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Jean-François Heisser
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'''Jean-François Heisser''' (born 7 December 1950) is a French classical pianist.
== Biography ==
Born in [[Saint-Étienne]], Heisser studied piano first with Paul Simonnar in Saint-Étienne, then at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] with [[Vlado Perlemuter]].
His vast repertoire ranges from romantic music ([[Brahms]], [[Chopin]], [[Schumann]], [[Schubert]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]) to [[contemporary music]] ([[Boulez]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]], [[Gilbert Amy]], [[Berio]]).
From 1984, Heisser teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris. He also presides the ''Académie Maurice Ravel'' of [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]] and is musical director of the ''Soirées musicales'' of [[Arles]].
In 2000, after a great success during the [[La Folle Journée]] (Nantes) and [[La Roque-d'Anthéron]] concerts, he took over the artistic direction of the .
Il se produit régulièrement avec les Quatuors Prazak, Lindsay et Ysaÿe. Avec [[Marie-Josèphe Jude]], il joue le répertoire à quatre mains ou à deux pianos, interprète les deux sonates de [[Bartók]] avec le violoniste Peter Csaba. Parmi ses autres partenaires de musique de chambre, on peut citer [[Sandor Vegh]], [[Augustin Dumay]], [[Gérard Poulet]], [[Georges Pludermacher]], [[Pierre Amoyal]], [[Régis Pasquier]], [[Gérard Caussé]], [[Michel Portal]]. Il participe également aux festivals de [[Montreux (Vaud)|Montreux]], Kuhmo, Bratislava, Turin.
He gives the complete [[Beethoven]]'s concertos under the direction of [[Louis Langrée]]. In 2001, he played Brahms' first concerto at a farewell concert by [[Ievgueni Svetlanov]. In 2002, he gave the world premiere of the solo piano work by [[Philippe Manoury]] ''La Ville'' in the framework of the festival.
Heisser also enjoys conducting the orchestra from his piano, as he did with the [[Orchestre national de France]] in a concerto by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]].
He has also played with the Moscow and Bucharest Philharmonies, the [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]], the Dutch Chamber Orchestra, the RAI orchestras of Turin, Radio Sofia and Helsinki, the new [[Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France]], the [[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra]], the Orchestre du Mai florentin, conducted, among others, by [[Zubin Mehta]], [[Emmanuel Krivine]], [[Marek Janowski]], [[Myung-Whun Chung]], [[Leif Segerstam]], [[Michael Tilson-Thomas]] etc.
Among his pupils are [[Bertrand Chamayou]], [[Vanessa Wagner]], [[Lucas Debargue]].
== Prizes ==
1973: [[First Prize (music diploma)|1st Prize]] in piano, [[counterpoint]], [[harmony]], [[fugue]], [[accompaniment]] and [[chamber music]]
* Vianna da Motta (Lisbon) and [[Jaén, Spain]] (first prize) International competitions
== Recordings ==
* Soundtrack of Louis Malle's feature film ''[[Au revoir les enfants]]'' ([[Disques Carrère|Carrere]], 1987, [[barcode]] 3218030964835)
* [[Paul Dukas]]'s complete work for piano ([[Diapason (magazine)|Diapason d'or]]), Harmonic Records, 1988.
* Brahms's [[Hungarian Dances (Brahms)|Hungarian Dances]], with [[Marie-Josèphe Jude]] ([[Naïve Records]], 2001)
* [[Bartók]]'s Sonatas for violin and piano No 1 and No 2, [[Péter Csaba]], violin (, 2001)
* Schumann's Sonatas for violin and piano No 1 and No 2, 3 romances for violin and piano, [[Gérard Poulet]], violin ([[Erato Records|Erato]], 1992, 2292-45749-2)
For several years, he has specialized in the Spanish repertoire and has recorded works for piano by [[Manuel de Falla|Falla]], [[Albéniz]], [[Enrique Granados|Granados]], [[Federico Mompou|Mompou]] and [[Joaquín Turina|Turina]] (Erato, 1996). He also recorded [[Schumann]], [[Bartók]], [[Debussy]], and [[Beethoven]] (Naïve, 2000).
== External links ==
[[Category:People from Saint-Étienne]]
[[Category:French classical pianists]]
[[Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni]]
[[Category:Academics of the Conservatoire de Paris]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century classical pianists]]
May 26, 2018 at 03:46PM
