Yvonne Loriod
Born: January 20, 1924; Houilles, France
Died: May 17, 2010; Saint-Denis, France
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Yvonne Loriod was a remarkably talented pianist, well known for her performances and recordings of twentieth century piano literature. Her playing was marked by its rich colorfulness and her keen sense of rhythm. Loriod's early musical training was with her godmother Madame Eminger-Sivade. As a youngster, with her teacher's support, she would present monthly recitals of works from the Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods. Before she entered
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by Patsy Morita
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| Yvonne Loriod was a remarkably talented pianist, well known for her performances and recordings of twentieth century piano literature. Her playing was marked by its rich colorfulness and her keen sense of rhythm. Loriod's early musical training was with her godmother Madame Eminger-Sivade. As a youngster, with her teacher's support, she would present monthly recitals of works from the Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods. Before she entered the Paris Conservatoire, she had learned Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier, Beethoven's sonatas, the works of Chopin and Schumann, and Mozart's concertos. At the Conservatoire, she studied with Isidor Philipp, Marcel Ciampi, and Lazare Lévy for piano, as well as studying chamber music, piano accompaniment, and fugue, and taking composition with Messiaen and Milhaud. By the time she left the school, she had won seven premier prix. In another remarkable feat, she performed 22 of Mozart's concertos in a single week with the Lamoureux Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Boulez, Bruno Maderna, and Louis Martin. She first performed with Messiaen in 1943 for the premiere of his Vision de l'amen. She would go on to perform and record all of his works featuring the piano, and eventually became his second wife in 1961. Her American debut was the world-premiere performance of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony with Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1949. Schoenberg, Bartók, Barraqué, and Boulez were a few of the other composers whose works she often performed and recorded. She and Boulez premiered Boulez's Structures, Book 2, in 1961 at Donaueschingen. Loriod's recordings brought her 12 Grand Prix du Disque awards. She taught both at the Paris Conservatoire (1967-1989) and at Darmstadt. She also edited Messiaen's massive Traité de rythme, de couleur et d'ornithologie. Loriod continued to perform through the 1990s and could be found adjudicating at competitions, including the triennial Concours Olivier Messiaen, and participating in various Messiaen festivals in the early 2000s. |
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