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Véronique Bonnecaze graduated from the Bordeaux Conservatoire aged 14 with the highest grades. She was then admitted to the Paris Conservatoire where she obtained a First Prize in piano and chamber music. She completed her training at the Julliard School of New York. She won prizes or was a finalist in many international piano competitions among which Geneva, Mavi Marcoz, Chopin Palma de Majorca, Pescara, Jaen… She gave frequent solo recitals and concerts with orchestra in France (Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Théâtre de l’Athénee, etc…), in Austria (Salzburg Mozarteum), Germany, Switzerland (Geneva Victoria Hall), United States (Weill Hall, New York) but also in Belgium, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, Greece, Japan, etc… In her core repertory, she has particular fondness for masterworks of Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Debussy and Ravel. Her recording of Chopin’s 24 Études was praised by critics. For the composer’s bicentenary in 2010, Véronique Bonnecaze recorded a CD of some of his last works. In addition to her activities as a concert pianist, Véronique Bonnecaze is the artistic director of “Harmonies du Soir”, a series of piano recitals held at the Plaza Athénée Hotel in Paris, under the patronage of Fazioli pianos. |
