Clara Isabella Siegle

Clara Isabella Siegle (born 2000) is a German pianist and young Steinway Artist.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born in Erlangen on 21 January 2000, Clara Siegle has been studying piano since she was four under her Irish-born mother, Mary Siegle-Collins, who has also taught her twin sister Maria to play the violin and her brother Patrick to play the piano.[2][4] In the autumn of 2014, she entered the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in Munich where she is studying under Thomas Böckheler.[2][5] She has also attended master classes under Elza Kolodin, Gabriele Kupfernagel and Finghin Collins.[6]

In May 2017, Siegle took part in a master class with Rudolf Buchbinder, the artist in residence with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.[7] In 2020, Murray Perahia selected her and nine other young professional pianists to participate in his Beethoven Piano Sonatas masterclasses in Munich.[8]

Awards

Siegle has already received many awards including:[1][6]

  • 2007: Nurnberg Piano Competition, 2nd prize
  • 2009: Virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte Ústí nad Labem, 2nd prize[9]
  • 2011: Nurnberg Piano Competition, 1st prize
  • 2012: 13th Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists, 5th prize (highest placed European participant)[10]
  • 2012: Rotary Piano Competition, Essen, 1st prize[11]
  • 2013: 77th Steinway Piano Competition, Hamburg, 1st prize
  • 2013: Grotrian-Steinweg special prize, 59th International Grotrian-Steinweg Piano Competition, 1st prize[12]
  • 2014: International Piano Competition for Young Musicians, Enschede, Netherlands, 3rd prize[2]
  • 2015: Nurnberg Piano Competition, 2nd prize[13]
  • 2016: 24th Kleiner Schumann Competition, 2nd prize[14]
  • 2016: 10th Young Pianist of the North international competition, 1st prize[15]
  • 2017: Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists, Düsseldorf: 3rd prize[16]
  • 2017: International MozARTe Klavierwettbewerb 2017: 3rd prize.[17]

References
  1. "Siegle Clara Isabella". Piano Competition. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. "Clara Isabella Siegle sammelt Preise" (in German). Merkur.de. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. "Clara Isabella Siegle - Steinway & Sons". www.steinway.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. "Patrick Siegle" (in German). PianistenClub. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. "Musikalischer Lebenslauf von Clara Isabella Siegle" (PDF) (in German). Zeitgeister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. "Clara Isabella Siegle". Junior Academy Eppan. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. "Meisterklasse mit Rudolf Buchbinder" (in German). Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. "The Masterclass". henle.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. "42nd YEAR - 2009". Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  10. "Prizewinners 2012". Ettlingen: International Competition for Young Pianists. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  11. "Preisträger des 7. Rotary Klavier Wettbewerb Jugend" (in German). Klavierwettbeweb Jugend. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  12. "Mrs. Siegle Clara Isabella" (in German). Piano Competition. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  13. "Nürnberger Klavierwettbeweb 2015: Preisträgerliste" (PDF) (in German). Nürnberger Klavierwettbewerb. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  14. "Preisträger des 24. Kleinen Schumann-Wettbewerbs stehen fest" (in German). Stadt Zwickau. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  15. "YPN 2016 Winners". PianoforteNorth Foundation. November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  16. "Here you can check the winners". Robert Schumann Competition for young pianists. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  17. "Clara Isabella Siegle" (in German). PianistenClub. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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