Alice Sara Ott
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| Born | August 1, 1988 |
| Occupation | Classical pianist |
Alice Sara Ott (born in Munich, 1988) is a German-Japanese classical pianist.
Biography
Ott was born in Munich in 1988 and received her first piano lessons when she was four. Since then, the German-Japanese pianist and student of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Salzburg Mozarteum has won numerous important competitions and appeared in concert halls and at festivals in Europe, Japan and the United States. Between 1995 and 2001 she won first prize at Germany's Jugend Musiziert contest (with distinction), at the International Steinway Piano Competition in Hamburg and Berlin, Vittoria Caffa Righetti International Music Competition, Grotrian-Steinweg Competition in Braunschweig and Karl Lang Competition in Munich.
Career
2002 Youngest finalist at Japan’s Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition where she wins the Most Promising Artist Award; first prize at Germany’s Jugend Musiziert contest; youngest prizewinner with distinction at the Salzburg International Summer Academy
2003 First prize and mayor’s special award for achieving the highest number of points at the Bach Competition in Köthen
2004 First prize in the Pianello Val Tidone Competition in Italy as the youngest contestant, achieving the highest number of points ever awarded. First prize at the Grotrian-Steinweg Competition. At the invitation of distinguished pianist Hiroko Nakamura she makes a successful solo debut in Japan, which is broadcast by NHK. Gives a solo recital on Wagner’s grand piano during the Bayreuth Festival
2005 First prize at the 4th EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) International Competition. Her acclaimed performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no.1 with the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra in Japan leads to return engagements
2006 Invited by Hiroko Nakamura to inaugurate the final round of the ten-year series The 100 Pianists in Japan. Concerts in Europe include a highly acclaimed performance of Ravel’s Concerto in G major with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under David Zinman
2007 Concerts include a triumphant performance at the Herkulessaal in Munich playing Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, and at the Ruhr Piano Festival where she steps in for Elena Bashkirova at short notice. At the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival she also steps in for three pianists and receives both the festival’s own special prize and the audience prize. In Tokyo she plays sold-out concerts with the Yumiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in the Opera City Hall and with the Kiev Symphony Orchestra in Suntory Hall. The German music magazine Fono Forum selects her as Most Promising Artist of 2007
2008 New York debut with a programme of Liszt at the Yamaha Artist Center. Steps in for Murray Perahia in Basle where she is given a standing ovation for her performance of Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata and the Liszt Etudes. Performs Liszt’s Concerto no.1 with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, a Liszt programme at the Salzburg Mozarteum and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Kiev Symphony Orchestra. Festival appearances include Schleswig-Holstein and Davos. In October she tours Japan with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Alice Sara Ott signs an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Her first recording, Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, is released in Japan
2009 Tours of Japan with the Kiev Symphony Orchestra and with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa performing Beethoven’s ñEmperorî Concerto; concerts with the St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in St.Petersburg, on tour in Germany and at Salzburg’s Festspielhaus; with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra performing Hisato Ohzawa’s Third Concerto, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic playing Brahms’s Second Concerto, the NDR Symphony Orchestra playing Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra playing the Ravel G major Concerto and the Munich Philharmonic playing Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto under Thomas Hengelbrock (recorded live by Deutsche Grammophon). Solo recitals in Germany, Zurich, Madrid and on tour in Japan. Appearances at the Schwetzinger Schlossfestspiele, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein Festivals, and the Ruhr and Monterubbiano (Italy) Piano Festivals. Records the complete Chopin Waltzes for release in 2010. International release of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes
2010 Concerto appearances this year include Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Stockholm and on tour in Japan, with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the MDR Sinfonieorchester of Leipzig; Liszt’s First Concerto with the Cincinnati, San Francisco, Tokyo and Brazilian Symphony Orchestras; Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody with the Philharmonia in Great Britain; Bach Concertos nos.3 and 5 with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra; and Grieg with the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra. Several recitals in Germany and in Paris, Vienna, Lucerne and Istanbul. Released this year on Deutsche Grammophon: Alice Sara Ott’s recordings of the Chopin Waltzes and the First Piano Concertos by Tchaikovsky and Liszt, with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Hengelbrock