Francesco Tristano Schlimé,

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Francesco Tristano, born 1981, is a

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ish classical and experimental pianist and composer who also plays the clarinet. He composes both classical and electronic music.

Education

Born on 16 September 1981 in

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, Tristano studied at conservatories in Luxembourg, Brussels, Riga and Paris before graduating in music at New York's

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

where his teachers were

Jerome Lowenthal Jerome Lowenthal (born February 11, 1932) is an American classical pianist. He has served as chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Montecito, Ca ...

, Bruce Brubaker and Jacob Lateiner. He has also studied with Emile Naoumoff,

Rosalyn Tureck Rosalyn Tureck (December 14, 1913 – July 17, 2003) was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, she had a wide-ranging repertoire that included works by composers ...

and

Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. Life and career Pletnev was born into a musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union. His fath ...

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Career

He debuted in 2000 with the

Russian National Orchestra The Russian National Orchestra () was founded in Moscow in 1990 by pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev. It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City and in Israel. History The RNO's first recording (1991 ...

, with which he recorded

Sergey Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

's 5th Piano Concerto and

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

Piano Concerto A piano concerto, a type of concerto, is a solo composition in the classical music genre which is composed for piano accompanied by an orchestra or other large ensemble. Piano concertos are typically virtuosic showpieces which require an advance ...

years later. In 2004 he presented and conducted at the

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and the Beaux-Arts in Brussels an original transcription/adaptation for piano and strings of

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

's The Four Seasons. He was nominated by the

Philharmonie Luxembourg The Philharmonie Luxembourg, also known officially as the Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte Concert Hall (, ), is a concert hall located in the European district in the Luxembourg City quarter of Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Kirchberg. Opened in 2005 ...

for the 2008 European Concert Hall Organisation’s

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Rising Stars series. He is a specialist in

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and

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. In 2001, Tristano founded The New Bach Players ensemble, with which he recorded

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

's complete cycle of Keyboard concertos for Accord. He has also recorded the

Goldberg Variations The ''Goldberg Variations'' (), BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of thirty variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may ...

and the

French Suites The ''French Suites'', BWV 812–817, are six suites which Johann Sebastian Bach wrote for the clavier (harpsichord or clavichord) between the years of 1722 and 1725.Bach. ''The French Suites: Embellished version''. Bärenreiter Urtext Altho ...

, as well as

Girolamo Frescobaldi Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 15831 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of ke ...

's 1st book of Toccatas. Involved in contemporary music, he has recorded

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental music, experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia (Berio), Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Seque ...

's complete piano works and collaborated with

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

artists such as

Carl Craig Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications. He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980 ...

and Murcof. He won the 2004 Concours International de piano XXe siècle d'Orléans. He was a member, with Rami Khalife and Aymeric Westrich, of the Aufgang group, whose eponymous album was released in 2009. Francesco Tristano left Aufgang in February 2014. The trio also released the albums Air on Fire and Istiklaliya. Aufgang is continuing as a duo composed of Rami Khalifé and Aymeric Westrich.

Discography

Albums

* 2001 : ''Goldberg Variations'' (

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ACD127-2) * 2006 : ''Ravel-Piano concerto in G/Prokofiev-Piano concerto no. 5/Schlimé-3 Improvisations'' (Label PENTATONE PTC 5186080) * 2007 : ''Not For Piano'' (Label Infiné) * 2008 : ''Auricle Bio /On'' (Label Infiné) * 2010 : ''Idiosynkrasia'' (Label Infiné) * 2011 : ''bachCage'' (Label

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

) * 2012 : ''Long Walk'' (Label

) * 2017 : ''Piano Circle Songs'' (Label

Sony Classical Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired ...

) * 2019 : “Tokyo Stories” (Label

) * 2021 : “Supercinema 04” (Label

) * 2022: On Early Music (Label

) * 2024 : ''Bach: the 6 partitas'' (Label

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, catalogue # V8619DUP)

Maxis

* 2006 : ''Strings of Life'' (2006 - Label Infiné) * 2010 : ''The Melody'' (Label Infiné) * 2011 : ''Idiosynkrasia Remixes'' (Label Infiné) * 2011 : ''Idiosynkrasia (Only Vinyl Edition)'' (Label Infiné)

Other projects

* 2009 : Aufgang - ''Aufgang'' (Album, Label Infiné) * 2009 : Aufgang - ''Sonar'' (Maxi, Label Infiné) * 2009 : Aufgang - ''Channel 7'' (Maxi, Label Infiné) * 2010 : Aufgang - ''Air On Fire'' (Album, Label Infiné) * 2010 : Aufgang - ''Barock'' (Maxi, Label Infiné) * 2010 : Aufgang - ''Dulceria'' (Maxi, Label Infiné) * 2013 : Aufgang - ''Istiklaliya'' (album, Label Infiné

Participations

* 2010 : Various Artists - ''Introducing Infiné'' (Label Infiné) * 2011 : Various Artists - ''Remixing Infiné'' (Label Infiné)

References

External links

Official Website
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