Nora Cismondi
Oboe Jury 2021
Biography
Having graduated with first prizes for oboe and chamber music from the CNSM in Paris with J.L. Capezzali, Jacques Tys and David Walter, Nora Cismondi perfected her musical studies with Maurice Bourgue. A winner of many international competitions, including Printemps de Prague (2001), Toulon (2002), ARD Munich (2003) and Sony Music Foundation Tokyo (2006), she regularly appears as a soloist in major European venues. She was nominated “Révélation Classique de l’Adami” in 2005 at Midem in Cannes.
After seven seasons at the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Nora Cismondi joined the Orchestre National de France in 2006 as Principal Oboe. She is a regular guest of prestigious orchestras (Munich BR, London LSO, Santa Cecilia in Rome) and renowned ensembles, such as the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra or the European Chamber Orchestra, allowing her to perform under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Valéry Gergiev, Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
After earning her teaching degree in 2006, she has regularly given masterclasses across Europe and Asia and in 2012, was appointed the oboe class at the Conservatoire supérieur de Paris. In 2018, she was named Assistant Professor at the CNSM in Paris and was appointed Principal Oboe of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
In addition to Geneva, Nora Cismondi is to sit on juries of international competitions, such as IDRS 2021 and the John and Evelyn Barbirolli Competition on the Isle of Wight in 2023.
Events
OBOE COMPETITION 2021 : FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA
Friday 29 October | 7:00 PM, Victoria Hall, Geneva
Louis Baumann, 26 years old, France
Hinako Takagi
L’Instant, for solo oboe and ensemble
Zhiyu Sandy Xu, 28 years old, Australia
Daniel Arango Prada
Dune, for solo oboe and ensemble
Natalie Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela
D. Arango Prada
Dune, for solo oboe and ensemble
---- intermission -----
Louis Baumann, 26 years old, France
Richard Strauss
Concerto Op. 144 for oboe & orchestra
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Vivace
Zhiyu Sandy Xu, 28 years old, Australia
Richard Strauss
Concerto Op. 144 for oboe & orchestra
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Vivace
Natalie Auli, 26 ans, Venezuela
Richard Strauss
Concerto Op. 144 for oboe & orchestra
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Vivace
With the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Douglas Boyd
OBOE COMPETITION 2021: SEMI-FINAL ROUND (SESSIONS 3 & 4)
Tuesday 26 October | 4 PM / 7 PM, Salle Franz Liszt, Geneva Conservatoire
SESSION 3, 4PM
Mr. Christopher KOPPITZ, Portugal
, 28 years old
Piano : Sylvie BARBERI
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- CPE Bach : Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
- P. Haas: Suite Op. 27
- A. Jolivet : Serenade for oboe and piano
Mr. Alexander KRIMER, Germany
, 25 years old
Piano : Véronique GOUDIN-LEGER
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- CPE Bach : Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
- T. Hosokawa : Spell Song
- A. Pasculli: Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera "La Favorita" di Donizetti
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
SESSION 4, 7pm
Ms Natalia AULI, Venezuela , 26 years old
Piano : Aya ISHIHARA
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Goûts Réunis: Concert N°14 in D minor
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- M. Dranishnikova: Poeme
- Pierre Sancan : Sonatine
- B. Maderna : Solo per Oboe
Ms Yijea HAN, South Korea
, 25 years old
Piano : Imani KIMIKO
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
Électronique : David Poissonnier
- A. Vivaldi : Oboe sonata in C minor, RV 53
- S. Nemtsov : Interludium for oboe and electronics
- K. Slavicky: Suite for oboe and piano
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
OBOE COMPETITION 2021: SEMI-FINAL ROUND (SESSIONS 1 & 2)
Monday 25 October | 4 PM / 7 PM, Salle Franz Liszt, Geneva Conservatoire
SESSION 1, 4PM
Piano : Sylvie BARBERI
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- CPE Bach : Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
- J. Agrell : Blues for DD for solo oboe
- A. Jolivet: Serenade for oboe and piano
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
Mr. Gabriel PIDOUX, France, 25 years old
Piano : Véronique GOUDIN-LEGER
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Concerts Royaux: Concert N°7 in G minor
- H. Holliger :Studie II for solo oboe
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- A. Pasculli: Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera "La Favorita" di Donizetti
SESSION 2, 7pm
Mr. Louis BAUMANN, France, 26 years old
Piano : Sylvie BARBERI
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Gouts Réunis: Concert N°11 in C minor
- T. Escaich :Cantus III for solo oboe
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- P. Sancan: Sonatine
Mr. Zhiyu Sandy XU, Australia , 28 years old
Piano : Madoka ITO
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Gouts Réunis: Concert N°11 in C minor
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- K. Slavicky:Suite for oboe and piano
- J. Agrell :Blues for D.D
OBOE COMPETITION 2021
ONLINE RECITAL: 13-19 SEPTEMBER 2021
32 oboists aged 19 to 39 from 19 nationalities have been selected to participate in the 75th Geneva International Music Competition, section Oboe. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the first part of the 2021 Competition is held online. Selected candidates had until August 15th to submit their video recordings of the Online Recital, which will be streamed virtually from 13-19 September 2021 on www.concoursgenve.ch, YouTube and Facebook. Results will be announced on Sunday 19 September, 1:00 PM (GMT+2).
> See online recital broaecasting schedule
PROGRAMME ONLINE RECITAL
- One piece with piano by Robert or Clara Schumann:
- R. Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 94
- R. Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
- R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for oboe d’amore and piano
- C. Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 22
- One modern piece with piano from the following list:
- B. Britten: Temporal Variations
- F. Poulenc: Sonata
- A. Dorati: Duo Concertante
- N. Skalkottas: Concertino
- P. Haas: Suite
- H. Dutilleux: Sonata
- R. Casadesus: Sonata, Op. 23
- P. Hindemith: Sonata for English horn
- One contemporary work for solo oboe from the following list:
- I. Yun Piri
- N. Castiglioni: Aleph
- L. Berio: Sequenza VII
- E. Carter: Inner Song
- B. Maderna: Solo
- D. Wen: Traces III
- H. Holliger: Studie über Mehrklänge
- One piece at free choice (with or without piano)