Biography
Ingrid Fliter
In January 2006, Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter was named the recipient of the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award. Only the fifth pianist to have been so honored, the Gilmore Artist Award is made to an exceptional pianist who, regardless of age or nationality, possesses broad and profound musicianship and charisma and who desires and can sustain a career as a major international concert artist.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1973, Ingrid Fliter began her piano studies in Argentina with Elizabeth Westerkamp. In 1992, at the suggestion of Martha Argerich, she moved to Europe where she continued her studies with Vitalj Margulis at the Musikhochschule fur Musik in Freiburg and subsequently with Carlo Bruno in Rome and at the Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola under the leadership of Franco Scala and Boris Petrushansky. She has also participated in master classes with Leon Fleischer, Alexander Lonquich and Louis Lortie and receives ongoing musical support and artistic advice from Zoltan Kocsis.
Ms. Fliter began playing public recitals at the age of eleven and made her professional orchestra debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires at the age of 16. Already the winner of several Argentine competitions, she went on to win first prizes at the Cantu International Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni Competition in Italy and in 2000 was awarded the silver medal at the Frederic Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
Ingrid Fliter has performed with orchestra and in recital at many of the major concert halls worldwide including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Philharmonia in St. Petersburg, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Grosses Festspiele-Haus in Salzburg and the Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne. Her appearances with international orchestras include engagements with the Berlin Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic, Hungarian National Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Guiseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan and the National Symphonic and National Philharmonic Orchestras of Buenos Aires. Ms. Fliter has also performed at the La Roque D'Antheron, Prague Autumn and Pianistico Internazionale Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli festivals among others and participated in several of "The World Pianist Series" in Tokyo with such renowned pianists Alfred Brendel, Maurizio Pollini and Martha Argerich.
Ingrid Fliter made her major American orchestra debut with the Atlanta Symphony, Donald Runnicles conducting, in January 2006, just days after the announcement of her Gilmore Award and in March 2006 replaced Martha Argerich for concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Additional recent US engagements include appearances at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Miami International Piano Festival and the Caramoor and Chautauqua Festivals; with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Detroit and Columbus symphonies; and recital debuts in Chicago, San Francisco and New York's Carnegie Hall. She makes her recital debut at London's Wigmore Hall in June 2007.
Highlights of Ms. Fliter's 07/08 season include debuts with the San Francisco, St. Louis, National, Toronto, Cincinnati, Dallas, Colorado and Oregon symphonies among others; a re-engagement with the Atlanta Symphony; summer festival appearances at Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Blossom and Grant Park; recitals at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, for the Van Cliburn Foundation and in Detroit, Vancouver, Sarasota, Kansas City, Rochester, Scottsdale, Fresno and Santa Barbara; and recital, chamber music and concerto performances at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in May 2008.
Internationally, Ingrid Fliter makes her eighth tour to Japan and tours Spain with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra; makes her debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra; and plays recitals in Barcelona and again at London's Wigmore Hall. Ms. Fliter has also been chosen to participate in London's BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists project, a program for young musicians who are beginning to make an impact on the UK and international music scene. As a Radio 3 New Generation artist, Ms. Fliter will appear with the UK's BBC orchestras, make special studio recordings and participate in Britain's most prominent festivals, such as the Edinburgh, Aldeburgh and City of London Festivals as well as the Proms.
Recently signed to record exclusively for EMI Classics, live recordings of Ms. Fliter performing works by Beethoven and Chopin at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as well as a DVD of a recital at the Miami International Piano Festival are available on the VAI Audio label.