Aldo Ciccolini (born August 15, 1925), is a French pianist of Italian origin. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He was born in Naples where he began his career playing at the Theater San Carlo at the age of 16. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the In 1949, he won the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud competition in Paris. Marguerite Long ( November 13, 1874 - February 13, 1966) was a French pianist Jacques Thibaud ( September 27, 1880 - September 1, 1953) was a French Violinist. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city He became a French citizen in 1969 and taught at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1970 to 1988 (His students are Akiko Ebi, Géry Moutier, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Artur Pizzaro, Nicholas Angelich). The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe
Ciccolini is a celebrated interpreter and advocate of the piano music of the French composers Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Erik Satie as well as that of less prominent composers such as Déodat de Séverac, Jules Massenet, Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Alexis de Castillon. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and Déodat de Séverac ( Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, Haute-Garonne, July 20, 1872 &ndash Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Charles-Valentin Alkan ( November 30 1813 &ndash March 29 1888) was a French Composer and one of the greatest Virtuoso
Ciccolini is also known for his playing of the music of Franz Liszt. He has made more than a hundred recordings for EMI-Pathé Marconi and other record companies, including the complete sonata cycles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Beethoven, and the complete piano works of Erik Satie. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and
On 9 December 1999 Ciccolini celebrated a career in France spanning 50 years with a recital at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (ʃɑ̃zeliˈze) is the most prestigious avenue in Paris.
In 2002 Ciccolini was awarded the Diapason d'or for his recording of the entire solo piano works of Janacek for Abeille Music and Robert Schumann for Cascavelles. Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic His complete sonata cycle of Beethoven was re-published under Cascavelle label in 2006. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist.