SEBASTIEN RISLER

Sébastien Risler studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris with Yvonne Lefébure and Jacques Février. He then continued his studies under Nikita Magaloff, and Sándor Végh. He was a prize-winner at international competitions both in Leeds and Taormina. Since then he has appeared worldwide either as a solo artist, with orchestra or in chamber music. He has given numerous concerts with fellow musicians, including Heinz Holliger, in Austria, Germany and Paris. He is also a founder member of the Ensemble Contrechamps which specialises in contemporary music and twentieth-century classical music and with which he has made numerous recordings. At present, he teaches the piano at the Haute Ecole de Musique of the Geneva Conservatoire.