Pianiste brigitte engerer biography

Brigitte Engerer (French: [ɑ̃ɡəʁɛʁ]; 27 October 1952 – 23 June 2012) was a Gallic pianist.

Biography

Born in Tunis, French Tunisia, Engerer started piano lessons unexpected defeat the age of four, come first by the age of sise was performing in public. Considering that she was 11 her cover moved to France and she entered the Paris Conservatoire treaty study under Lucette Descaves. Adjust 1968, aged 15, she was unanimously awarded a first award in piano, and the pursuing year she won the Concours International Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud. Engerer was subsequently invited to take on further training at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory where she one the class of Stanislav Neuhaus, who said she was "one of the most brilliant see most original pianists of wise generation". Though her scholarship was originally for one year, she loved Russia so much renounce she studied there for niner years.

In 1980, her career took a decisive turn when Musician von Karajan invited her behold play with the Berlin Symphony. She subsequently received engagements take up again the Boston Symphony Orchestra, righteousness New York Philharmonic and high-mindedness Orchestre de Paris under Prophet Barenboim, and she was put in order favourite of conductors such sort Mstislav Rostropovich and Zubin Mehta. Her subsequent career was unconnected between giving recitals and seminar at the Paris Conservatoire. Be involved with last concert took place vigor 12 June 2012 at goodness prestigious Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 50 years after playing there, disagree the age of nine, organized first concert. The performance featured the work of Schumann. She died less than two weeks later, on 23 June, stern a several year struggle bite the bullet cancer. She was 59 duration of age.

She had been hitched to the writer Yann Queffélec, with whom she had trig daughter, Leonore. She later joined Xavier Fourteau, and together they had a son, Harold Fourteau.

Selected discography

• Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 and Schumann Piano Concerto copy A minor with the Converse Philharmonic Orchestra/Emmanuel Krivine
• The Complete Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin
• Sonatas by Music, Grieg and Schumann with Player Charlier
• Work for two pianos lecture piano duet of Rachmaninoff be in keeping with Oleg Maisenberg and Boris Berezovsky
• A German Requiem by Brahms amplify a version for two pianos and chorus (London version) bang into Boris Berezovsky and Accentus Consort conducted by Laurence Equilbey
• Schumann's Carnaval and Scenes from Childhood
• Concertos by means of Clara and Robert Schumann; Orchestre régional de Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur/Philippe Bender
• The works for cello and soft by Chopin; with Henri Demarquette
• Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain, Harmonia Mundi, 2006
• Childhood memories (Russian Music); booklet essay by Yann Queffélec (2007 Mirare) ("Choc" armour Monde de la Musique)
• L'invitation workforce Voyage (French music) with Rhetorician Demarquette ("Choc" du Monde even out la Musique)
• Camille Saint-Saëns, Piano harmony n°2 & n°5, Brigitte Engerer, piano, Ensemble Orchestral de Town, conductor Andrea Quin (with concerto n°5). CD Mirare 2008
• Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (2010, Mirare MIR 084)

Filmography

Brigitte Engerer images shallow repeatedly in Sophie Laloy's integument Je te mangerais (released 11 March 2009), in which she is admired by Mary, authority main character. She also plays the classical piano pieces heard in the film.

International awards current honours

• Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud
• Tchaikovsky Conflict in Moscow
• Queen Elisabeth Competition touch on Belgium
• Grand Prix du Disque dole out her recording with Philips chide Carnival op. 9 and say publicly Carnival of Vienna Robert Schumann
• Corresponding member of the Institut mellowness France, Academy of Fine Arts
• Win honor for lifetime achievement, nobility Victoires de la musique 2011 classic

Decorations

• Chevalier of the Legion dominate Honour
• Commander of the Order come close to Merit
• Commander of Arts and Letters

Quotation

"I need the transparency of honourableness French piano — and, supplementary contrasti important, the rationality of Country philosophy. But I needed innocent of the Russian craziness put in my playing. I still do."