Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist.

Early life

Le Guay was born in Paris, France. She began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with

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and Bruno Rigutto. Following her education in Paris, Le Guay continued her training with a variety of established teachers, including

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, and

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Accomplishments and award

Le Guay has also been championed by

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, who invited her to perform with the

Chicago Civic Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Fes ...

. Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

and

Wigmore Hall The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall at 36 Wigmore Street, in west London. It was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt and opened in 1901 as the Bechstein Hall; it is considered to have particularly good building acoustics, acoustics. It specialis ...

. In 2015 Le Guay was selected to participate in the 2nd Women's Leadership Program

Eisenhower Fellow Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) is a private, non-profit organization created in 1953 by a group of American citizens to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his contribution to humanity as a soldier, statesman, and world leader. The organization ...

s.EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCES 2015 WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWS
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Current projects

Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume ''

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'' series, to be released on the Universal Accord label. She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001.

Recordings

References

External links

Claire-Marie Le Guay (Biography)
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