Geneviève Joy
Geneviève Joy | |
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| Born | 4 October 1919 |
| Died | 27 November 2009 (aged 90) |
| Instrument | piano |
Geneviève Joy (4 October 1919 — 27 November 2009)[1][2] was a French classical and modernist pianist who, at the end of World War II in 1945, formed a critically acclaimed duo-piano partnership with Jacqueline Robin which lasted for forty-five years, until 1990. The composer Henri Dutilleux, whom she married in 1946, dedicated his Piano Sonata to her, which she recorded for Erato Records in 1988.
A native of the small commune of Bernaville in the Somme department in Northern France region of Picardy,[3] She was the daughter of an Irish woman and a French father who served with the British Army during World War I.[4] Geneviève Joy was a piano prodigy who was accepted to the world-renowned Conservatoire de Paris in 1932 at the age of 12.
She died in her sleep at a Paris hospital eight weeks after her 90th birthday[1] from cancer, and was subsequently buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.[5]
References
- ^ a b Agence France-Presse (28 November 2009). "La pianiste française Geneviève Joy décède à l'âge de 90 ans" (in French). Le Point. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Agence France-Presse (28 November 2009). "Mort de la pianiste Geneviève Joy" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Les éphémérides / 4 October 1936" (in French). Radio France. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Geneviève Joy/ 15 December 2009". London: Daily Telegraph. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45587616
External links
- 1955 recording on YouTube of Gabriel Fauré's Dolly Suite, together with Jacqueline Robin.
- "Henri Dutilleux". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- Genevieve Joy - Daily Telegraph obituary
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