Laure Colladant is a contemporary French

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Biography

After starting her musical training at

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in Charles Eloffe's class, Colladant continued at the Conservatoire of Paris, then at the

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with Lélia Gousseau and Lucile Bascourret.Biography
/ref> She performs in France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and Italy as well as in several piano festivals in Riom (1991 and 1998), in

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, during the Promenade en pays d'Auge, at the Festival d'Ambronay, ''Musique dans le Grésivaudan''… She participates in several radio programs: on

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with Rémy Stricker and Anne Charlotte Rémond on ''

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'' and on Radio suisse romande, a broadcast on the

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with the fortepiano maker and restorer, Johannes Carda. In addition to the classical repertoire, she has created a work by Graciane Finzi, ''Univers de Lumière'' (1991) and Jacques Veyrier dedicated a work in the form of a suite for fortepiano to her in 2006. Colladant is a teacher at the Conservatoire de Saint-Ouen and teaches

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at the . She holds the title of chevalier of the

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Discography

* Albero, Sonatas for keyboard - Laure Colladant (pianoforte) Johannes Carda, after

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, Vienna 1790 (1993/1994, 2CD Mandala MAN 4841/42) * CPE Bach, Quatuors pour clavier, flûte, alto et violoncelle, Wq. 93, 94, 95 - Laure Colladant (fortepiano); Philippe Allain-Dupre (flute); Jean-Philippe Vasseur (viola); Antoine Ladrette (cello) (1996, Mandala 4922) * Benda, 3 sonatas for fortepiano (1993, Musicdisc/Accord) * Boëly, Trente caprices for fortepiano Op. 2 (4-8 September 1995, Adès) *

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, Sonatas for fortepiano Op. 7 n°3, Op. 8 n°1, Op. 25 n°2, Op. 34 n°2 (16-18 June 1999, Mandala MAN 4970) * Dussek, Duo pour harpe et piano-forte Op. 73; Sonata n°14 Op. 39 n°1; Sonata for harp; Grand duo for harp and fortepiano, Op. 72 n°1 - with

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, harp (1995, Mandala) * Mozart, Sonatas K.330, K.331, K.332, K.333 (17-18 April 1989, Adda) *

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, Sonata for piano D.960; Sonata D.894 - Laure Colladant (fortepiano) Filippo Molitor (1828) and Joseph Angst (1825) (2CD Intégral INT 221. 229/2)Schuber en demi-teintes par Laure Colladant
by Étiennes Comes (2009) * Woelfl (7CD Integral 221240/7, reissue of Mandala and Accord détaillés CDs below) ** Sonatas for fortepiano Op. 6 (27-29 June 1993, Adès/Accord 465 898-2) ** Sonatas for fortepiano, Op. 15 (Accord 472 727-2) ** Trios for piano, violin and cello, Op. 23 – Vol. 1 - - Laure Colladant (fortepiano), Elisabeth Balmas (violin) (1996, Mandala 4887) ** Sonatas for fortepiano Op. 28 – Vol.2 (November 1987, Adda 581036 / Mandala MAN4861) ** Duos for fortepiano & harp, Op. 29, 33, 47 – vol. 3 - with Catherine Michel, harp (ADDA / Mandala) ** Sonatas for fortepiano Op. 27, 54 (2000, Accord 465 846-2) ** Sonatas for fortepiano Op. 33 (1995, Mandala MAN4860)

References

External links

Official website
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Laure Colladant
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