Gaby Casadesus
Gaby Casadesus (born August 9, 1901 in Marseille ; † November 12, 1999 in Paris ) was a French pianist whose specialty was the French piano repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries.
life and work
Casadesus entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 12 and became a student of Marguerite Long and Louis Diémer . At the age of 16, she won the Prix Pagès, the most prestigious French competition in which women were allowed to participate at the time. At the Conservatory she met Robert Casadesus , a student of Louis Diemer, and the two began to perform duo piano works together and married in 1921. In 1927, their son, the later pianist Jean Casadesus, was born, and in 1932, their son, Guy Casadesus, in Paris. Her daughter, the future opera singer Thérèse Casadesus, was born in Princeton , Mercer County, New Jersey , USA in 1942. Robert Casadesus wrote several works for the duo, including Six Pieces (1938) and a concerto for two pianos, which they first performed in Warsaw in 1934 and with the New York Philharmonic in 1950 . The duo made many recordings, but she was also an eminent soloist. She knew Maurice Ravel , Gabriel Fauré , Florent Schmitt and Moritz Moszkowski , who guided her in their interpretations. Her repertoire also included Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the keyboard composers of the Baroque period. She has taught as a teacher in the USA, at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg , at the Académie Maurice Ravel in Saint-Jean de Luz and at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau . Her notable students include Donna Amato , David Deveau , Rudy Toth, and Vladimir Valjarević . Together with Grant Johannesen and Odette Valabrègue Wurtzburger, she founded the Casadesus International Piano Competition in 1975 based in Cleveland , Ohio .
Web links
- Works by and about Gaby Casadesus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert and Gaby Casadesus Collection University of Maryland (English)
- Gaby Casadesus, pianist in Duo, Dies at 98
- Gaby Casadesus, French pianist (1901-1999)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casadesus, Gaby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | L'Hote, Gaby (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1999 |
| Place of death | Paris |