Claude Cymerman (born 2 October 1947) is a contemporary French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in

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(Moselle department), Cymerman dedicated himself very early to music and began his training in a provincial conservatory before finishing it at 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 ...

where he studied with

Pierre Sancan Pierre Sancan (24 October 1916 – 20 October 2008) was a French composer, pianist, teacher and conductor. Along with Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux, he was a major figure among French musicians in the mid-twentieth-century transition between ...

. After winning several national and international competitions, including the second grand prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, Cymerman continued his studies at

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with György Sebők. Appreciated by President

Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( ; ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously served as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle from 19 ...

, Cymerman began a brilliant career, as concertist,

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 ...

instrumentist, but also as soloist with the Orchestre de Radio France, the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire, the

Orchestre national d'Île-de-France The Orchestre national d'Île-de-France is a French symphony orchestra with its administrative base in Alfortville. The orchestra, made up of ninety-five permanent musicians, gives around a hundred concerts each season, thus offering Ile-de-France ...

, the Orchestre Symphonique de Limoges, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the

San Francisco Symphony The San Francisco Symphony, founded in 1911, is an American orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980 the orchestra has been resident at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in the city's Hayes Valley, San Francisco, Hayes Valley ne ...

, as well as that of Indianapolis. He is regularly invited to perform and give

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es in major festivals in France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Japan and Israel. He is a frequent guest on the French national radio and the BBC. In 1982, he agreed to play the composer

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

for a French TV film. He also played with cellist Gary HoffmanGary Hoffman Official website
/ref> and violinist Federico Agostini, with whom he has recorded works by Erich Korngold.

References

External links

Masterclass with Pianist Claude Cymerman
(UCI)
Claude Cymerman's discography
(Discogs)
Claude Cymerman plays Franz Schubert: "An die Entfernte"
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