Marisa Gupta - Piano

Born of Thai and Indian parentage, pianist Marisa Gupta made her debut as a soloist with the Houston Symphony and is the recipient of numerous awards, including top prizes at the Concours Maria Canals (Barcelona), the Viotti Competition (Vercelli, Italy), Corpus Christi and Kingsville International Music Competitions, a Solti Foundation Award, a Fulbright scholarship, and 1st prize at the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloists' Competition (UK). Recognised as a scholar, she was a finalist in the BBC New Generations Thinker’s Scheme, an Edison Visiting Fellow at the British Library and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Marisa has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at some of the world’s great venues including the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Palau de la Musica (Barcelona), South Bank Centre, King’s Place, The Bridgewater Hall, LSO St. Luke’s, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Ateneul Român, LACMA, Zipper Hall, Tokyo Opera City, Munegetsu Hall (Nagoya), and other venues throughout Europe, Japan, and the USA. Broadcasts include appearances on BBC Radio 3, BBC TV4, Radio 4 (Netherlands), Radio Catalunya, KUHF (Houston) and KUSC. She has appeared as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, and many others. Festival appearances include Ravinia, the City of London Festival, Three Choirs, Prussia Cove, Yellow Barn, and Rockport.

She has worked closely with a number of composers, notably Jörg Widmann, Philippe Hersant, Brett Dean, David Matthews and at IRCAM. Marisa has given the US and UK premieres of works by Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (Durand), European premieres of major works by Aaron Jay Kernis and Ned Rorem at the Wigmore Hall, and the world premiere of Rhapsodie by Philippe Hersant. Prominent chamber music partners include Stephen Kovacevich, Nicolas Dautricourt, Philippe Graffin, Anthony Marwood, members of the Berlin Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, and many others.

Marisa studied at London’s Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She also received the Diplôme de Soliste from the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève in Switzerland.