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MIRETTE HANNA
Joined the Cairo Conservatory at the age of seven where she studied with the Egyptian pianist Marcelle MATTA, and where she received her Bachelor degree in 2010.
Studied afterwards in Conservatoire de Montpellier with the pianist Pascal Jourdan, then in Conservatoire de Lyon with the pianist Alain Jacquon.
Thanks to the Foundation “Oeuvre St. Justin” in Fribourg, Switzerland, she obtained a scholarship to continue her studies with the Austrian pianist Gottlieb Wallisch at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, where she obtained her Master’s degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy in 2014.
Mirette received several local prizes in Egypt as well as international prizes such as: the 1st Prize in “Les Joutes Supérieures des Adhémar” competition in Montelimar, France April 2011, under the artistic supervision of the Pianist Teresa Llacuna; and the absolute 1st prize of category “B” ex-aequo at the Roma Piano Competition organized by the association “Fredyryk Chopin” directed by the Italian pianist Marcella Crudelli in 2013.
She performed many concerts as chamber musician and as a soloist in solo recitals or with orchestras in Cairo, Alexandria, Montpellier, Paris, Lyon, Rome, Fribourg, Geneva, Neuchatel, Savonlinna, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Miami.
Participated in many master classes with great musicians like Menahem Pressler, Philippe Entremont, Idil Biret, Trio Wanderer, Ralf Gothoni, Denis Pascal, Andrzej Jasinski, and others.
In 2019 she finished her doctoral studies under the mentorship of pianist Kevin Kenner and received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of Miami.
She currently holds a position of Associate Professor at her former Alma Mater, Cairo Conservatory.