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Hélène Grimaud
12+ albums
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Hélène Grimaud was born in Aix-en Provence in the south of France (7 November 1969). "My father came from a background of Sephardi Jews in Africa, and my mother's ancestors were Jewish Berbers from Corsica." Her father was adopted as a child by a French family and he became a university tutor teaching languages.[4] According to Luc Antonini the name Grimaud is typical of the region of Trets in Provence. She has stated that, as a child, she was often "agitated".[6] She discovered the piano at seven. She studied with Jacqueline Courtin at the conservatory there and subsequently in Marseille with Pierre Barbizet. At the age of 13 she was accepted by the Paris Conservatory where she won the first prize in piano in 1985. She experiences synesthesia, where one physical sense adds to another, in her case seeing music as colour, which helps her with memorising music scores In July, immediately after graduating, she recorded Rachmaninov’s Sonata no. 2 and the complete Etudes-Tableaux op. 33 (Grand Prix du disque, 1986). She studied additionally with Gyorgy Sandor and Leon Fleisher. The year 1987 marked a decisive turning point in her career with appearances at MIDEM in Cannes and at the piano festival La Roque d’Anthéron, her first recital in Tokyo and Daniel Barenboim’s invitation to perform with the Orchestre de Paris. Hélène Grimaud has since performed with many of the world’s major orchestras and renowned conductors. 1988 First performs for the pianist Dmitri Bashkirov, who b
top songs
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Gnossienne No. 1 - Nitin Sawhney Version
9,8992Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18 : I Moderato
4,6573Clair de lune - Nitin Sawhney Version
4,4534Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
4,1545Sonata No. 2, Op. 36: II. Non Allegro
3,7996J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 - Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
3,1687Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33, No. 4 in D Minor
3,0198Breathing Light
2,6639J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 - Prelude And Fugue No.1 In C Major, BWV 846
2,16610Fantasia on an Ostinato
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