Cosima Soulez Lariviere

23 December 1996

France / Netherlands

Ms Soulez Larivière, born in 1996, has been playing the violin since the age of three. When she was eight, she was awarded a scholarship to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she became Nathasha Boyarsky’s student. She is currently studying at the Musik Hochschule in Hanover, Germany, with Krzysztof Wegrzyn. She has performed in concert halls in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria and Japan. In 2010, Ms Soulez Larivière was finalist in the International Spohr Competition in Weimar, Germany. In 2015, she obtained the 3rd and the Bach prize at the Postacchini Competition. She has participated in masterclasses with Zakhar Bron, Dora Schwarzberg, Lewis Kaplan, Zvi Zeitlin and Dmitri Berlinsky. She was awarded the Deutschlandstipendium in 2016.

Repertoire:

Preliminary

Bartók: Rhapsody No. 2, BB 96c – 2. Allegro moderato (Friss)

J. S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 – 2. Fuga

Semi-final

Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84

Final

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

Grand Final

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61