untouchable nuance that "speaks directly to the heart," as Fliter says [5], and it is truly an extremely rare artist who can well demonstrate this treasure. She is in love with her work, and it is her love that gives life to her art. Having won the prestigious Gilmore Award, and even being able to verbally explain her deep convictions about this vast wonderland of sound, Ingrid Fliter has at long last given voice to the human appreciation of those rarest of moments that are accessible through the piano music of Frederic Chopin.
Fliter lives in Milan.
[edit] References
- ^ a b James R. Oestreich. "Stealth Benefactors Find Their Mark", The New York Times, 16 January 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Charlotte Smith. "Ingrid Fliter named 2006 Gilmore Artist", Gramophone, 25 January 2006. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ Anthony Tommasini. "A Pianist Displays the Form of a Winner", The New York Times, 23 March 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Steve Smith. "At Caramoor, a Pianist Shows Why She’s Also a Winner", The New York Times, 14 August 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Classical Radio
