Éric Le Sage (born 15 June 1964 in

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) is a contemporary French classical pianist.

Biography

After he finished his studies at the

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, Le Sage went to London to improve by Maria Curcio. Éric Le Sage is best known for his interpretations of

romantic music Romantic music is a stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th century commonly referred to as the Romantic era (or Romantic period). It is closely related to the broader concept of Romanticism—the ...

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, but also for recording the complete piano music of

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...

. His curiosity for the unknown works led him to play more than twenty rare

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ...

s by Dvořák, Schoenberg,

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of ...

, Britten and others. Lesage is a guest of renowned groups such as the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, the

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or the

Dresden Philharmonic The Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Dresden. Its principal concert venue is the '' Kulturpalast''. The orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche and the Frauenkirche Dresden. It receive ...

Prizes

He was the winner of the Porto International Piano Competition in 1985, of the Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers at

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in 1989 and of the Leeds competition in 1990. In 2000 and 2001, he obtained the ''grand prix du disque'' of the

Académie Charles Cros The Académie Charles Cros (Charles Cros Academy) is an organization located in Chézy-sur-Marne, France, that acts as an intermediary between government cultural policy makers and professionals in music and the recording industry. The academy ...

, a Victoire de la musique classique, the and the Japanese "Record of the year" for his complete recordings of

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

pieces by Poulenc.

Festivals

He has participated in festivals such as the Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, Menton, Évian or Strasbourg. In 1993 he was cofounder of the . On 17 August 2010, Éric le Sage was in

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on the occasion of the festival organized by the cultural association of the Val de Seugne; he was then accompanied by

clarinetist The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodw ...

Paul Meyer and

cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

François Salque.

References

External links

Éric Le Sage
on SOLEA

on Piano Bleu
Eric Le Sage : ''Je n'aime pas le Beethoven pâteux''
on

France Musique France Musique () is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...

Éric Le Sage (Piano)
on Bach Cantatas Website
Schumann Presto Passionato, Eric Le Sage, piano
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Sage, Eric 1964 births Living people 21st-century French male classical pianists 21st-century French classical pianists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg Musicians from Aix-en-Provence