Claire Chevallier (born in 1969) is a Franco-Belgian pianist who specializes in the

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Biography

Chevallier studied piano at the Conservatoires of Nancy and Strasbourg (class of Hélène Boschi) then with

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in Paris. She then continued her training at the

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with and Guy Van Waas. She received a First Prize for piano and

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. It was during a

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given by

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that she was fascinated by the

and therefore interested, as musician and researcher, in the historical contexts of the instruments and their technical evolution. Since 2004 she has been teaching the fortepiano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Since 2007, she has been a member of the Jury of the International Competition of fortepiano organized by the Festival Musica Antiqua of

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. She is also a member of the jury of the 1st Frédéric Chopin International Competition on period instruments. Chevallier has built up a collection of pianos dating from the period 1842 to 1920.

Recordings

Claire Chevallier particular recorded on Erard piano vintage works for two pianos by

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, Saint-Saens and

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(with Jos van Immerseel). She has also recorded Moussorgski's ''

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'' and Ravel's ''

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'' (with the orchestra Anima Eterna from Bruges). It is also on an Érard piano that she plays both ''Légendes de Saint François'' by Liszt recorded on the album ''Fever'' (La dolce volta/Harmonia Mundi).''Télérama'' n°3223, 17 October 2011
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References

External links

Ravel : Concerto pour piano et orchestre en ré majeur, pour la main gauche
Claire Chevallier and Jos van Immersel (pianos Erard 1897 and 1904)
Collection de claviers de Claire Chevallier

Official website

Claire Chevallier's discography

Claire Chevallier
on

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Claire Chevalier on Pianoforte

on Flâneries musicales de Reims {{DEFAULTSORT:Chevallier, Claire 21st-century French women classical pianists Belgian classical pianists Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels 1969 births Living people Women music educators