Ellie Jasmine Bauwens, born in Basel in 2016 into a family of musicians, began playing the piano at the age of three with pianist and organist Margarita Lazareva (Gnessin Academy in Moscow). She began studying the harpsichord in 2022 with Vital Frey and benefited from the teaching of Vladimir Ashkenazy (competition scholarship in Lugano, 2024), as well as regular masterclasses and consultations with Stanislav Gadjiev, Elena Derzhavina, Anna Arzamanova and, since 2025, Ilya Scheps. She gave her first recital at the age of four and won her first international prize in 2022. Winner of 26 national and international piano and harpsichord competitions, she has won first prize at the Kronberg International Piano Competition (2025), second prize at the Steinway Competition (2025), the Grand Prix at the Glory International Piano Competition (2024) and first prize at the Swiss Youth Music Competition (2024). In 2024, she made her ensemble debut with the Camerata Cromatica in J.S. Bach’s Concerto in F minor, followed in 2025 by her orchestral debut in Mozart’s Concerto No. 23 with the Master Orchestra (Brescia). Invited to perform on RTS Espace 2 in 2024, she received the Talent Award from the Bachwochen Festival in Thun and the Young Excellence Award from Atelier Creatività in the same year. Ellie has performed in over 40 concerts in Switzerland and abroad and also composes (Bells of St-George, The Dream, Infinity Waltz). She has been a member of the Talents of Bern programme since 2023.
