Andree Juliette Brun

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Andree Juliette Brun (* 1924 in Paris ; † March 23, 1989 in Miami ) was a French pianist .

Andree Juliette Brun studied with Marguerite Long , Alfred Cortot and Marcel Ciampi . She gave her first concert when she was eight. At the Conservatoire de Paris she won a first prize in piano playing. In 1972 she made her debut at Carnegie Hall , where she then performed regularly, also with her sister Alberte Brun . She played over 1000 concerts worldwide.

In the course of her life Andre Juliette Brun lived in Los Angeles , married there to the opera tenor Orlin Witcraft, in Miami , Buenos Aires and New York City . And for many years Brun was President of the Miami Beach Community Concert Association , which was based at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach .

Andree Juliette Brun died of lung cancer on March 23, 1989 at the age of 65.

To commemorate their achievements, five bronze busts were commissioned from Frank Colson , a sculptor from Sarasota , Florida . The busts were placed in the Jackie Gleason Theater , but stowed away during a renovation. James W. (Jim) Anderson (1926-2014), widower and second husband of Andree Juliette Brun, asked the City of Miami Beach in 2013 to restore it.

Audio documents

  • Chopin, Mozart, Debussy: A Piano Recital . (Eroica and Megaphon 2007).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brun , accessed November 8, 2009
  2. ↑ http://www.eroica.com/ajbrun-artist.html , accessed on October 8, 2009
  3. ↑ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6879982&style=classical , accessed November 8, 2009
  4. ↑ Discussion Regarding The Andree Juliette Brun Bust And Chuck Hall Bust Formerly On Display At The Jackie Gleason Theater. Commission Item C4B, December 11, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Brun, Andree Juliette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1989
Place of death Miami