Born in Geneva, Christophe Sturzenegger has won a number of awards given by advanced conservatories (Horn, Piano, Music Theory, Harmony).
As a horn-player, he played in orchestras (Zürich and Basel) under the direction of the greatest conductors (Abbado, Levine, Santi, Marriner, von Dohnanyi, Ashkenazy,…) and appeared as a soloist conducted by Emmanuel Krivine. He’s member of the Geneva Brass Quintet.
As a pianist, he won several competitions (Friedl Wald, Dénéréaz), in addition to the Neumann and Dumont Awards. He has taught piano as a secondary instrument and keyboard harmony at Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève (Geneva School of Advanced Music Studies) since 2003. As a composer, has been published by Woodbrass Music and has a catalogue of about 30 works, including various commissioned compositions (primarily Swiss Musical Competition for Youth, festivals, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande).
As conductor, he was in charge of many productions in Switzerland and France.
Last year, he conducted 50 shows of “The Threepenny Opera” by Kurt Weill.
He has already performed at a number of festivals in Europe, South America, South Africa and Japan (Salzburg, Verbier, Hong-Kong, Istanbul, London, Budapest, Tokyo, and Aix-en-Provence,…) www.christophesturzenegger.com
Elenco delle opere
Klavierstück g-moll, op. 2 (1998)
Hommage à Brahms, pour Julie
Durata: 11' 00" Manuscritto
The Two Léa's Songs, op. 3 (2002)
Strumentazione: pour cor et piano
Deux pièces lyriques pour le duo, reliées par un Interlude au piano seul. Dediées à ma fille Léa.