DOMINIC CHAMOT – SWITZERLAND/GERMANY (29)

Dominic Chamot was born in Cologne in 1995. He has won over 30 prizes and awards to date, making him one of the most successful pianists of his generation. Most recently, he won first prize and the audience award at the Viotti Competition (Italy) in 2023. He has studied with Professor Sheila Arnold in Cologne and with Claudio Martinez-Mehner in Basel. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Specialised Performance (Soloist) with top grades and honors, and at the end of his studies with Zoltan Fejervari, he also won the award for the best recital of the year at the renowned Basel Music Academy.

He has played concerts in over 15 countries on four continents, recently performing multiple times at the Berlin Philharmonie and playing with the WDR Symphony Orchestra as a soloist at the Cologne Philharmonie. After these successes, further invitations followed from orchestras throughout Germany, as well as the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, ORF Symphony Orchestra Vienna, and the Basel Symphony Orchestra among others. He has collaborated with conductors including Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Cornelius Meister, Joseph Bastian, and others.

He is also in high demand as a chamber musician. He is invited repeatedly to festivals (Gstaad, Davos, Schwetzinger Mozartfest, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival), and performs regularly with musicians from Switzerland’s top orchestras (Tonhalle Zurich, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, and Basel Symphony Orchestra, among others). Mr. Chamot has released a duo CD with Sérgio Pires, principal clarinetist of the London Symphony Orchestra. Other chamber music partners include Kian Soltani, Sirena Huang, Lisa Jacobs, Joe Christophe, Anna Agafia Egholm, and many more.