Pierre Amoyal

Pierre Amoyal

Pierre Amoyal is well known to music lovers. When He was only twelve years old, he completed his studies at the Paris Conservatory with a First Prize. The prodigy then left for Los Angeles to study with the legendary Jascha Heifetz. The two spent five intense years together, culminating in chamber music concerts and recordings with cellist Gregor Piatigorski. He was the youngest musician ever to be nominated as a professor at the Paris Conservatory. Following his move to Switzerland, he took up a teaching post at the Lausanne Conservatory and now teaching at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. He is a very touching example of a virtuoso whose exceptional talents neither diminished his love of hard work, nor development of the most essential human qualities.