Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi
Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (born July 1, 1997 in Jakarta) is a concert pianist.
She started playing piano at the age of 3 with her mother and started her Bachelor at the age of 15 with Prof. Roland Krüger at the University for Music, Drama and Media Hannover. She studied Master with Prof. Arie Vardi at the University for Music, Drama and Media Hannover. In the past she studied at the Jakarta Conservatory of Music with Prof. Iswargia Sudarno.[1]
She won Yamaha Scholarship Europe in Germany in 2014 https://de.yamaha.com/de/news_events/2014/20140217_ymfe2014_de.html In 2013, Victoria was the 2nd Prize Winner at Aarhus International Piano Competition in Aarhus, Denmark.
In 2012 she won First Prize and Special Prize at Robert Schumann Small Piano Competition in Zwickau, Germany https://www.schumann-zwickau.de/en/02/kleiner-schumann-wettbewerb/preistraeger.php
In 2006, she won the Gold Prize of the 2nd Asean International Chopin Piano competition in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and 7th ASIA International CHOPIN Piano Competition in Tokyo, JAPAN. In 2007, at the age of 10, she won the first prize of the Asia International Piano Academy and Festival in Korea.[2]
In 2008, she was invited by Prof. Dan Zhao Yi to participate in the “International Children Exchange Concert” at Shenzhen, China. That same year, she was the youngest pianist performing in Hengelo, Netherlands at their Gala Winner Concert “International Piano Competition for Young Musicians.”[3] In 2008, she won the International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Enschede, Netherlands. During the years 2010-2013 she was at the Institute for the early promotion of musically talented students (IFF) at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover.[4]
Victoria has performed at the Sendesaal Bremen, Konzerthaus Berlin,NDR Hannover and the Copenhagen Concert Hall. She gave a solo concert in the Cognito concert series in TriBühne Norderstedt in 2015 and, in 2016, played under the direction of Christoph Mathias Mueller.[5]
References
- Hannover, Institut zur Früh-Förderung musikalisch Hochbegabter. "IFF Hannover: Sarasvathi, Victoria Audrey". www.iff.hmtm-hannover.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- "Sarasvathi, Victoria Audrey". www.pianocompetition.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- Krüger, Roland. ".: Roland Krüger :. Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi". www.rolandkrueger.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- Hannover, Institut zur Früh-Förderung musikalisch Hochbegabter. "IFF Hannover: Sarasvathi, Victoria Audrey". www.iff.hmtm-hannover.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- Hannover, Institut zur Früh-Förderung musikalisch Hochbegabter. "IFF Hannover: Sarasvathi, Victoria Audrey". www.iff.hmtm-hannover.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-09.