Cathy Krier has been chosen “Rising Star” by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) for the season 2015/16. In this context she performed, among others, a piece written especially for her by the renowned German composer Wolfgang Rihm. Her international concert engagements include performances in the United States and major European concert venues.
In 2014 Cathy released a CD, dedicated to Musica ricercata by György Ligeti and the Pièces de clavecin by Jean-Philippe Rameau, that was recognized as a recording of reference (Wiener Zeitung). Her latest CD Debussy & Szymanowski has been released in autumn 2017 on CAvi-music.
"Cathy Krier, à l'exemple d'une Marcelle Meyer, ne sépare pas la musique de Rameau de celle d'aujourd'hui, qu'elle discerne les fils rouges qui, échappant au temps, relient en dépit des siècles et des frontières des territoires en apparence étrangers ou inconciliables." - Télérama
"Was Krier technisch vermag, wäre schon für sich genommen bewunderungswürdig. Aber erst, wie sie den Nervensträngen dieser Musik nachspürt, macht sie zu der bedeutenden Interpretin, als die sie zu gelten hat. Sensationell und unbedingt hörenswert!" - Wiener Zeitung
"Cathy Krier verzaubert durch Intelligenz." - Crescendo
"Cathy Krier, dix doigts magiques." - La Croix
"Cathy Krier sait rendre riche et jusqu'à la saturation des émotions un piano qui revendique, parfois, le luxe de ne pas être beau." - Pianiste
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Elected “ECHO Rising Star” for the 2015/2016 season, Luxembourg pianist Cathy Krier has enjoyed great success in the most prestigious concert halls in Europe. Her programmes, combining classical and modern periods and featuring works by Rameau, Schubert, Ravel and Berg, as well as a piece specially written for her by the German composer Wolfgang Rihm, were highly praised.
Cathy Krier has been invited to the BOZAR in Brussels, the Barbican Centre in London, the Philharmonie 2 in Paris, the Sage Gateshead, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Palace of Arts (Müpa) in Budapest, the Konserthus in Stockholm, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonic in Cologne, the Casa da Musica in Porto, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Town Hall in Birmingham, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Recently, she collaborated with choreographer Elisabeth Schilling for a dance-concert/concert-dance of Ligeti’s Études pour piano, which will be performed at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Kunstfest Weimar and Mosel Musikfestival. In spring 2021, Cathy will release a new recording with Ligeti’s 18 virtuous études.
The release of her latest album Masques devoted to the music of Debussy and Szymanowski, released under the CAvi label/partnership France Musique in September 2017, aroused the enthusiasm of the international press. Earlier, her recording of Musica ricercata by György Ligeti and the Pièces de clavecin by Jean-Philippe Rameau (CAvi-music/Deutschlandfunk) has been recognized as a recording of reference (Wiener Zeitung). Acclaimed by critics for its originality and richness, her previous album featuring the piano works of Leoš Janácek has been awarded the “Coup de Cœur” by France Musique and the “Pianiste Maestro” by the French magazine Pianiste.
Besides regular appearances at the Philharmonie Luxembourg and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Cathy’s international concert engagements include performances at venues across Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Andorra, China, and the United States. Among others, she was invited to the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris, the festival “1001 Notes” in Limoges, the festival “Nuits d’été à Pausilippe” in Naples, the Klavier-Fest Ruhr in Essen, the Leipziger Klaviersommer and the Mendelssohn-Haus, Summerclassics Festival and Pianoplus Bonn, Liepaja Piano Stars Festival, the Midi-Minimes Festival in Brussels, the Sint-Peter Festival in Louvain, the Spaziomusica Festival in Cagliari, and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Furthermore, she has played on several occasions with The Berlin Philharmonic String Quintet and has been on tour in Colombia.
In 2005, Cathy Krier participated in the inauguration of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, where she presented a four-handed concert alongside Cyprien Katsaris. In 2007, she took part in the official inauguration of “Luxembourg and the Greater Region – European Capital of Culture.”
Born in Luxembourg in 1985, Cathy Krier began her piano studies at the age of 5 at the Conservatoire de musique de Luxembourg, where she is a professor herself since 2018. In 1999, she was admitted to Pavel Gililov’s virtuosity class at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. In 2000, she recorded Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major with the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Jans. In 2003, Cathy Krier received the Norbert Stelmes Prize awarded by the Jeunesses Musicales du Luxembourg. In 2004, he was awarded the IKB International Foundation Prize.
