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Thierry de Brunhoff
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'''Thierry de Brunhoff''' (born 9 November 1934) is a French pianist and [[benedictine]] monk.
== Biography ==
Thierry de Brunhoff is the son of [[Jean de Brunhoff|Jean]] and [[Cécile de Brunhoff]], creators of [[Babar the elephant]], and younger brother of [[Laurent de Brunhoff]].
He started taking piano lessons from [[Alfred Cortot]] at the age of 11. It is the personality which will have the greatest musical influence on him, as he testified several times: Thereafter, he also followed the teaching of [[Edwin Fischer]], before becoming himself a teacher at the [[École normale de musique de Paris]]<ref name=FM1>[https://ift.tt/2Gp6zFz « Les pianistes à Paris », émission de France Musique], 31 August 2014.</ref> for over ten years. Among his students was [[Hüseyin Sermet]].
He is particularly known for his interpretations of [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]] (one senses in this the very deep mark of his first master, Cortot), but his repertoire is very broad, from [[Beethoven]] to [[Debussy]] and [[Ravel]], through [[Carl Maria von Weber]], whose ostracism Brunhoff regrets, even the condescension with which he would be treated by musicians.
His preference, however, goes to Chopin, whom he praises in these terms:
In 1974, he retired as a monk to the in the [[Tarn (department)|Tarn department]]<ref name="FM1" /> and became Brother Thierry Jean. In this regard, he declared in 2004 in a letter to Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier:<ref>[https://ift.tt/2rNtS7q Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier] on France Musique</ref> Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>}}
He was also a huge fan of [[Maria Callas]].
Pianist and radio producer [[Philippe Cassard]] has devoted several series of programs to Thierry de Brunhoff on France Musique between 2008 and 2015.
== Discography ==
In 2004, [[EMI Classics]] published a double record in the series "Les Rarissimes",<ref>See Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0).</ref> with interpretations of works by Chopin, Weber and Schumann, revealing this pianist who was almost forgotten at the time.
== References ==
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2rM6CqA Que viva Thierry de Brunhoff !] ''[[Mediapart]]'' (8 November 2014)
* [https://ift.tt/2GpCoOu ''Le piano de Thierry de Brunhoff''] (''[[Le Monde]]'') (16 April 2010)
* [https://ift.tt/2L5Fbjv Thierry de Brunhoff] on AllMusic
* [https://ift.tt/2Gp6CBf Hommage à Thierry de Brunhoff pour ses 80 ans] on [[France Musique]], 8 November 2014
* [https://ift.tt/1VaW2zj ''Thierry de Brunhoff, fils du papa de Babar''] on [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]]
* [https://ift.tt/2Gpf9Ei Thierry de Brunhoff] on [[Discogs]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5RHqSiWGQg Thierry de Brunhoff performs Von Weber (1967), Invitation à la danse, Sonata n°2] (YouTube)
[[Category:French classical pianists]]
[[Category:French Benedictines]]
[[Category:Academics of the École Normale de Musique de Paris]]
[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
== Biography ==
Thierry de Brunhoff is the son of [[Jean de Brunhoff|Jean]] and [[Cécile de Brunhoff]], creators of [[Babar the elephant]], and younger brother of [[Laurent de Brunhoff]].
He started taking piano lessons from [[Alfred Cortot]] at the age of 11. It is the personality which will have the greatest musical influence on him, as he testified several times: Thereafter, he also followed the teaching of [[Edwin Fischer]], before becoming himself a teacher at the [[École normale de musique de Paris]]<ref name=FM1>[https://ift.tt/2Gp6zFz « Les pianistes à Paris », émission de France Musique], 31 August 2014.</ref> for over ten years. Among his students was [[Hüseyin Sermet]].
He is particularly known for his interpretations of [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]] (one senses in this the very deep mark of his first master, Cortot), but his repertoire is very broad, from [[Beethoven]] to [[Debussy]] and [[Ravel]], through [[Carl Maria von Weber]], whose ostracism Brunhoff regrets, even the condescension with which he would be treated by musicians.
His preference, however, goes to Chopin, whom he praises in these terms:
In 1974, he retired as a monk to the in the [[Tarn (department)|Tarn department]]<ref name="FM1" /> and became Brother Thierry Jean. In this regard, he declared in 2004 in a letter to Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier:<ref>[https://ift.tt/2rNtS7q Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier] on France Musique</ref> Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>}}
He was also a huge fan of [[Maria Callas]].
Pianist and radio producer [[Philippe Cassard]] has devoted several series of programs to Thierry de Brunhoff on France Musique between 2008 and 2015.
== Discography ==
In 2004, [[EMI Classics]] published a double record in the series "Les Rarissimes",<ref>See Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0).</ref> with interpretations of works by Chopin, Weber and Schumann, revealing this pianist who was almost forgotten at the time.
== References ==
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2rM6CqA Que viva Thierry de Brunhoff !] ''[[Mediapart]]'' (8 November 2014)
* [https://ift.tt/2GpCoOu ''Le piano de Thierry de Brunhoff''] (''[[Le Monde]]'') (16 April 2010)
* [https://ift.tt/2L5Fbjv Thierry de Brunhoff] on AllMusic
* [https://ift.tt/2Gp6CBf Hommage à Thierry de Brunhoff pour ses 80 ans] on [[France Musique]], 8 November 2014
* [https://ift.tt/1VaW2zj ''Thierry de Brunhoff, fils du papa de Babar''] on [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]]
* [https://ift.tt/2Gpf9Ei Thierry de Brunhoff] on [[Discogs]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5RHqSiWGQg Thierry de Brunhoff performs Von Weber (1967), Invitation à la danse, Sonata n°2] (YouTube)
[[Category:French classical pianists]]
[[Category:French Benedictines]]
[[Category:Academics of the École Normale de Musique de Paris]]
[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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