Christian Ivaldi (born 2 September 1938) is a French

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. Ivaldi was born in

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. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Février and took a Premier Prix in piano performance, as well as in

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, counterpoint, and accompaniment. He first appeared as a soloist at

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in 1961. He has premiered pieces by Gilbert Amy, Georges Aperghis, André Boucourechliev, Maurice Ohana, and Luis de Pablo among others. He is considered "a remarkable musician".''Piano ma non solo'', Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme Ed., 2012, p. 185

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1938 births Musicians from Paris 20th-century French male classical pianists 20th-century French classical pianists Living people Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris {{classical-pianist-stub