Clara Isabella Siegle
Biography
Born in Erlangen on 21 January 2000, Clara Siegle has been studying piano since she was four under her Irish-born mother, Mary Siegle-Collins, who has also taught her twin sister Maria to play the violin and her brother Patrick to play the piano.[2][4] In the autumn of 2014, she entered the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in Munich where she is studying under Thomas Böckheler.[2][5] She has also attended master classes under Elza Kolodin, Gabriele Kupfernagel and Finghin Collins.[6]
In May 2017, Siegle took part in a master class with Rudolf Buchbinder, the artist in residence with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.[7] In 2020, Murray Perahia selected her and nine other young professional pianists to participate in his Beethoven Piano Sonatas masterclasses in Munich.[8]
Awards
Siegle has already received many awards including:[1][6]
- 2007: Nurnberg Piano Competition, 2nd prize
- 2009: Virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte Ústí nad Labem, 2nd prize[9]
- 2011: Nurnberg Piano Competition, 1st prize
- 2012: 13th Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists, 5th prize (highest placed European participant)[10]
- 2012: Rotary Piano Competition, Essen, 1st prize[11]
- 2013: 77th Steinway Piano Competition, Hamburg, 1st prize
- 2013: Grotrian-Steinweg special prize, 59th International Grotrian-Steinweg Piano Competition, 1st prize[12]
- 2014: International Piano Competition for Young Musicians, Enschede, Netherlands, 3rd prize[2]
- 2015: Nurnberg Piano Competition, 2nd prize[13]
- 2016: 24th Kleiner Schumann Competition, 2nd prize[14]
- 2016: 10th Young Pianist of the North international competition, 1st prize[15]
- 2017: Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists, Düsseldorf: 3rd prize[16]
- 2017: International MozARTe Klavierwettbewerb 2017: 3rd prize.[17]
References
- "Siegle Clara Isabella". Piano Competition. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- "Clara Isabella Siegle sammelt Preise" (in German). Merkur.de. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- "Clara Isabella Siegle - Steinway & Sons". www.steinway.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- "Patrick Siegle" (in German). PianistenClub. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- "Musikalischer Lebenslauf von Clara Isabella Siegle" (PDF) (in German). Zeitgeister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- "Clara Isabella Siegle". Junior Academy Eppan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- "Meisterklasse mit Rudolf Buchbinder" (in German). Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "The Masterclass". henle.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- "42nd YEAR - 2009". Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- "Prizewinners 2012". Ettlingen: International Competition for Young Pianists. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Preisträger des 7. Rotary Klavier Wettbewerb Jugend" (in German). Klavierwettbeweb Jugend. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- "Mrs. Siegle Clara Isabella" (in German). Piano Competition. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Nürnberger Klavierwettbeweb 2015: Preisträgerliste" (PDF) (in German). Nürnberger Klavierwettbewerb. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- "Preisträger des 24. Kleinen Schumann-Wettbewerbs stehen fest" (in German). Stadt Zwickau. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "YPN 2016 Winners". PianoforteNorth Foundation. November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "Here you can check the winners". Robert Schumann Competition for young pianists. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- "Clara Isabella Siegle" (in German). PianistenClub. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
External links
- Musikalischer Lebenslauf von Clara Isabella Siegle, biography of Siegle in German