Chopin- Complete Waltzes

Product Description Already a star in Japan, piano-wonder (Hamburger Abendblatt) Alice Sara Ott introduces herself to the entire world of music with her International Deutsche Grammophon debut album--the complete Chopin Waltzes. Ott, though barely out of her teens, continually impresses critics and audiences alike with her recitals throughout Europe and Japan. She will make her US orchestral debut in Cincinnati with the Liszt Piano Concerto no. 1. The young pianist is surely a rising star to watch, and this recital of Chopin gems is the perfect introduction to her artistry. From the Artist "I've always been fascinated by Chopin's waltzes. He composed them all through his life, from early youth until shortly before his death. His whole life and his personality are reflected in the waltzes...They say that home isn't a place but a feeling. I can identify with how torn Chopin felt, because I also grew up and live between two cultures. Neither in Germany nor in Japan do I have a proper homeland. In both countries I'm regarded as a foreigner. For me, too, music is the only place where I really feel at home."--Alice Sara Ott About the Artist ALICE SARA OTT - A BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE "Mademoiselle Liszt - The young pianist Alice Sara Ott . . . elicited one sleight of the hand after another from the instrument in breathtaking displays of virtuosity enhanced by a sparkle of poetic charm." Basler Zeitung, May 2008 Alice Sara Ott was born in Munich in 1988 and received her first piano lessons when she was four. Since then, the German-Japanese pianist and student of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Salzburg Mozarteum has won numerous important competitions and appeared in concert halls and at festivals in Europe, Japan and the USA. 1995 Wins first prize with distinction at Germany's "Jugend Musiziert" contest 1997 Wins first prize at the International Steinway Piano Competition in Hamburg and Berlin 1998 Wins first prize at the Vittoria Caffa Righetti International Music Competition where she also receives a special award for achieving the highest number of points in the contest 1999 Wins first prize at the International Steinway Piano Competition in Hamburg 2000 Wins first prize at the Grotrian-Steinweg Competition in Braunschweig. 2001 Wins first prize at the Karl Lang Competition in Munich 2002 Youngest finalist at Japan's Hamamatsu International Piano Academy C