Born to a Viennese family of musicians, Gottlieb Wallisch studied in Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts and later graduated with distinction from the class of Heinz Medjimorec. He has participated in masterclasses given by Oleg Maisenberg and Dmitrij Bashkirov, and studied with Pascal Devoyon in Berlin and with Jacques Rouvier in Paris. Wallisch is a prize winner of several international piano competitions, amongst which is the 1st Prize and the “Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich” at The Stravinsky Awards (USA). He was also a finalist both at the 1999 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels and at the XXI Concours Clara Haskil in Vevey in 2005.

Besides his soloistic activities Wallisch is a passionate performer of chamber music and serves as professor for piano at the Geneva University of Music and as visiting professor at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. He was named a "Steinway Artist" in early 2012.

Wallisch visits the Conservatory from the Geneva University of Music for a weeklong exchange with Associate Professor Albert Tiu.

Programmes:

1. Beethoven
   Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 22
    
2. Beethoven
   Six Bagatelles, Op. 126
    
3. Schubert
   Four Impromptus, D935 (Op. posth. 142)