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Music is the connection of the two most important elements of our life: Time and Love
Vivien Walser (born 2004) began piano lessons at the age of five and studied with Prof. Massimiliano Mainolfi from age 10. In 2020, she became a precollege student at the University for Music and Theatre Munich with Professor Antti Siirala and is currently continuing her bachelor studies with him.
A scholarship holder of the International Music-Academy Liechtenstein and Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (since the age of 13), she has won numerous international piano competitions, including in 2023 the Steinway Klassik-Förderpreis as the youngest prize winner, and 1st Prize at the Valencia International Performance Academy. She won first place at the national competition “Jugend Musiziert” several times and in 2020 she won first price at the online piano competition EUPLAYY.
In 2024, she has performed at Laeiszhalle Hamburg with the Hamburger Kammersinfonie (Clara Schumann Piano Concerto) and at Prinzregententheater Munich (Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2) as part of the Munich Opera Festival, as well as at the Highlights of Classical Music 2024 of the International Music Academy Liechtenstein. She was further invited to perform at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Resonanzraum Hamburg, and Philharmonie Munich among others and played at the Stars and Rising Stars Festival.
The artist regularly attends international master classes (New York, Liechtenstein, Mozarteum Salzburg, Schloss Neuhardenberg and many others) and has benefited from mentorship by renowned pianists including Antti Siirala, Boris Slutsky, Gerhard Oppitz, Milana Chernyavska, Pavel Nersessian, and Robert Levin.
“Music is the connection of
Vivien Walser
the two most important elements
of our life: Time and love.”
Concerts & Competitions
At numerous concerts and competitions, Vivien enthused her audience. Here a list of events with some samples:
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Orchestra Gewandhausorchester
Musical Direction Yura Yang / Samuel Emanuel
Solo Piano Vivien Walser
Choreography Sofia Nappi
Ballett Ballett Leipzig
Link https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/humans/723
International Piano Festival of Young Masters
Orchester Bodensee Philharmonie
Piano Vivien Walser
Conductor Dietger Holm
Prokofjew Concert for Piano and Orchestra, No 1 D flat major op. 10
Konzil Konstanz, April 26, 2025 19:30 Uhr
Graf Zeppelin Haus, Friedrichshafen, April 27, 2025
The International Piano Festival of Young Masters brings highly talented pianists from around the world to Lake Constance. They perform in orchestral concerts, chamber music evenings and recitals. The orchestral concert with the Bodensee Philharmonie is the crowning finale of the festival.
Winners and Masters, Maya Wichert & Vivien Walser
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano Nr. 5 f major, op. 24 “Spring Sonata”
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 g major
César Franck: Sonata in a major for violin and piano
Stefan Aprodu (*2007): New York Café 1930
Despite their young age, Maya Wichert (violin *2006) and Vivien Walser (piano *2004) are already internationally celebrated and multiple award-winning artists. They are among those talents for whom the Gasteig Cultural Circle predicts a brilliant future on the world's great concert stages. Take the opportunity to experience these exceptional talents on stage as a duet.
In cooperation with the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich and supported by the Stiftung Bayerischer Musikfonds.
Prinzregententheater München, Rachmaninov 2. Piano Concerto
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