Gabriel Tacchino was propelled to international stardom after winning a string of competition prizes in the mid-'50s. By the early '60s he was regularly touring the globe and appearing with major conductors, like Karajan, Monteux, Leinsdorf, Horenstein, Cluytens, Fruhbeck de Burgos, Armin Jordan, and countless others. He became a major recording artist in the 1960s, and while he has been less active in that role from about the 1990s, many of hisRead more numerous recordings are still available on EMI, Erato, Vox, and Brilliant Classics. Not surprisingly, Tacchino first became identified with French repertory, particularly with the music of Francis Poulenc, with whom he studied. But Tacchino had always possessed a broad repertory and quickly became recognized for his eclectic sensibilities, drawing high praise for his interpretations of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Prokofiev, de Falla, Gershwin, and a spate of others. Tacchino was also a prominent teacher, serving on the faculty at the Paris Conservatory for 20 years (1975-1994).
Gabriel Tacchino was born in Cannes, France, on August 4, 1934. He began piano lessons at six; he studied music at the Paris Conservatory, where his teachers included Jean Batalla, Jacquer Févier, and Marguerite Long. Tacchino won two major competitions -- the Viotti in Vercelli (1953) and the Casella in Naples (1954) -- and won prizes at several others: the Busoni in Bolzano (1954), the Geneva (1955), and the Long-Thibaud in Paris (1957). He debuted in the U.S. in 1962, with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Tacchino began recording the complete piano works of Francis Poulenc for Vox in the 1960s. His next major project for Vox was the cycle of five concertos by Prokofiev, which he recorded from 1972-1977 with conductor Louis de Froment and the Luxembourg RSO. Tacchino began teaching at the Paris Conservatory in 1975 and was already active in the realm of chamber music, regularly collaborating with major artists like Isaac Stern, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Bruno Rigutto.
Tacchino also became active in promoting music festivals: in 1975 he founded and has since served as director of the Nuits Musicales du Suquet in Cannes, and he has regularly appeared at the Montreux, Lausanne, Prague, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Summer Festival, Richter Moscow Festival, and many others. Following his 1994 retirement from teaching, Tacchino remained active on the concert scene and has devoted a portion of time to conducting master classes in Switzerland, Canada, Korea, and, from 2006, at Tokyo's University of Fine Arts and Music. Read less
Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 972165
Release Date: 11/06/2012
Number of Discs: 20
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Gabriel Tacchino,
Jacques Février,
Emmanuel Strosser,
Xavier Phillips
...
Conductor:
François Boulanger,
Georges Prêtre,
John Alldis,
Harry Christophers
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Garde Républicaine Soloists Ensemble,
Philharmonia Orchestra,
Ambrosian Chorus
...
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Label: Virgin Classics
Catalog: 0833602
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Number of Discs: 4
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Jean-Philippe Collard,
Bruno Rigutto,
Michel Dalberto,
Gabriel Tacchino
...
Conductor:
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 95584
Release Date: 08/11/2009
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Gabriel Tacchino,
Aimée Van de Wiele,
Henriette Roget,
Maurice Duruflé
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre,
Pierre Dervaux
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra,
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris,
French National Radio Orchestra
Label: Virgin Classics
Catalog: 502727
Release Date: 01/11/2008
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Jean-Bernard Pommier,
Anne Queffélec,
Maggie Cole,
Gabriel Tacchino
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Conductor:
Richard Hickox,
Georges Prêtre,
Harry Christophers,
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
The Sixteen
Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 0948
Release Date: 10/02/2007
Number of Discs: 3
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Michel Béroff,
Gabriel Tacchino,
Jean-Philippe Collard,
Bruno Rigutto
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Conductor:
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre de Paris
Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 47550
Release Date: 07/23/2007
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Gabriel Tacchino,
Mady Mesplé
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Label: Apex
Catalog: 462049
Release Date: 03/14/2005
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Edvard Grieg,
César Franck,
Richard Addinsell
Performer:
Gabriel Tacchino
Conductor:
Armin Jordan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
Label: Emi Great Artists Of The Century
Catalog: 62959
Release Date: 01/25/2005
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Gabriel Tacchino
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra,
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
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Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 64714
Release Date: 09/10/2002
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Bernard Ringeissen,
Gabriel Tacchino
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
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Label: Emi Classics (France)
Catalog: 66837
Release Date: 09/10/2002
Number of Discs: 5
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Georges Prêtre,
Jacques Février,
Francis Poulenc,
Gabriel Tacchino
Conductor:
Pierre Dervaux,
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservato
Label: Vox Box
Catalog: 3000
Release Date: 09/29/1998
Number of Discs: 3
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Laszlo Varga,
Ruggiero Ricci,
Gabriel Tacchino
Conductor:
Louis de Froment
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra
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