| Suki Guerrier |
| Tuesday, 01 July 2008 | |
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In 2004, Ms. Guerrier attended the International Piano Festival in Merano, Italy. In 2005, she traveled to Frankfurt, Germany to work with Lev Natochenny at the Frankfurt Conservatory of Music. In 2007 she took part in the Beethoven Piano Festival in New York City. By invitation of Batofou and Cyto Cavé, Ms. Guerrier premiered at Fokal in Port-au-Prince Haiti in November 2007. The event sponsored by Fondation Fokal, Pluripharm, Proforma, Radio Métropole, Maison Valerio Canez and Lait Bongû was "a great success" according to Roland Léonard, critic for Le Nouvelliste. Ms. Guerrier was warmly welcomed as a daughter of Haiti. While in Haiti, she met with and had many musical discussions with the celebrated pianist Micheline Laudun Denis. Her long-term goal is to one day record the music of some of the great Haitian classical composers such as Ludovic Lamothe, Justin Elie and Carmen Brouard (whose complete bio and discography have yet to be written and/or published online) and to make their works internationally known. The realization of this upcoming concert is a reflection of her journey in Haiti. Ms. Guerrier is currently pursuing her Master's degree under the guidance of Stephanie Brown and Margaret Kempmeier. She also holds a teaching fellowship at the Purchase Conservatory of Music. In May 2008, she concluded a year-long program "Africa & The African Diaspora: Traditions, Revolutions & Innovations" of the works of Ludovic Lamothe and Carmen Brouard. |
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Suki Guerrier, born in the United States of Haitian parentage, began her study of the piano at the age of five and was a recitalist and competition winner by her double digits. She has studied with Dorothy Taubman, Lev Natochenny at the Manhattan School of Music, Antonio Fermin of The Julliard School of Music and with Arpi Tchiroyan. She attended the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts while boarding at Walnut Hill School of the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts. As a member of the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Quartet, she participated in four master classes with world-renown pianist André Watts.