Éliane Richepin (23 November 1910 – 9 March 1999) was a French classical pianist.

Biography

Richepin studied music at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

where she received several first prizes: piano,

harmony In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by distinct pitches or tones coinciding with one another; harm ...

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counterpoint In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin ...

and

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. She was a pupil of Georges Falkenberg,

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and

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for the piano, Paul Fauchet and

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for harmony, fugue and counterpoint and

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for composition. Logiste at the

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in 1938,

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Prize in 1943 for her work ''Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre'' which she premiered with the

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under the direction of French conductor and composer Albert Wolff, her international career grew considerably. A member of the jury at the

, she was invited to major international competitions such as the

Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition The Long–Thibaud–Crespin Competition is an international classical music competition for pianists, violinists and singers that has been held in France since 1943. (A Jacques Thibaud Competition was held the year before in Bordeaux: Jacques ...

, the Busoni, Vercelli, Buenos-Aires, Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Maria Canals (Barcelona) competitions, and the prestigious

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. The

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named her an honorary member at the end of one of the concerts she gave during a tour in the USA. Since the beginning of her career in 1946, Richepin gave more than 1.200 recitals and 700 concerts with orchestra under the direction of the greatest conductors of the moment. Not only being an accomplished pianist, she devoted part of her activities to the organization of important cultural and artistic events. She is the founder and president of the Montevideo International Piano Competition, part of the world federation of international competitions and who, back in France in the early 1970s, founded and presided over the Annecy International Music Centre, which offers a choice teaching provided by leading figures in French pedagogy such as

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, Reine Flachot,

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and

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. At the same time, she founded the Université Musicale Internationale de Paris (UMIP), bringing together a large number of her artistic friends, eminent teachers such as Livia Rev,

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, Anne-Marie Mangeot,

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, Oscar Caceres,

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. Invited all over the world to give

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es in piano pedagogic centers (Tokyo, Moscow, Sofia, Osaka, Berlin, Warsaw, London, Athens), Richepin was particularly attached to the discovery and support of young pianists during her long teaching career. Grand officer of the Légion d'honneur, she rests in the cemetery of

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near the church and the Festival she loved so much.

Pupils

Among her pupils were Carlos Cebro, Jacques Delannoy, Pascal Escande, (founder of the Pascal Gallet, Matthieu Gonet, Pascal Jourdan, Jean-Pascal Meyer, Florence Millet, Roger Muraro, Julia Tamamdjieva, ,

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Homage

Richepin died in Paris on 9 March 1999. "One of the greatest interpreters of our time" - ''

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Selected discography

* Chopin: 24 Préludes Op. 28 - Disque Variance (33 Tours Mono-Stéréo) (1973) - Référence VR 33531 (D).Archived a
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* Chopin: 4 Ballades et 4 Mazurkas Op. 30 - Disque REM - Référence 10183 XT

References

External links

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Musica et Memoria : Le Panthéon des musiciens - D'août 1998 à juin 1999

Page d'hommage sur le site du pianiste italien Luigi Cordova

Éliane Richepin plays Chopin 24 Préludes Op.28 complete (ca 1982)
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Richepin, Eliane 1910 births 1999 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni 20th-century French women classical pianists 20th-century French classical pianists Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour