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Blandine Waldmann au fil des touches

After studying both piano and violin, Blandine Waldman decided to favour the keys and perfected her craft alongside Désiré N’Kaoua, before entering the Francophone Royal Conservatory in Brussels to study with Dominique Cornil. Having won first prizes for both piano and chamber music, she was granted entry to the Dutch-speaking Royal Conservatory in Brussels to take classes from Alexandre Madzar and Daniel Blumenthal. Awarded Masters in both disciplines, Blandine Waldmann further honed her skills at a variety of master classes in France, Great Britain, Belgium and Italy, where she received enriching advice from famous musicians like Anne Queffélec, Jean-Michel Damase, Piet Kuijken, Dirk Vermeulen, Christopher Elton, Volker Banfield, Vincenzo Balzani, Eugen Indjic and Eugene Pridonoff.

This full and varied musical education led to her performing in a host of international contests from 2014-2017, where she won numerous first prizes: first prizes at the Erik Satie contest in Lecce, Paolo Barrasso, Le Note Sinfonie, Florestano Rossomandi, Eurorchestra da Camera « Nuovi Interpreti » in Bari, E-muse in Athens, IMKA, Lucia Iurleo, de Matera; and also American Protégé International Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York and even Grand Prize Virtuoso in Salzburg. The concert halls and festivals of Europe and the United States have opened their doors to her: Carnegie Hall in New York, Cadogan Hall in London, the Grand Concert Hall of the Royal Conservatoire and Wolubilis in Brussels, Academia Santa Cecilia in Rome, Villa Campolieto in Ercolano, the Byzantine Museum in Athens, Festival Vlaanderen International in Brussels, Festival della Valle dell'Orfento in Caramanico Terme, Nuit du Patrimoine in Sarlat-la-Canedat and more.

Although she has a natural inclination towards the work of the 19th and 20th century masters, Blandine Waldmann has developed a fondness for a broad repertoire reaching from Bach to modern day music passing by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Franck, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Messiaen. She has a passion for the music of her time and enjoys working with current composers. Most notably she has collaborated with Frederik van Rossum (Catharsis., for two pianos) and has been associated with the Swedish composer Jonathan Östlund with a view to recording a double album uniting several of his solo piano and chamber music pieces. In 2018, a CD Momentum (Dux Label), is being added to her collection showcasing Mussorgsky, Scriabin and Brahms. Several singles were released in 2025, starting with theTranscendental Etude n°12 and Three Consolations S.172 by Liszt.

Source: www.blandinewaldmann.com/biography

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