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Trio Est (Fanny Söderström, piano, Abel Puustinen, violin, Anna Westerlund, cello) wins the third prize in international Ilmari Hannikainen piano chamber music competition 2020! During the competition they played L. van Beethoven: Piano trio B flat major op.11, M. Ravel: Trio a minor, Lotta Wennäkoski: Päärme and Martinu: Triple Concerto with Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Ville Matvejeff.
For more information: https://kesmes.fi/musiikkikilpailut-2019-ja-2020/ilmari-hannikainen-pianokamarimusiikkikilpailu-28-2-5-3-2020/palkinnot-the-prizes/
Fanny Söderström has been chosen among the top 6 pianists in the international Brahms Piano Competition. The competition was held in the beginning of October 2019 in Detmold, Germany. In Söderström’s program besides Johannes Brahms was music from Alban Berg, Henri Dutilleux, Ludwig van Beethoven, G.F. Händel and Clara Schumann.
Fanny Söderström has been awarded in the Helmi Vesa Piano Competition. Söderström’s programme included Alexander Scriabin, Henri Dutilleux and Clara Schumann. Helmi Vesa Competition has been arranged since 1985.
More information: https://www.uniarts.fi/uutishuone/helmi-vesa-pianokilpailun-palkinnot-jaettu-0?fbclid=IwAR3JSKCq6vn7b2FwRdrmutsq8ITSQkxoctbZ2OLs7xZAgzrjIY1nPkiwzy4
The Tempo Awards were established in 2018 by Radio Classic, Finland’s only radio station dedicated to classical music, for gifted young classical musicians and composers living in Finland.
The Tempo Awards winners will be announced during the Tempo Gala Concert at the Helsinki Music Centre’s Concert Hall on Saturday March 2, 2019.
Go vote for Fanny here: http://tempoawards.fi/en/nominees/
Soprano Iida Antola and pianist Fanny Söderström won 2nd prize at the Helsinki Lied competition on 28/10/2018. There were three rounds altogether, and the duo performed music by Saariaho, Wolf, Messiaen, Ullman, Brahms and Schubert. More informastion available from the Helsinki Conservatory website: https://www.konservatorio.fi/helsinki-lied/helsinki-lied-2018-kilpailun-tulokset/
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Biography
Fanny Söderström (b.1993) is a multi-talented young pianist. She is comfortable both as soloist and as chamber musician, and also enjoys working lied and opera. Söderström’s repertoire embraces works from the beginning of the 1700s, to premieres of new works.
In 2017, Söderström achieved success at the Tampere Piano Competition (shared 2nd prize). In chamber music she achieved succes when she won the second prize in the Helsinki Lied-competition together with her singer in 2018 and when she won the third prize with her trio at Ilmari Hannikainen piano chamber music competition in 2020.
Söderström performs regularly as solist and chamber musician all around Finland. She has performed f.e. with Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Saimaa Sinfonietta and Tampere Filharmonia and given concerts f.e. at the Mänttä music festival, Eurajoki bel canto-festival, Viitasaari Time of Music, PianoEspoo and the Eloa festival. In the spring 2022 she made her debut as solist of Radio Symphony Orchestra together with violinist Otto Antikainen and cellist Senja Rummukainen playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Also active internationally, she has performed all around China as well as in Scandinavia, central Europe and Canada. Söderström is the artistic director of Toivakka Chamber Music Festival together with flutist Aapo Järvinen.
Söderström has studied at Sibelius Academy with prof. Tuija Hakkila and Antti Hotti. She also studied under prof. Björn Lehmann at Berlin University of the Arts and graduated from there in 2022.
Söderström’s career and development are generously supported by the Pro Musica foundation, the Paulo foundation, the Finnish Culture Fund, the Swedish Culture Foundation, Helene och Walter Grönqvists and the Sibelius Academy.
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