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TRISTAN LAUBER, pianist
Tristan Lauber holds a Doctorate degree from the University of Montreal and has also won
prizes in various competitions: the ''Grand Prix'' at the Concours de Musique du Québec,
first prize of the Concours de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières, first prize
at the provincial finals and third prize at the national finals of the Concours de
Musique du Canada . He was also awarded third place in the International Stepping Stone
category of the same competition in '92. Founder of the Allegro quintet of Montreal,
he won first prize in the chamber music category of the CIBC National Festival in
St-Johns, Newfoundland. He has received grants and prizes from such organisms as the
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and La Fondation les Amis de l'Art.
His recent performances include the opening gala for the Musical Alliance in June 2003
at salle Pierre-Mercure, appearances at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival as well as a
perfomance of the Mozart concerto K.459 with the Arcadia Chamber Orchestra in Kobe, Japan;
a performance described by critic Takahiro Shibata as "refreshingly beautiful and unexaggerated."
He has toured Asia three times with performances in Seoul, Pusan, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Kobe,
Osaka and Singapore, as a guest artist of both the Canadian and Swiss Embassies. He was
also invited by the University of the Philippines to give masterclasses at the Diliman compus
in Quezon city where his subsequent performance of Moussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"
was noted by the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its "arresting tonal colors, wit, majesty
and eloquence He has given masterclasses at the Royal Consevatory of Toronto in Seoul,
University Putra Malaysia and Sedaya College in Kuala Lumpur as well as at the Crane
School of music in Potsdam, New-York. He often serves as adjudicator for various piano
competitions in Canada.
His first solo CD consists of works by Franck, Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Schedrin .
Tristan Lauber studied with Marc Durand, André Laplante, Monique Deschaussées and has played
in masterclasses for such artists as Anton Kuerti, Jörg Demus, Idil Biret and James Tocco. He
lives and teaches in his native city of Montreal.
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