Pianist

“The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.”

George Sand

Francisca Skoogh made her debut at the age of 13th with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and has since then established herself as one of Sweden´s foremost concert pianists. She made her studies with teachers like Romuald Sztern, Pascal Devoyon, Bohumila Jedlickova, Hans Pålsson and Dominique Merlet. She was the recipient of the prestigious ”Premier Prix” in both chamber music and piano at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris and the Soloist Diploma at The Royal Danish Music Conservatoire. Francisca has taken part in national and international competitions with great success and her main break-through took place when she was awarded the soloist prize in Stockholm 1998 which gave her a CD recording and a concert tour as prize. In 2000 she got 2nd prize of the Michelangeli Competition in Italy and several concert bookings in Italy followed on that.

Francisca´s CD recordings have received rave reviews. Her co-operation with the mezzo soprano Malena Ernman resulted in the CD “Songs in Season”, very warmly received both by press and audience.

Francisca Skoogh is a frequent guest at both national and international music festivals and as a soloist she appears regularly with most Swedish orchestras as well as internationally and she has co-operated with conductors like Okko Kamu, Heinz Wallberg, Leif Segerstam, Gianandrea Noseda and Pinchas Steinberg.

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The press:

”Her playing is big-boned, grandly sculptured, with taut rhythmic control and a rich sound.”

Tim Parry, Gramophone.

”A pianist worth watching!”

Jed Distler, Classical Music.

Francisca Skoogh debuterade vid 13 års ålder med Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester och har sedan dess etablerat sig som en av Sveriges främsta konsertpianister. Hon har studerat för en rad lärare såsom Romuald Sztern, Pascal Devoyon, Bohumila Jedlickova, Hans Pålsson och Dominique Merlet. Hon har erhållit det prestigefyllda ”Premier Prix” i både kammarmusik och piano vid Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris samt ”Solistdiplom” vid Det. kgl danske Musikkonservatorium. Under åren har Francisca deltagit framgångsrikt i nationella såsom internationella tävlingar. Det stora genombrottet skedde då hon vann ”Solistpriset” i Stockholm 1998 med CD-inspelning och turné som pris. I Michelangeli-tävlingen, Italien, år 2000, erhöll hon andra pris och blev därmed erbjuden en rad konsertengagemang.

Franciscas CD-inspelningar har fått strålande recensioner. Hennes samarbete med mezzosopranen Malena Ernman resulterade i CD: n ”Songs in Season”, en succé såväl hos kritiker som publik.

Francisca är årligen engagerad till ett flertal nationella samt internationella musikfestivaler.
Som solist har hon framträtt med de flesta svenska orkestrarna samt orkestrar utomlands under dirigenter som Okko Kamu, Heinz Wallberg, Leif Segerstam, Gianandrea Noseda, Tomas Dausgaard och Pinchas Steinberg.

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