Clara Isabella Siegle

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Clara Isabella Siegle (born 2000) is a German pianist and young Steinway Artist.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

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 Antti Siirala.[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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Siegle Clara Isabella". Piano Competition. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Clara Isabella Siegle sammelt Preise" (in German). Merkur.de. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Clara Isabella Siegle - Steinway & Sons". www.steinway.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. ^ "Patrick Siegle" (in German). PianistenClub. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Musikalischer Lebenslauf von Clara Isabella Siegle" (PDF) (in German). Zeitgeister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Clara Isabella Siegle". Junior Academy Eppan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Meisterklasse mit Rudolf Buchbinder" (in German). Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. ^ "The Masterclass". henle.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. ^ "42nd YEAR - 2009". Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Prizewinners 2012". Ettlingen: International Competition for Young Pianists. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Preisträger des 7. Rotary Klavier Wettbewerb Jugend" (in German). Klavierwettbeweb Jugend. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Mrs. Siegle Clara Isabella" (in German). Piano Competition. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Nürnberger Klavierwettbeweb 2015: Preisträgerliste" (PDF) (in German). Nürnberger Klavierwettbewerb. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Preisträger des 24. Kleinen Schumann-Wettbewerbs stehen fest" (in German). Stadt Zwickau. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  15. ^ "YPN 2016 Winners". PianoforteNorth Foundation. November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  16. ^ "Here you can check the winners". Robert Schumann Competition for young pianists. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Clara Isabella Siegle" (in German). PianistenClub. Retrieved 7 April 2018.


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