Claire-Marie Le Guay

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Le Guay, 2017

Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist.

Early life[edit]

Le Guay was born in Paris, France. She began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon and Bruno Rigutto. Following her education in Paris, Le Guay continued her training with a variety of established teachers, including Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, Claude Frank, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Alicia de Larrocha, William Grant Naboré, Andreas Staier, György Sebők, and Leon Fleisher.

Accomplishments and award[edit]

Year Award Title Notes
1990 First prize winner International Contest of Chamber Music of Portogruaro Italy
1994 Prize-winner Maria Canals competition Barcelona
1994 First prize winner ARD Munich
1998 Voted France's Young Musician of the Year - -

Le Guay has also been championed by Daniel Barenboim, who invited her to perform with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.

In 2015 Le Guay was selected to participate in the 2nd Women's Leadership Program Eisenhower Fellows.[1]

Current projects[edit]

Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume Haydn-Mozart series, to be released on the Universal Accord label.

She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001.

Recordings[edit]

Year Title Composer Notes
2000 Sonatas[2] Bartók-Carter-Dutilleux Universal Accord
2007 Works for piano volume 1[3] Haydn-Mozart Universal Accord
2007 Works for piano volume 2[4] Haydn-Mozart Universal Accord
- Orchestral Works Thierry Escaich Universal Accord
2012 12 Etudes d'exécution transendante[5] Liszt Universal Accord
2003 Concertos and Légendes Liszt Universal Accord
1997 Kreisleriana op 16; Carnaval op 9 Schumann Universal Accord
- Petrushka; Daphnis et Chloé Stravinsky-Ravel Universal Accord

References[edit]

  1. ^ EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCES 2015 WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWS
  2. ^ (in French) Dutilleux, Henri; Bela, Bartok; Carter, Elliott; Le Guay, Claire-Marie (2000-06-06) The Sonatas for Piano Musique, retrieved February 13, 2012
  3. ^ (in French) Haydn-Mozart; Le Guay, Claire-Marie Works for Piano Pianobleu, retrieved February 13, 2012
  4. ^ (in French) Le Guay, Claire-Marie (2007-04-23) Haydn - Mozart: Piano Works, Vol.2 - C minor, the color of the drama Amazon, ASIN B000NPE7R4 retrieved February 13, 2012
  5. ^ (in French) Haydn-Mozart; Le Guay, Claire-Marie Franz Liszt Dizziness Claire Marie Le Guay PIANO Pianobleu, retrieved February 13, 2012

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