Lucette Descaves

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Lucette Descaves (born April 1, 1906 in Paris , † April 15, 1993 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French pianist .

Life

Lucette Descaves was a student of Marguerite Long and studied at the Paris Conservatory with Yves Nat . There she won first prize in the piano class in 1923. She was considered a specialist in contemporary music. In 1932 she performed the Third Piano Concerto under the guidance of the composer Sergei Prokofiev . She also played the world premieres of André Jolivets Danses rituelles and his piano concerto. Her name is mainly associated with the piano concerto, which she performed more than a hundred times. Lucette Descaves recorded this concerto with the Orchester du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées under Ernest Bour in 1954.

From 1947 to 1976 she taught piano at the Paris Conservatory. Her numerous students included Brigitte Engerer , Bruno Rigutto , Katia and Marielle Labèque , Jean-Yves Thibaudet , Géry Moutier , Caroline Assier , Jean-Claude Pennetier , Jacques Boisgallais and Georges Pludermacher . In 1966 she published the book Un nouvel art du piano: exposés et documentation de pédagogie pianistique .

literature

  • Lucette Descaves: Un nouvel art du piano: exposés et documentation de pédagogie pianistique. Fayard, Paris 1966.
  • Alain Pâris: Classical Music in the 20th Century. Instrumentalists, conductors, orchestras, choirs. 2nd edition, dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , p. 197.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cecilia Dunoyer: Marguerite Long: A Life in French Music, 1874-1966. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1993, ISBN 0-253-31839-4 , p. 109 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Descaves, Lucette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French pianist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1993
Place of death Boulogne-Billancourt