Chloé Kiffer


Date of birth: 11.11.1987

 

Instrument: violin
Nationality: French
Competition: Concours Luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes & European Competition for Young Soloists 2010
Prize: 1st Prize, EMCY Prize
Contact: through the EMCY Office

Chloé was born in 1987 in Metz, France in a family of musicians. She started playing the violin at the age of six. After her studies in the Metz Conservatoire, she entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris at the age of 15, where she graduated in Mr Daugareil’s class three years later.

She also had the opportunity to work with the Russian soloist Rodion Zamuruev and took part in master classes with Professor Maxim Vengerov and Ivry Gitlis. Now she studies in Germany with Professor Joshua Epstein.

Chloé has successfully taken part in numerous national and international competitions:

She won the 2nd Prize in the national strings competition in Epernay (France) in 2003,  the 1st Prize with full marks at the German competition 'Jugend musiziert' and the 2nd Prize at the international violin competition 'Yang Dang' in China in 2004.

In 2007, she won the 1st Prize in the international competition'Alois Kottmann' in Frankfurt, Germany , in 2008 she won the 2nd Prize in the Lions club competition in Germany and in 2010, she won the 1st Prize as 'excellent' (60/60), the SACEM prize and the EMCY Prize in the Concours Luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes & European Competition for Young Soloists.

Chloé has given many concerts in European countries, such as France, Germany, Luxembourg and Italy and performed as a soloist with various orchestras. She was invited by EMCY to perform in a special concert with German, European and Japanese prize winners as part of Jugend musiziert in Neubrandenburg, Germany in June 2011.

Repertoire

Solo

J. S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor (BWV 1004)
J. S. Bach, Partita No. 3 in E Major (BWV 1006)
J. S. Bach, Sonata No. 1 in G minor (BWV 1001)
J. S. Bach, Sonata No. 2 in A minor (BWV 1003)
H. Biber, Passacaglia
H.W Ernst, Der Erlkönig
B. Maderna, Pièce pour Ivry
N. Paganini, Caprices (Op.1)
J. Rodrigo Capriccio For Violin Solo
E. Ysaÿe, Sonata No. 2,3,4 and No. 6 (Op. 27)

With piano

L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 1 in D Major (Op. 12, No. 1)
L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 2 in A Major (Op. 12, No. 2)
L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in E flat Major (Op. 12, No. 3)
L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 5 (Spring Sonata op.24)
L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 7 in C minor (Op. 30, No. 2)
L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 8 in G Major (Op. 30, No. 3)
J. Rodrigo, Sonata Pimpante
P.I. Tchaikovsky, Valse scherzo (Op. 34)
C. Debussy, Sonata in G minor
C. Franck, Sonata in A Major
W. Lutoslawski, Subito
F. Kreisler, Praeludium et Allegro
F.Kreisler, Liebesleid, Liebesfreud
W.A. Mozart, Sonata in E flat Major (K. 302)
W.A. Mozart, Sonata in E minor (K. 304)
W.A. Mozart, Sonata in G Major (K. 301)
H. Wieniawski, Polonaise Brillante No. 1 in D Major (Op. 4)
H. Wieniawski, Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A Major (Op. 21)
F. Poulenc, Sonata 
S. Prokofiev, Sonata No. 1 in F minor (Op. 80)
C. Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (Op. 28)
P. de Sarasate, Zapateado (Op. 23)
P. de Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen (Op. 20)
P. de Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy (op.25)
G.Tartini , Devil's Trill sonata in G minor
H. Wieniawski, Polonaise Brillante in D Major (Op. 4)

With orchestra

J.S Bach, Concerto No. 1 in A minor (BWV 1041)
J.S. Bach, Concerto No. 2 in E Major (BWV 1042)
L. van Beethoven, Romance No. 1 (Op.40)
L. van Beethoven , Romance No. 2 (Op.50)
M. Bruch, Concerto No. 1 G minor
J. Brahms, Concerto in D Major (Op. 77)
A. Dvorak Concerto in A minor
K. Goldmark Concerto No. 1 in A minor, (Op.28)
A. Khachaturian Concerto in D minor
F. Mendelssohn, Concerto in E minor (Op. 64)
W.A. Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major (K. 216)
W.A. Mozart, Concerto No. 4 in D Major (K. 218)
W.A. Mozart, Concerto No. 5 in A Major (K. 219)
W.A. Mozart, Rondo (K. 373)
S. Prokofiev, Concerto No. 2 in G minor (Op. 63)
I. Stravinsky, Concerto in D
P.I. Tchaikovsky, Concerto in D Major (Op. 35)
A. Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
H. Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D minor (Op. 22)


If you are interested in working with Chloé, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.