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Biography
Ouri Bronchti was born in Israel in 1977. He started studying the piano at
the age of 7. Upon his arrival in Switzerland in 1990, he entered the
Conservatoire of Lausanne,
where he obtained a Graduate Diploma with a special
prize in 1997. He then continued at the same Conservatoire both accompaniment
and solo piano studies. He obtained the Postgraduate Diploma of accompaniment in
2000. He then received an offer of a position as staff accompanist in the same
Conservatoire.
He worked at the Conservatoire of Lausanne for four years, mainly playing for
singers, but also accompanying trumpets and clarinets. On the same time, he had
postgraduates lessons of chamber music in Bern (Switzerland) and
worked as repetiteur for some operas.
After four years, Ouri decides to return to studies, and chooses the
Royal
College of Music in London. He works with
Roger Vignoles,
John Blakely,
John Constable and
Susie Allan.
He obtains the Postgraduate Diploma in Performance (accompaniment)
in 2005 and the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced
Performance (opera repetiteur) with distinctions in 2006 (he
was then a Michael
Whittaker Scholar). During 2006-2007 Ouri will be a
trainee repetiteur at the
National Opera Studio.
Ouri Bronchti specializes now as accompanist and coach for singers, but plays
also regularly with instrumentalists and in chamber music ensembles.
DETAILS
| name |
Ouri Bronchti |
| birth date |
19th November 1977 |
| nationalities |
Swiss, French and Israeli |
spoken
languages |
French (fluent), English (very
good), German (good), Italian (basics) |
|
September 2006 to July 2007 |
Repetiteur at the National Opera Studio
(London) |
|
September
2004 to July 2006 |
Student at
the Royal College of Music, postgraduate studies in
accompaniment (2004-05) and opera repetiteur (2005-06) |
|
September
2000 to July 2003 |
Chamber
music course at the Hochschule of Bern, Switzerland,
(with the
« T R I t O n » trio), with Peter Hörr, Bruno Canino,
Eva Zurbrügg, James Alexander and Konradin Brotbeck |
|
June 2000 |
Obtaining
the Superior Diploma in accompaniment
and
Obtaining a position as staff accompanist in Lausanne’s Conservatoire
(Switzerland)
|
|
September
1997 to July 2000 |
piano
Postgraduate Diploma studies with Jean-François Antonioli
and
Superior
Diploma studies in accompaniment with Béatrice Stoffel-Richoz, Jeannine
Gaudibert, Paulette Zanlonghi and Nathalie Steinberg in Lausanne’s
Conservatoire
|
|
June 1997 |
Teaching
Diploma: Final recitals – piano and chamber music “Yolande Dubois-Kaiser”
prize for the quality of the exams |
|
September
1990 to July 1997 |
studies in
Lausanne’s Conservatoire (Switzerland), with Mme Françoise Berkovits
|
Professional experience:
Accompaniment:
|
September 2000 to July 2004 |
Staff Accompanist in Lausanne’s
Conservatoire for the classes of:
|
Gary Magby |
vocal |
|
Katharina Begert |
vocal |
|
Hiroko Kawamishi |
vocal |
|
Erika Bill Geiger
|
vocal |
|
Gabriele Cassone |
trumpet |
|
Franck Sigrand
|
clarinet |
| Alain Garichot’s master-classes |
vocal |
| Conservatoire’s
choir |
|
|
Opera repetiteur:
|
May-June 2006 |
"L'Enfant et les Sortilèges"
and "L'Heure espagnole" by Ravel for the Royal College of
Music in London |
|
November 2005 |
“Die Fledermaus”
by J.
Strauss for the Royal College of Music in London |
|
May - June 2004 |
“Così fan Tutte”
by Mozart for the Royal College of Music in London, also accompanying the
recitatifs on fortepiano during the performances |
|
September 2002 to July 2004 |
Accompanist
of the opera-studio « Gioco Vocale » in Geneva, conducted by Pierre-André
Gamba and Magali Schwartz, for the operas “The Marriage of Figaro”
by Mozart, “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell, “The seven
deadly sins” and “Der Jasager” by Weill, “The
Telephone” by Menotti, performances of opera scenes and recitals…
|
|
November 2001
|
“Le Postillon de Longjumeau” (Adam),
conducted by Julien Laloux (in Lausanne)
|
|
March to May 2000 |
“Rigoletto”
(Verdi) at Lausanne’s opera house |
|
March to June 1998
|
“Les pêcheurs de perles” (Bizet)
conducted by Hervé Klopfenstein (in Lausanne) |
Chamber Music:
|
2000
to 2004 |
Member of the « T R I t
O n » trio, (violin-
cello- piano) with Rachel Kolly and
Teodor Brcko |
Competitions and scholarships :
|
May 2005 |
Violette
accompanist prize at the “Lies Askonas” competition (Royal College of Music) |
|
May 2005 |
Obtaining
a full scholarship from the Royal College of Music for the tuition fees in
2005-06 |
|
May 2001 |
Obtaining
a distinction at the Migros Scholarship for chamber music (with the « T R I
t O n » trio) |
|
February
1999 |
Obtaining
the scholarship of the “Swiss Musician Association” |
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