Claire-Marie Le Guay (b. June 13, 1974 Paris) is a French classical pianist. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
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Early life
Le Guay began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon and Bruno Rigutto. Following her education in Paris, Le Guay continued her education with a variety of established teachers, including Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, Claude Frank, Alicia de Larrocha, Andreas Staier, György Sebök and Leon Fleisher. [1]
Accomplishments
1990 - First prize winner at the International Contest of Chamber Music of Portogruaro, Italy
1994 - Prize-winner at the Maria Canals competition, Barcelona
1994 - First prize winner at the ARD, Munich
1998 - Voted France's Young Musician of the Year
Le Guay has also been championed by Daniel Barenboim[2], who invited her to perform with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Daniel Barenboim (born November 15, 1942) is a pianist and conductor.
Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east Wigmore Hall is a leading international recital venue that specialises in hosting performances of Chamber music and is best known for classical recitals of piano song and instrumental
Current projects
Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume Haydn-Mozart series, to be released on the Universal Accord label. [3]
She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001. [4]
Recordings
- Bartók/Carter/Dutilleux - Sonatas (Universal Accord)
- Haydn-Mozart - Works for piano volume 1 (Universal Accord)
- Haydn-Mozart - Works for piano volume 2 (Universal Accord)
- Thierry Escaich - Orchestral Works (Universal Accord)
- Liszt - 12 Etudes d'exécution transendante (Universal Accord)
- Liszt - Concertos and Légendes (Universal Accord)
- Schumann - Kreisleriana op 16; Carnaval op 9 (Universal Accord)
- Stravinsky/Ravel - Petrushka; Daphnis et Chloé (Universal Accord)
Notes
- ^ Pianist Magazine, No. Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Henri Dutilleux (born January 22, 1916 in Angers France) is one of the most important French composers of the second half of the 20th century producing Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to 35
- ^ Pianist Magazine, No. 35
- ^ Pianist Magazine, No. 35
- ^ Pianist Magazine, No. 35
Source
- [1] Bio with photo
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