Yves Henry

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Yves Henry (born April 2, 1959 in Évreux ) is a French classical pianist and composer. Against the background of a great deal of experience with instruments from the Romantic era, Henry is now considered a recognized specialist in the interpretation of Chopin and Liszt.

life and work

Yves Henry studied in the 1970s and 1980s at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, among others with Pierre Sancan . He took courses in chamber music, accompaniment and choral conducting. He also worked with Aldo Ciccolini . In 1981 Henry won first prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau .

Henry is professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Paris. At the same time, Henry was a member of the program committee of the Chopin Institute in Warsaw on the occasion of the 200th anniversary celebration in 2010. Henry is an honorary member of the Japanese Association of Piano Teachers. Upon invitation, Henry regularly gives master classes in the USA, Japan and China. He sits in numerous juries of music competitions such as the Monte-Carlo Piano Masters, the Dvořák Piano Competition in Nelahozeves, the International Robert Schumann Competition in Germany and the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Yves Henry has given numerous recitals around the world, mainly devoted to Romantic composers. He also devotes himself to chamber music with partners such as Michel Portal , Karl Leister , Ivry Gitlis , Brigitte Engerer , Augustin Dumay , Gary Hoffman , with soloists from the Orchester de Paris, Michel Lethiec , the Elysées and the Modigliani Quartet. In special formats that combine literature and music, he works with the actresses Marie-Christine Barrault and Brigitte Fossey .

In addition to his appearances as a performing artist and piano teacher, Henry was active as a composer. He composed works based on texts by the Corsican poet André Giovanni (Les Chants Tyrrhéniens, Les Sentiers dérobés). He also composed chamber music pieces such as Kaga Yusen for violin and piano, Suite Vénitienne for flute, cello and piano, and Il soplo ligero for clarinet and piano. His last piece was Nocturne for orchestra, which was performed in Paris in 2014 and then in Germany. He also transcribed works such as Paul Dukas Sorcerer's Apprentice , Maurice Ravel's La Valse and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor for concert performance and recorded them on CD in 2015.

In January 2010, Yves Henry was raised to the rank of officer of the French Order of Des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand . He received the Polish Government's Gloria Artis Prize for his contribution to the 2010 Chopin Year in France. He was added to the Who's Who directory in France in 2010 . In January 2011 he succeeded Alain Duault as President of the Nohant Chopin Festival .

literature

• Fryderyk Chopin Institute: Yves Henry. Retrieved September 20, 2018 . 
• bechstein.com: Yves Henry. Retrieved September 20, 2018 . 
• Le Point: Yves Henry. May 30, 2011, accessed September 20, 2018 (French). 

Web links

• Yves Henry at Discogs (English)