Caroline Sageman (born 29 August 1973) is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Caroline Sageman - Chopin au jardin 2019

Sageman was an precocious child: she took her first piano lessons at the age of 6 with Denyse Rivière,

Marcel Ciampi Marcel Paul Maximin Ciampi (29 May 1891 – 2 September 1980) was a French pianist and teacher. He held the longest tenure in the history of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and also became head of piano classes at the ...

's assistant and

Jean-Marc Luisada Jean-Marc Luisada (born 3 June 1958) is a French pianist born in Bizerte, Tunisia. He started on the piano at six years old, "the normal age". Biography At the age of 16 he began studies at the Conservatoire de Paris under Dominique Merlet and Ma ...

teacher. At 9, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, she performed the piano concerto in D major by

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

at the

Salle Pleyel The Salle Pleyel (, meaning "Pleyel Hall") is a concert hall in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, designed by the acoustician Gustave Lyon together with the architect Jacques Marcel Auburtin, who died in 1926, and the work was completed i ...

. She entered 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 ...

at the age of 13 in the class of

Germaine Mounier Germaine Mounier (7 February 1920 – 27 June 2006) was a 20th-century French classical pianist and music educator. Biography Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Mounier won First prize at the Conservatoire de Paris. She worked the piano with Yves Nat an ...

. She was only seventeen when she won the 6th prize of the XII International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, making her the youngest winner of this competition since its inception. Among her major professional meetings, are those of

Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau León (; February 6, 1903June 9, 1991) was a Chilean and American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque music, baroque to 20th-century classical music, 20th-century composers, especially B ...

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, Hubert Guillard, Merces De Silva Telles,

Nikita Magaloff Nikita Magaloff (; 26 December 1992) was a Georgia (country), Georgian-Russian pianist. He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interes ...

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and

Eugen Indjic Eugen Indjic (March 11, 1947 – February 28, 2024) was a Yugoslav-born French-American pianist. Biography Eugen Indjic was born in Belgrade on March 11, 1947. His father was a Serb Yugoslav army general serving under King Peter II of Yugoslavia ...

. She then performed abroad, notably in Japan, Italy and Switzerland, and in France. She has worked with, among others, conductors

Pierre Dervaux Pierre Dervaux (born 3 January 1917 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France; died 20 February 1992 in Marseilles, France) was a French operatic conductor (music), conductor, composer, and pedagogue. At the Conservatoire de Paris, he studied counterpoint and ha ...

and

Jean-François Paillard Jean-François Paillard (12 April 1928 – 15 April 2013) was a French conductor. He was born in Vitry-le-François and received his musical training at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prize in music history, and the Salzburg Mo ...

. She also performs in chamber ensembles, in particular with Faustine Tremblay (violin), Bertrand Braillard (cello), Jean Ferrandis (flute),

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(cello), and David Galoustov (violin). A specialist of Chopin and Liszt, she imagined in 2010 the musical show ''Chopin, Musset, les doubles romantiques'' with singer

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. The reading of excerpts from

Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...

's ' and ''The Nights'' alternates with pieces by

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...

that she performs. She also approaches the contemporary repertoire and has created works by Arnaud Petit,

Françoise Choveaux Françoise Choveaux (born in 1953) is a French composer and pianist. Education Choveaux was trained at the Conservatoire de Lille, then at the École normale de musique de Paris, she continued her apprenticeship in the United States at the Peabo ...

and Bruno Giner, who dedicated to her his play ''Après une lecture de...'' In parallel to her concert activities, Caroline Sageman is the assistant to

at the

École normale de musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The school was founded in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot and Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (English: no ...

Alfred Cortot and teaches at the Conservatory of

Blanc-Mesnil Blanc-Mesnil is a village and former commune in the Seine-Maritime department, northwestern France. Since 1822, it is part of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer (, literally ''Sainte-Marguerite on Sea'') is a commune in the Se ...

(93).

Prizes

* 1982: First Prize of the "Royaume de la Musique" * 1990: 6th prize at the XII International Chopin Piano Competition

Discography

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

(Lyrinx, 2004) **Sonata in B minor (dedicated to Robert Schumann) **Obermann Valley (First year of pilgrimage: Switzerland) **Rêve d’amour No 3 of the Liebesträume **Saint-François de Paule marchant sur les flots (Legends, No 2) *

(Lyrinx, 2002) **Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35 ** Scherzos *** No 1 in B minor, Op. 20 *** No 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 *** No 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 *** No 4 in E major, Op. 54 *

Tibor Harsányi Tibor Harsányi (27 June 1898 in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary – 19 September 1954 in Paris) was a Hungarian-born composer and pianist. He studied at the Budapest Conservatory under Zoltán Kodály. He toured as a pianist around Europe an ...

's '' L'Histoire du petit tailleur'' and Camille Saint-Saëns's ''

The Carnival of the Animals ''The Carnival of the Animals'' () is a humorous musical suite of 14 movements, including " The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. About 25 minutes in duration, it was written for private performance by two pianos and chambe ...

'', by

Smaïn Smaïn (born Smaïn Fairouze, on January 3, 1958 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French comedian, humorist, writer, actor and director of Algerian descent. Biography Childhood Born in 1958 in Constantine, Algeria, to an unknown father and mot ...

(narrator) under the direction of . Pianists: Caroline Sageman and

Lidija Bizjak Lidija Bizjak ( sr-Cyrl, Лидија Бизјак, , born 2 August 1976), is a Serbian concert pianist. Early life Born in Belgrade in 1976, Lidija Bizjak began to play the piano at the age of six with Zlata Maleš. 1996 She graduated from ...

(Lyrinx, 2008) *

(Lyrinx, 2011) ** Polonaise-Fantaisie ** Andante spianato ** Grande Polonaise *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

(Lyrinx, 2012) **Complete Sonatas for violin and piano, with David Galoustov.David Galoustov's personal website
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References

External links

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Radio Classique Radio Classique is a French commercial radio station created in 1983 that broadcasts mainly classical music. Its programmes also contain segments of economic and political news. As of 2015, it had 1.1 million listeners per day. Radio Classique w ...

Caroline Sageman – Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3 (1990)
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sageman, Caroline 1973 births Living people Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni 21st-century French women classical pianists 21st-century French classical pianists Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition