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Rachel Kolly d'Alba (Rachel Elise Marie-Claude Kolly) was born on 21 May, 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a Rachel Kolly born 21 May 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is violinist violinist. Discover Rachel Kolly d'Alba's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

Popular As Rachel Elise Marie-Claude Kolly
Occupation Violinist
Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 May 1981
Birthday 21 May
Birthplace Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality Switzerland

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1732

Rachel Kolly plays a violin by Antonio Stradivari built in 1732.

Kolly has premiered many new works by such composers as Tristan Murail, Éric Gaudibert, Frederic Perreten, Valentin Villard, Fréderic Danel, Marco Attila, Katrin Frauchiger, Jonas Kocher, and Brice Catherin, among others.

1981

Rachel Kolly (formerly performing as Rachel Kolly d'Alba), born 21 May 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a Swiss violinist.

Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at the age of five.

Kolly took her first violin and piano lessons at the age of five.

She studied at the Lausanne Conservatory where she received, at the age of 15, her diplomas for teaching the violin and for chamber music.

She continued her studies at the University for Music and Drama in Berne in the class of the Slovenian violinist and teacher Igor Ozim.

In addition to her violin studies, she studied orchestration with Jean Balissat, composition with Michael Jarrell in Geneva and contemporary chamber music with Bruno Canino.

She also took master classes with (Bloomington), Thomas Kakuska (Alban Berg Quartett), Thomas Brandis, Hansheinz Schneeberger, and Ivry Gitlis.

Considered one of the most successful Swiss soloists and recognized internationally, Kolly made her debut as a soloist at the age of twelve.

She has appeared recently as a soloist with orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the BBC Philharmonic, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, the Real Orquesta Seville, the Berne Chamber Orchestra, the Jenaer Philharmonie, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the National Symphony Orchestra of Lithuania, the Bienne Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the Biel Symphonic Orchestra, and the Orchestre de Chambre Fribourgeois, and has worked with conductors such as François-Xavier Roth, Pascal Rophé, John Axelrod, Dmitri Kitayenko, Daniel Kawka, Laurent Gendre, Kaspar Zehnder, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Zsolt Nagy, Hervé Klopfenstein, and Marc Kissoczy among others.

Kolly is regularly invited to play at renowned festivals such as Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Festival de Divonne, Festival Violon sur le Sable in Royan, Festival Beethoven in Chicago, Internazionale Festival di Musica in Este, Contemporary Music Festival Yerevan, Festival Schleswig Holstein, Festival de Menton, Encuentros and Mozarteum at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Chilean Sigall, International Festival of Flanders and Murten Classics.

2006

Married to an Australian businessman, she has a daughter born in 2006.

Her interests include writing, literature and travel.

A keen supporter of humanitarian causes, Kolly is an Ambassador for Handicap International.

2010

In 2010 Kolly became the first Swiss musician to record for the Warner Music Group, signing worldwide with the major label Warner Classics.

Her first CD with the label, Passion Ysaÿe, presenting the six violin sonatas by composer Eugène Ysaÿe, received unanimous praise in the international press.

2011

Her next release, as soloist with conductors Jean-Jacques Kantorow and John Axelrod, entitled French Impressions, features music for violin and orchestra by Saint-Saëns, Chausson, Ravel and Ysaÿe, and was released on the same label in October 2011.

2012

French Impressions won Best Recording of the Year in the Concerto category at the prestigious International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2012.

Kolly won in a field of 215 nominees from classical music and recording reviews.

Rachel Kolly's third Warner Classics release, American Serenade, features works by American composers Gershwin, Bernstein and Waxman with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conducted by Axelrod.

Released worldwide in October 2012, it was rated five stars in the French magazine Diapason and in the BBC magazine, received the "Supersonic" award from the magazine Pizzicato, and was immediately nominated for the same ICMA award in 2013.

In March 2012, she traveled to Cambodia for her first mission.

She is an honorary citizen of the city of Asunción (Paraguay) in recognition of her work with children with AIDS, her three consecutive seasons with the orchestra of the city of Asunción, and her masterclasses for the National Sonidos de la Tierra Program.

2013

Season 2013/14 included concerts as a soloist with major orchestras around the world such as Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

2014

Kolly debuted at the Wigmore Hall in London in 2014.

2015

Her following recording, Fin de siècle, was released in February 2015, presenting works by Chausson and Franck.

2017

In September 2017, Kolly was awarded the Music Prize of the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland).

Lyrical Journey was released in September 2017 and presents works by Richard Strauss and Guillaume Lekeu.

2018

It was nominated for an ICMA Award as best CD of the year 2018 in the chamber music category, receiving a Supersonic Award and 5 stars in the French Diapason magazine.

Rachel Kolly lives in Porrentruy and Basel, Switzerland.