INGRID FLITER

Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter, the 2006 Gilmore Artist, has been noted for her uncanny musicality, natural sensitivity and elegance in performances throughout the world since her career was launched at the age of 16 at the Teatro Colón in her native Buenos Aires. Following a 2003 recital at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, her U.S. recital debut, Tim Page in the Washington Post wrote that Fliter demonstrated “assured and discriminating musical intelligence yoked to a stage personality of unusual warmth and charm.”

Recently, Fliter stepped in for the renowned Martha Argerich to perform with the LA Philharmonic. She made her U.S. orchestra debut performing the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles on January 19, 20, and 21.

Among her future engagements, Fliter will perform the Beethoven First Concerto with Lawrence Foster and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, and she will make several appearances at the 2006 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan during the first week of May. She will also appear at the Miami International Piano Festival in Florida and in Lecce, Italy and give recitals in Gibraltar and Buenos Aires.

Born in Buenos Aires in 1973, Fliter (pronounced FLEE-ter) began her piano studies in Argentina with Elizabeth Westerkamp. In 1992 she continued her studies with Vitalj Margulis in the Musikhochschule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany, in 1994 in Rome with Carlo Bruno, and since 1996 has studied at the Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola under the leadership of Franco Scala and Boris Petrushansky. In 1994 Ms. Fliter won First Prize in the Classic and Romantic categories at the International Competition for Piano and Orchestra “Citta di Cantu” in Italy, and in 1998 was a prizewinner in the “Ferruccio Busoni” Competition in Bolzano, Italy. She received a Silver Medal in the 2000 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Fliter’s intensive concert activity has taken her to concert halls worldwide including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Kennedy Center in Washington, Lincoln Center in New York, National Gallery in Washington, Liszt Conservatory Hall in Budapest, Philharmonia in San Petersburg, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Teatro Comunale of Ferrara, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, Teatro Municipal de Chile, Grosses Festspiele-Haus in Salzburg and the Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne. Fliter has worked with conductors Zoltán Kocsis, Eije Oue, Alexei Dmitriov, Phillip Entremont, Alan Gilbert, Carlos Miguel Prieto among others. Her performances as soloist with orchestras have included the Berliner Symphoniker, Hungarian National Philharmonic, National Symphonic and National Philharmonic Orchestras of Buenos Aires, Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi di Milano, Orchestre National de Lille, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra of New York, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, St. Petersburg Symphonic Orchestra, The Netherlands Philharmonic and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. She recently participated in “The World Pianists Series” with renowned pianists Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, Maurizio Pollini and Martha Argerich. Her Tokyo recital in Kioi Hall was broadcast by NHK Television and Communications.

Fliter has participated in music festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival and School, La Roque D’Antheron, the Prague Autumn Festival, “Feast in the East” in Tiszadob, Hungary, the Antonin Festival in Poland, “From Bach to Bartók” festival in Italy, Festival Pianistico Internazionale Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Italy, and the Espinho Festival in Portugal. She has given chamber music performances with Zoltán Kocsis and the Amadinda Percussion Group of Budapest, with clarinetist Anton Dressler at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and at Mittelfest in Cividale, Italy.

Ingrid Fliter’s performanceS at the Miami International Piano Festival marks her debut as a soloist in Miami. Her solo recital will take place on May 12 and her appearance as the soloist of the Miami International Piano Festival Orchestra will take place on May 14, at the Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach.

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