Alexander Sonderegger
Alexander Sonderegger has performed with many orchestras including the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker; the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Spain; the Sinfonietta Lentua Orchestra; the Murmansk Philharmonic; and the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has also performed concertos by Grieg and Tchaikovsky at the Liederhalle Beethoven Hall in Stuttgart.
Alexander Sonderegger was born in Petrozavodsk, Russia, to a family of musicians, and studied at the Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatory under Viktor Portnoi. In 2008, he attended the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, where he was taught by Kirill Gerstein, Shoshana Rudiakov, Péter Nagy, and Florian Wiek. Alexander graduated from Stuttgart, passing his soloist concert exam with distinction.
Alexander has garnered prizes at many international competitions, including First Prize and “The Czech Radio Prize” at the Carl Czerny International Piano Competition in Prague and First Prize at the 16th International Piano Competition in Rome. In 2019, Alexander won First Prize at the 21st International Piano Competition of Ile de France and the IKIF Artist Recognition Scholarship Award at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival in New York.
For more than 15 years, Alexander has performed with his brother Eduard Sonderegger (violin) in the SONDEREGGER DUO. In 2019, the Duo released its first CD with works by Brahms, Enesco, and Szymanowski. The SONDEREGGER DUO is represented through Massa Konzertmanagement and will make a debut at the Gasteig Munich in October 2022.
Since 2021, Alexander Sonderegger has held a position as a docent at the Piano Department of the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. On July 5, 2022, he will jump in for Mona Asuka Ott and perform Beethoven‘s Concerto No. 3 in Beethoven Hall of Liederhalle.
Virtual First Round
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, No. 20 in a minor, BWV 889
Beethoven: Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2
I. Allegro vivace
II. Largo appassionato
III. Scherzo. Allegretto
IV. Rondo. Grazioso
Liszt: Six Grandes Études de Paganini: No. 2 in E-flat Major
Chopin: Étude No. 10 in b minor, Op. 25
Rachmaninoff: “Polichinelle” from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 4
In-Person Second Round
J.S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in g minor, BWV 542
Beethoven: Sonata in f minor, “Appassionata,” Op. 57
I. Allegro assai
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro ma non troppo
Carl Vine: Resolve
Scriabin: Sonata No. 2 in g-sharp minor, Op. 19
I. Andante
II. Presto
Balakirev: Islamey: Oriental Fantasy, Op. 18
Semifinal Round – Chamber Music
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato
Final Round
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro appassionato
III. Andante
IV. Allegretto grazioso—Un poco più presto
2022 Participants
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