About
Nicolas Comi was born in Geneva, Switzerland in March 2005. Totally devoted to classical music felt by heart, he has been playing the piano since the age of five. At the age of seven he performed his first concert and immediately captured the world’s attention as a child prodigy. Since 2017 he has played a number of famous piano concertos in concert halls in Geneva such as Victoria Hall and Palais de l’Athénée, and worked side by side with the world-famous Orchestre de Suisse Romande (OSR) as well as with the conductor Roberto Benzi. As a dedicated composer and a natural improviser, Nicolas also composed musics for silent movies. He is currently student in Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève.
Competitions
2022
Concours International Samson François (Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR)
Special Mention from the Jury
2021
Steinway Competition (Zürich, CH)
First Prize / Virtuoso Prize
2020
Vienne Classique (Geneva – CH)
First Prize with Jury’s Congratulations
« Sensitive and dynamic virtuoso,
his interpretations reach the most hardened hearts and soften them by the sheer force of their grace. »
Calendar 2023
March 29 – Palais de l’Athénée (Geneva, CH)
L. v. Beethoven
April 4,5 – Salle Franck Martin (Geneva, CH)
F. Chopin – Grande Polonaise brillante
June 13 – Cinéma du Grütli (Geneva, CH)
Silent Movie Composition – Poil de Carotte (Julien Duvivier)
September 17 – Temple de St-Gervais (Geneva, CH)
Festival ESPRIT SONOR – Réminiscence
October 7 – Victoria Hall (Geneva, CH)
S. Rachmaninoff – Concerto n° 1
November 2 – Salle Centrale (Geneva, CH)
Solo recital
November 26 – Salle Franz Liszt of Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (Geneva, CH)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto K466
December 24 – Victoria Hall (Geneva, CH)
Charity Concert
Press
« Nicolas Comi is a virtuoso musician who explains his gift as a kind of blessing. He offers us the image of a young person with a candid and wise personality »
– Jeanne Dirren, Canal 9
« Diligent, hardworking, passionate, able to nuance his interpretations, gifted for interpretation and composition. »
– Thomas Delclaud, Pianist
« The precision that matches a watchmaker from La Chaux-de-Fonds »
– Marianne Grosjean, Tribune de Genève
Contact
One – Integrative Art Promotion
nk.millius [at] 1-association.org
