Sylviane Deferne

Sylviane Deferne (born 1965 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss pianist and musician.

Early musical education Deferne started studying the piano in the Geneva Conservatory of Music of her hometown of Geneva, and she soon won first prize of virtuosity with distinction.

Deferne has toured in Germany, France, Romania, Korea, Canada and various cities in Switzerland. She also plays chamber music; with the Trio Ceresio, which she joined in 2007, she regularly performs in Switzerland, and toured in Japan.

In May 2008, Deferne was invited to perform as a soloist with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland, with the Concerto No.1 by Frank Martin. She teaches classes of professional piano at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva in the Conservatories at Neuchâtel and Geneva.