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Frédéric Aguessy
Born (1956-04-03) 3 April 1956 (age 68)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Pianist, conductor
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitewww.fredericaguessy.fr

Frédéric Aguessy (born 3 April 1956, in Paris), is a French pianist and conductor.

Life

He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire in 1968, he studied with Monique La Bruchollerie, Yvonne Lefebure, Barbizet Pierre and Geneviève Joy.

He won competitions in Geneva and Naples in 1974, Budapest in 1976. His concert career started after he won the XVIII Long-Thibaud Competition (1979) and the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition.

He has played with many orchestras: Paris Orchestra, Orchestra of the Capitole de Toulouse, National Orchestra of Pays de la Loire, Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte-Carlo, Philharmonic Orchestra G. Enescu, the Regional Orchestra of Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Picardy Sinfonietta Orchestra, Orchestra Bernard Thomas.

He devotes a substantial part of its activities to the chamber music. He participated in many festivals: in Yokohama (Japan), Festival des Arcs, Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron, International Festival of Montpellier and Radio France, Festival Estival de Paris, Festival of Young Soloists' Antibes.[citation needed] He also is interested in conducting and has conducted works for chamber orchestra and works for chorus and orchestra.

He taught at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique of Paris (where one of his students was Cédric Tiberghien[1][2]), and now teaches at Fontainebleau,[3] and is a professor at the Rouen Conservatory.

French music repertoire is important for him; he has commissioned several works ("Piano Etudes" Anthony Girard, "Concerto for piano and orchestra" by Max Pinchard).

Recordings

He has also recorded the piano works by Jehan Alain for Disque Lyrinx - Eloge du Piano Français, transcriptions and paraphrases by Franz Liszt for Disque Ligia Digital, the sonatas for violin and piano of Ernest Bloch, with Alexis Galperine for Disque Accord, and a Mozart Brahms Ravel 'Concert à deux pianos' CD with Cédric Tiberghien.

References

  1. ^ http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Tiberghien-Cedric.htm
  2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/newgenerations/tiberghien.shtml
  3. ^ http://www.fontainebleauschools.org/music/faculty.html

External links

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