Emma Boynet (1891–1974) was a French

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

. Emma Boynet studied with

Isidor Philipp Isidor Edmond Philipp (first name sometimes spelled Isidore) (2 September 1863 – 20 February 1958) was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue of Jewish Hungarian descent. He was born in Budapest and died in Paris. Biography Isidor Philipp ...

at the

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, and remained closely associated with Philipp until his death. She was awarded the Medaille de Premier Prix of the Conservatoire. She was a favourite pianist of the conductor

Serge Koussevitzky Serge Koussevitzky (born Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky;Koussevitzky's original Russian forename is usually transliterated into English as either "Sergei" or "Sergey"; however, he himself adopted the French spelling "Serge", using it in his sig ...

and was frequently chosen by him to play with the

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, which he conducted. She was especially noted as an interpreter of French music, particularly the music of

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

, whom she knew in his later years.

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Photos of Mme Boynet
*She was a friend of Madeleine Louise Jeannest, and

Georges Gimel Georges Gimel (March 8, 1898 – January 21, 1962), was a French expressionist painter of portraits, landscapes, mountain landscapes, still lifes and flowers. He was also a wood carver, lithographer, illustrator, set designer, sculptor, and ...

20th-century French women classical pianists 20th-century French classical pianists 1891 births 1974 deaths Pupils of Isidor Philipp {{classical-pianist-stub