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2022-01-03 20:06:26
Hélène Grimaud is not just a deeply passionate and committed musical artist whose pianistic accomplishments play a central role in her life. She is a woman with multiple talents that extend far beyond the instrument she plays with such poetic expression and peerless technical control. The French artist has established herself as a committed wildlife conservationist, a compassionate human rights activist and as a writer. Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence and began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into the Paris
2021-02-27 02:50:29
Collectors are mostly likely to know pianist Pierre Barbizet (1922-1990) as violinist Christian Ferras’ accompanist. Indeed, nine of the 14 CDs making up Warner’s complete edition of Barbizet’s Erato and HMV recordings feature Ferras, and are part of Warner’s complete Ferras edition. That means you have to buy nine discs you already own in order […]
2020-08-27 20:16:43
Pianist Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in France, and she began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire at just 13 and won first prize in piano performance three years later. Here is music from Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto #2. Starts in this extract with the sad but healing Adagio Sostenuto, as played by Helene Grimaud. Be hopeful in that change is always with us. It just takes its sweet time occasionally…
2020-08-03 22:25:55
Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, France, and She began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire at just 13 and won first prize in piano performance just three years later. She continued to study with György Sándor and Leon Fleisher until, in 1987, she gave her well-received debut recital in Tokyo. That same year, renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim invited her to perform with the Orchestre de Paris: this marked the launch of Grimaud’s musical career, characterised ever since
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