Jean-Marc Luisada (born 3 June 1958) is a French pianist born in Bizerte, Tunisia. He started on the piano at six years old, "the normal age".

Biography

At the age of 16 he began studies at the

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) and Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux (

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). He has also studied with

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. In 1985, he won fifth prize at the XI International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. At 29 he had performed in Europe, the United States, and Asia and was known as a performer of "outstanding brilliance". Luisada signed an exclusive agreement with

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es and

mazurka The Mazurka ( Polish: ''mazurek'') is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, with character defined mostly by the prominent mazur's "strong accents unsystematically placed on the seco ...

s of Chopin and the infrequently-heard chamber version of the first Chopin piano concerto, recorded with the Talich Quartet. Luisada is on the faculty of École Normale de Musique de Paris-Alfred Cortot. Luisada calls himself a human being of the 19th century and often mentions his love for the past and history in his music.

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1958 births Living people Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris 20th-century French male classical pianists 20th-century French classical pianists 21st-century French male classical pianists 21st-century French classical pianists Tunisian musicians Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition People from Bizerte Tunisian emigrants to France {{Tunisia-bio-stub