Alice Sara Ott
| Alice Sara Ott | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1 August 1988 Munich |
| Education | Mozarteum University of Salzburg |
| Occupation | Pianist |
Alice Sara Ott (born August 1, 1988) is a German classical pianist and the elder sister of Mona Asuka Ott.[1]
Early life and education
Ott was born in Munich, Germany, in 1988; her Japanese mother had studied piano in Tokyo and her father was a German civil engineer.[2] She says she realised as a child that "music was the language that goes much beyond any words" and that she wanted to communicate and express herself through music.[3] She started piano lessons when she was four, and reached the final stage of the youth competition in Munich at the age of five, playing to a full house in the Hercules Hall.[3]
She won the Jugend musiziert competition in Germany when she was seven years old.[4]
In 2002 she was the youngest finalist at the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition in Japan where she won the Most Promising Artist award.[1][5]
From the age of twelve, she studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling [1] while continuing her school education in Munich. Ott has won awards at a number of piano competitions, including first prize at the 2004 Pianello Val Tidone Competition.
Her sister Mona Asuka Ott is also a professional pianist.[6]
Career
Ott has made recordings of Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes and Frédéric Chopin's waltzes for Deutsche Grammophon, and performed concert tours in Europe, Japan and the United States.
Awards
She won first prize in the 2003 Bach Competition in Köthen, Germany, the 2004 Pianello Val Tidone Competition in Italy,[4] and the 4th EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) International Competition in 2005.
Recordings
Ott has a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon[4] and her recordings include:[1]
- 2009 – Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendente
- 2010 – Chopin: Complete Waltzes
- 2010 – Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
- 2011 – Beethoven: Piano sonatas No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 and No.21 in C, Op.53 (Waldstein)
- 2013 – Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition and Schubert: Piano Sonata in D major, D850
- 2014 – Scandale (with Francesco Tristano) - Tristano: A Soft Shell Groove; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherazade – The Story of the Kalendar Prince; Ravel: La Valse
- 2015 – The Chopin Project (with Ólafur Arnalds)[7]
- 2016 – Wonderland. Edvard Grieg :[8]
- Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op.16;
- Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12, Album Leaf; Elves' Dance; Book III, Op.43, Butterfly; To Spring; Book V, Op.54, March Of The Trolls; Notturno; Book VII, Op.62, Brooklet; Book VIII, Op.65, Ballad; Wedding Day At Troldhaugen; Book X, Op.71, Once Upon A Time;
- Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46, In The Hall Of The Mountain King; Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55, Solveig's Song;
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Alice Sara Ott". Deutsche Grammophon. June 2010. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ Durrant, Sabine (20 November 2011). "Alice Sara Ott: 'I don't want to have burn-out syndrome'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- 1 2 "Power & Grace". Glass Magazine (7): 154–156. 2011. ISSN 2041-6318.
- 1 2 3 Cummings, Robert. "Alice Sara Ott". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ "Prizewinners of last Academies". Hamamatsu International Piano Academy. 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ↑ Lennie, Jonathan. "Alice Sara Ott interview". Time Out. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
- ↑ The Chopin Project at AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ Deutsche Grammophon, Wonderland by Alice Sara Ott
