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Eric Heidsieck plays Debussy "Les Fées sont d'exquises danseuses"

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Channel: gullivior · 2010 · Music

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from Préludes Livre II - No. 4  

Éric Heidsieck (Piano)
 
Born: August 21, 1936 - Reims, France
 
The French pianist, Éric Heidsieck, gave his first recital at the age of 9 in Reims and his first concert with orchestra a year later. In 1954, he finished the class of Marcel Ciampi in the first place; then took his first lessons with Alfred Cortot at l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Parallel to that, he attended the courses of Wilhelm Kempff on Beethoven in Positano.

In 1959, Éric Heidsieck obtained the Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of Concertos Nos. 21 and 24 of Mozart (EMI). The following year, he created a duet with his wife Tania, which would shine on the stages of the whole world. In 1969, he was the first French pianist of the 20th century to perform, by heart in public, the 32 Piano Sonatas of Beethoven, which he recorded for EMI between 1970 and 1974. He renewed this challenge ten years later in 1997. In 1974, he recorded the 16 Suites of Händel for Cassiopée. A few years later, he obtained his second Grand Prix du Disque for the 13 Barcaroles of Fauré (Cassiopée). In 1981, he performed the integral 10 Sonatas for piano and violin of Beethoven with Annie Jordy, professor at Schola Cantorum. He has played on the most important world stages, and recorded a hundred discs. Since the beginning of his career, he has given gave more than 2,000 concerts all over the world.

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