Catherine Vickers (born 1952 in
Regina) is a
Canadian pianist.
Vickers studied in
Edmonton and then in Germany with Bernhard Ebert and
Hans Leygraf at
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover
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She won the 1979
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded in 1949 by Cesare Nordio in memory of the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni.
History
The fir ...
and was awarded the 1981
Sydney Competition's
3rd prize.
As a classical pianist she performed in Europe, North and South America and Asia,
her repertoire includes standard and avantgardistic works of the piano literature.
Vickers subsequently settled in Germany, where she was a professor at the
Folkwang University of the Arts and then at the
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts from 1998 to 2018.
She also was the artistic director of an electronics-piano festival (''Piano+'') at Karlsruhe's
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie).
She is known for her work at the contemporary music scene.
References
External links
The Moose Jaw Times HeraldUniversity of Alberta's Department of MusicFondazione Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ferruccio Busoni
Canadian classical pianists
Living people
1952 births
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
21st-century classical pianists
Canadian women classical pianists
21st-century women pianists
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