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Concertist,
Professor at the
Conservatoire de Lausanne, HEM |
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Violin
Pierre Amoyal is well
known to music lovers. He has played with the greatest conductors and orchestras in the
most prestigious concert halls of the world. This virtuoso is also the lucky owner of the
one of the most beautiful violins ever made : the famous "Kochanski," a
Stradivarius that was stolen from him in 1987, and which was miraculously recovered four years later by the Italian "Carabinieri".
When Amoyal was only twelve years old, he completed his studies at the Paris Conservatory
with a First Prize. The prodigy then left for Los Angeles to study with the legendary
Jascha Heifetz. The two spent five intense years together, culminated by chamber music
concerts and recordings with the cellist, Gregor Piatigorski.
At the age of 22, he made his European debut with the late Sir Georg Solti and the
Orchestre de Paris, followed by appearances in all of the major European capitals, as well
as in the USA, Canada, Mexico, South America and in the Far East. Amoyal has played under
the most important conductors of the last three decades: von Karajan, Ozawa, Boulez,
Maazel, Solti, Pretre, Sanderling, Roshdestvensky, Rattle, and Mung Whun Chung, to name
only a few.
His first appearance with the Berlin Philharmonic under Maestro von Karajan in Berlin was
followed by many further performances with this orchestra, including the German premier of
the Dutilleux Concerto under Lorin Maazel. In 1985, he made his recital debut in Carnegie
Hall, which received outstanding critical acclaim.
Herbert von Karajan and Pierre Amoyal
He was the youngest musician ever to be nominated as a professor at the Paris
Conservatory. Following his move to Switzerland, he now teaches at the Lausanne
Conservatory. Also in Lausanne, he initiated a novel music academy, dedicated to the
violin/piano repertoire, which he gives annually with Bruno Canino.
Pierre Amoyal is a very touching example of a virtuoso whose exceptional talents never
hindered his love of hard work, nor a development of the most essential human
qualities.
Pierre Amoyal is also a passionate teacher. He is the artistic director of
the Academie de Lausanne, devoted exclusively to the violin.piano repertoire,
which he founded with Alexis Weissenberg and nd
now co-directs with Bruno Canino.
In conjunction with the Lausanne Conservatory (Haute Ecole de Musique)
Pierre Amoyal founded the Camerata Lausanne, an ensemble made up of some 12
to 13 talented young musicians from around the world. The ensemble performs
throughout Switzerland and Europe and at the major festivals in France. |
