User:Savika Cornu Zozor

Born into a family of artists, Savika Cornu Zozor developed her passion for music, visual arts and dance since she was four years old. She began her musical studies with piano teacher Anne-Marie Tabachnik, as well as singing lessons with Stéphanie Burkhard at the Lausanne Conservatory. At the age of fourteen, Savika made her first orchestral debut as a singer soloist under the baton of Michel Corboz, on the occasion of the Fêtes des Vignerons ‘91 at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne.

Winner of numerous Jecklin Musiktreffen and Jeunesses Musicales Suisses piano competitions, she became a laureate of the International Steinway Festival in Madrid, representing Switzerland.

For more than ten years, Savika studied with Maestro Fausto Zadra, actively involved in his Master Classes at the CIEM Mozart International Piano Foundation, as well as with the French pianist Monique Deschaussées. As a singer, she took part in Laura Sarti’s public opera courses at the Tibor Varga International Music Festival.

Her orchestral appearances as a solo pianist and singer have been at the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Victoria Hall and St-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, the Stravinski Auditorium in Montreux and the Paderewski hall in Lausanne, under the baton of Philippe Corboz, Alexis Chalier and Herbert Scherz.

Passionately fond of chamber music, Savika possesses a large repertoire of lieder and melodies, both as a pianist and soprano. Much appreciated as an accompanist, she was hired to play for several opera courses given by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama teachers in England and Italy.

Over the last ten years, attracted by the relevance and depth of certain contemporary texts, Savika has extended her repertoire by exploring other worlds, including French chanson and songwriting. Claude Lemesle wrote two texts for her during the production of her first album and she also collaborated on several titles with the lyricist Daniel Vaillant and the composer Nicolas Hafner.

In January 2012, Savika recorded arias from My Fair Lady and West Side Story at the Hilversum Muziekcentrum van de Omroep (MCO) radio studio, under the direction of Hendrik Jan Renes. In March 2012, Savika Cornu Zozor returned to the lyrical repertoire, performing arias by Beethoven, Donizetti, Puccini and Dvorak with the United Nations Orchestra, under the baton of Antoine Marguier at Geneva St. Pierre Cathedral, followed by the Victoria Hall in June, where she showed an uncommon ability to captivate audiences with an outstanding stage presence. This last performance was broadcasted live on Swiss Radio Espace 2.