Catherine Vickers

Catherine Vickers (born 1952 in Regina) is a Canadian pianist.

Vickers studied in Edmonton[1] and then in Germany with Bernhard Ebert and Hans Leygraf at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.[2] She won the 1979 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and was awarded the 1981 Sydney Competition's[2] 3rd prize.

As a classical pianist she performed in Europe, North and South America and Asia,[2][3] her repertoire includes standard and avantgardistic works of the piano literature.[1] 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.[3] 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).[4] She is known for her work at the contemporary music scene.[3]

References
  1. Department of Music, University of Alberta. "Catherine Vickers, piano". Archived from the original on 2 October 2008.
  2. Ettlingen International Piano Competition. "Archiv: Künstlerische Leiter und Jurys". pianocompetition.org (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. Metropolnews, Redaktion (28 January 2018). "Frankfurt: Abschiedskonzert für Prof. Catherine Vickers". Metropolnews.info (in German). Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. "Wenn es in der Elektronik knistert, funkt und kracht". nmz.de (in German). 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.


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