PIANO 2025 : Laureate
Mirabelle Kajenjeri
studied the piano in Vienna, Hanover and Brussels. In 2024 she was a laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon and became an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Passionate also about the violin, she has been studying both instruments since childhood, obtaining her bachelor’s degree in 2018 at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, simultaneously with her bachelor’s in piano. Her talent has been rewarded in many competitions, including First Prize at the Santa Cecilia Competition (2021), Second Prize at the Kissinger KlavierOlymp (2023), and semi-finalist at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition (2023) and Cleveland Competition (2024). She is the recipient of scholarships from the Safran Foundation and Wilhelm Kempff Foundation, among others. She has collaborated with various orchestras, including the Orchestre de Picardie, Orchestra Filarmonica Pugliese, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt and Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa. In 2022 her first album appeared on the KNS Classical label.
France
Year of birth: 1998
Teachers
2024 - : Frank Braley - Avedis Kouyoumdjian
2022 - 2024 : Anna Malikova
2019 - 2022 : Ewa Kupiec
2016 - 2019 : Mikhail Faerman
2006 - 2016 : Vladimir Soultanov
2003 - 2006 : Natalia Grebennikova
Degrees
2022 - 2024 : Postgraduate, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (Autriche)
2019 - 2022 : Master, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (Allemagne)
2016 - 2019 : Bachelor, Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
2006 - 2016 : CEPI, Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental de Roubaix, France
Concerts
2024 : Weinbrennersaal, Baden-Baden, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Heiko Mathias Förster
2024 : Théâtre Charcot, Marcq en Baroeul, Orchestre Arcangelo, Anne Christine Leuridan
2024 : Rossini Saal/ Max Littmann, Bad Kissingen, Kissinger Sommer
2024 : Montresso Foundation « Jardin Rouge », Marrakech, Fondation Gautier Capuçon
2024 : Cité de la Musique, Soissons, Orchestre de Picardie, Julien Leroy
2023 : Flagey Studio 1, Bruxelles, Flagey Piano Days
2023 : António de Almeida Foundation, Porto, Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition
2022 : Teatro Municipal da Guarda, Orquestra Filarmonica Portugese, Osvaldo Ferreira
2020 : TriBühne Cognito, Norderstedt, Yamaha Music Europe Foundation
Competitions
2023 : 2e, Premio Giovanni Colafemmina (Italie)
2023 : 2e, Kissinger Klavier Olymp - Bad Kissingen, Allemagne
2021 : 1er, Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition, Portugal
2018 : 1er, EPTA International Piano Competition, Belgique