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Portrait
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Rachel Kolly d'Alba, born 1981 in Lausanne, received her first
violin and piano lesson at the age of five. She studied at the
Conservatory in Lausanne where she received,
with 15 years old, the diploma for teaching, for the violin, and
for the chamber music. 1998 she went on with her studies at the
University for Music and Drama in Berne in the class of the
renowned Slovenian violinist and teacher Igor
Ozim, where she received her diploma as a soloist in
2003. She continued her
studies with Jean-Jacques Kantorow in Paris and in
addition to her violin studies, she studied orchestration with
Jean Balissat in Lausanne, composition with
Michael Jarrell in Geneva and contemporary chamber
music with Bruno Canino.
She takes also master classes with Maestro Franco
Gulli (Bloomington), with Thomas Kakuska
(Alban Berg Quartet), with Thomas Brandis
(Berlin), György Pauk (London) and Ivry
Gitlis (Paris).
Since her debut as a soloist at the age of twelve for 6 concerts in
Switzerland, the sought-after artist performs all over Europe. As a
soloist she is invited to play at numerous renowed festivals such
as Menuhin Festival Gstaad (Switzerland),
Festival de Divonne (France) or
Internazionale Festival di Musica da Camera in
Este (Italy), Festival de musique contemporaine d’Erevan
(Armenia), Festival « Schleswig Holstein »
(Germany), Festival de Poitiers (France), or
« Encuentros » und « mozarteum » at the Teatro
Colon in Buenos Aires (Argentina), « Sigall » (Chile) or
Murten
classics (Switzerland).
Saint-Saëns Concerto, 17th August 2006--> read the
critics
She appeared as a soloist with famous orchestras as
the Berne Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra
Symphonique et Universitaire de Lausanne (OSUL) and the
Bern Chamber Orchestra, the Jena
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the
national symphony Orchestra of Lituenia and
recently withe the Bienne Chamber Orchestra and the Orchester
Gesellscaft Zürich.
The young and passionate violinist is a first prize winner at
several international competitions. Already 1994 she won the first
prize at the Jeunesses Musicales Competition in
Zurich, followed by first prizes at the Music Competition
Moudon - with distinction - (1998), the Paderewski Prize
(1998). 2000 she reached the finals at the Councours
Eurovision in Lugano, or the first Prize winner at the
Kiefer-Hablitzel-Wettbewerb (2001) or the Fridl-Wald-Wettberwerb
Switzerland (2002). 2005 Rachel Kolly d'Alba won the first prize
and the prize of the audience at the international competition
Julio Cardona in Covilha, Portugal
Rachel Kolly d'Alba recorded two CD, besides radio and television
broadcasts for DRS, Radio Espace 2, as in Austria, Germany, France,
Slovenia and Armenia. The 3rd and 4th recording are coming out very
soon. (Ysaÿe: the 6 violin sonatas, and by Saint-Saëns, the pieces
for violin and Orchestra)
Artists like Alfred Brendel, Hansheinz Schneeberger or
Thomas Demenga appreciated the collaboration with Rachel
Kolly d'Alba. The press praised her engagement without compromises,
her volcanic temperament, her sensitivity and the deep insight of
her interpretations.
Rachel plays an italian violin from 1730.
5 years old