Biography
Laura Chihaia starts attending piano lessons at the age of 5 and pursues a classical piano training with respected teachers such as Verona Maier, Grigory Gruzman and Ronald Brautigam. It’s only towards the end of her studies that she improvises for the first time and continues working with Malcolm Braff, Guillermo Klein and Jorge Rossy, developing a sense for improvisation and composition likewise. As a soloist, devoted chamber musician and improviser she performs in Switzerland, Romania, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Spain and Mexico in classical venues like the Stadtcasino Basel and Konzerthaus Berlin, as well as jazz clubs like Bird’s Eye Basel. Her wish for a greater, more unified art form developed into interdisciplinary collaborations with the Bundesjugendballett Hamburg, the Theater Basel in the production „Das Grosse Heft“, directed by Tilmann Köhler and a collaboration with artist Sebastian Schachinger with performances at Art Basel, Kunsthaus Baselland, Zimmermannhaus Brugg und La Kunsthalle Mulhouse. At this point in time she carries a busy concert schedule, with programmes varying from solo classical piano recitals, over contemporary chamber music to interdisciplinary projects and free jazz improvisation. Through her constant care for the space within the sounds, the brilliant playing and raw spontaneity, Laura Chihaia offers a subjective confrontation with time, form and their perception and always inspires her audience with her unique musical expressiveness and virtuosity.