Sophie Pacini, Klavier: "Gegen den Strom"
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"Gegen den Strom"
Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Karol Szymanowski, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Bortkiewicz, and others – they all composed at the edges of the mainstream, undeterred by trends and expectations. Sophie Pacini, one of the most charismatic pianists of her generation, dedicates her solo recital to these outsiders and free thinkers. With fiery conviction and pianistic brilliance, she shows that the path against the current is often the bolder and more interesting one.
Sophie Pacini, piano
Sophie Pacini, born on December 12, 1991, in Munich, is one of the most extraordinary pianists of her generation. She began playing the piano at six years old and made her concert debut at the age of nine. At ten, she became a student of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Salzburg Mozarteum and was admitted two years later to the "Leopold Mozart" Institute for the gifted. From 2007, she studied in the master class of Pavel Gililov and graduated with distinction in 2011. Master classes with Dmitri Bashkirov and Fou Ts'ong completed her education.
Sophie Pacini concerts in the most prestigious halls around the world, including the Philharmonies of Munich and Berlin, the KKL Lucerne, the Suntory Hall Tokyo, and the Orchard Hall. She performs at festivals such as the Piano Festival Ruhr, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Lucerne Festival, and "Piano aux Jacobins" in Toulouse; in 2026, she will also be the artist in residence at the Schwetzinger SWR Festival. As a soloist, she collaborates with orchestras such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Her awards include the ECHO Klassik as "Young Artist of the Year" (2015), the "Young Artist of the Year" at the International Classical Music Awards ICMA (2017), the Prix Groupe Edmond de Rothschild at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad (2011), and the Förderpreis of Deutschlandfunk. Since 2023, she has been a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and curates her own festival "Nuancen."
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