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Jean Micault
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'''Jean Micault''' (born 28 December 1924) is a French classical pianist and teacher of piano. By his mother Marguerite Le Brun de Charmettes, he is the direct descendant of [[Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes]].
== Biography ==
Born in [[Bois-Colombes]], Micault followed an exemplary curriculum: a gifted musician from a very young age, he studied [[harmony]], obtained his first medals in musical aesthetics and [[chamber music]], and graduated in pedagogy.
For his piano achievements, he has been awarded the most illustrious prizes:
* [[First Prize (music diploma)|First Prize]] for piano of the [[Conservatoire de paris]]
* 1st Grand Prix Louis Diémer in 1957.
* 1st Grand Prix International of the Viotti competition in Vercelli in 1950.
His most illustrious teacher was the legendary [[Alfred Cortot]] whom he met for 12 years, first as a student, then as an assistant for years at the CHIGI Academy in Siena, Italy. Alfred Cortot gave him the highest praise and appointed him personally, in 1949, teacher at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]]. Faithful to his Master's wish, he taught in this establishment until January 2006 while maintaining an uninterrupted activity as concert performer and teacher at the international level. For 11 years, he was also the successor to [[Walter Gieseking]] and [[Andor Földes]] at the [[Hochschule für Musik Saar]], a city where he still resided in 2010.
He has always been present in many international courses (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Japan where he went 2 months a year, 10 years in a row) From 1996 to 2005, he led the singing and piano [[masterclass]]es in [[Thionville]]. After a 3-year interruption of his concert activity for health reasons, he resumed concerts in October 2009 and still teaches. He celebrated his 85th birthday on stage. He is quoted in the biography of Alfred by [[Bernard Gavoty]] among the Master's most promising students. In Bernard Alink's work on international piano competitions, he appears to have been a member of more than 100 juries of prestigious competitions (Viotti of Vercelli, Pozzoli of Seregno, and other Italian or European competitions). Micault remained President of the International Piano Competition Citta di Sulmona (Italy) for 8 years until the [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake]]. He is also Honorary President of the Madeleine de Valmalète Competition (Paris). He is an honorary citizen of the cities of Vercelli, Bra and Sulmona in Italy and in 2005, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, received recognition from the city of Saarbrücken for his 30 years of artistic activity in the Saare region.
Jean Micault is considered to be a major interpreter of the romantic repertoire ([[Beethoven]], [[Schumann]], [[Chopin]], [[Liszt]]...) but his repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporaries. He has created works by contemporary composers for the Swiss Italian radio or at the request of the composers themselves, which he has performed in concert. He helped to make them known by programming them at his concerts and by recording works by the French composer [[Maurice Journeau]].
It is one of his most gifted former students, Pierre Etcheverry, who has been his successor at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] since January 2006.
== Selected discography ==
*The Women Composers (Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Alma Mahler); Claudie Verhaeghe soprano; Jean Micault piano; Arcobaleno, 1994, AAOC-93292
* [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s Sonata No 2 and 3, Discover International, Live Recording 1982, DICD 920286
* Chopin's Waltzes, Arcobaleno, 2003, AAOC - 94432
* Journeau's Prélude, Nocturnes, Nouvelles Impressions Fugitives, Jean Micault, Thomas Betz, pianists, 2001, SKARBO DSK 1011
* [[César Franck]]'s ''Symphonie en ré mineur, Variations symphoniques pour piano et orchestre''; Jean Micault, [[Louis Fourestier]], Orchestre des cento soli. Paris: Le club français du disque.
== References ==
== External links ==
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Bois-Colombes]]
[[Category:French classical pianists]]
[[Category:Academics of the École Normale de Musique de Paris]]
[[Category:20th-century musicians]]
'''Jean Micault''' (born 28 December 1924) is a French classical pianist and teacher of piano. By his mother Marguerite Le Brun de Charmettes, he is the direct descendant of [[Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes]].
== Biography ==
Born in [[Bois-Colombes]], Micault followed an exemplary curriculum: a gifted musician from a very young age, he studied [[harmony]], obtained his first medals in musical aesthetics and [[chamber music]], and graduated in pedagogy.
For his piano achievements, he has been awarded the most illustrious prizes:
* [[First Prize (music diploma)|First Prize]] for piano of the [[Conservatoire de paris]]
* 1st Grand Prix Louis Diémer in 1957.
* 1st Grand Prix International of the Viotti competition in Vercelli in 1950.
His most illustrious teacher was the legendary [[Alfred Cortot]] whom he met for 12 years, first as a student, then as an assistant for years at the CHIGI Academy in Siena, Italy. Alfred Cortot gave him the highest praise and appointed him personally, in 1949, teacher at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]]. Faithful to his Master's wish, he taught in this establishment until January 2006 while maintaining an uninterrupted activity as concert performer and teacher at the international level. For 11 years, he was also the successor to [[Walter Gieseking]] and [[Andor Földes]] at the [[Hochschule für Musik Saar]], a city where he still resided in 2010.
He has always been present in many international courses (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Japan where he went 2 months a year, 10 years in a row) From 1996 to 2005, he led the singing and piano [[masterclass]]es in [[Thionville]]. After a 3-year interruption of his concert activity for health reasons, he resumed concerts in October 2009 and still teaches. He celebrated his 85th birthday on stage. He is quoted in the biography of Alfred by [[Bernard Gavoty]] among the Master's most promising students. In Bernard Alink's work on international piano competitions, he appears to have been a member of more than 100 juries of prestigious competitions (Viotti of Vercelli, Pozzoli of Seregno, and other Italian or European competitions). Micault remained President of the International Piano Competition Citta di Sulmona (Italy) for 8 years until the [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake]]. He is also Honorary President of the Madeleine de Valmalète Competition (Paris). He is an honorary citizen of the cities of Vercelli, Bra and Sulmona in Italy and in 2005, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, received recognition from the city of Saarbrücken for his 30 years of artistic activity in the Saare region.
Jean Micault is considered to be a major interpreter of the romantic repertoire ([[Beethoven]], [[Schumann]], [[Chopin]], [[Liszt]]...) but his repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporaries. He has created works by contemporary composers for the Swiss Italian radio or at the request of the composers themselves, which he has performed in concert. He helped to make them known by programming them at his concerts and by recording works by the French composer [[Maurice Journeau]].
It is one of his most gifted former students, Pierre Etcheverry, who has been his successor at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] since January 2006.
== Selected discography ==
*The Women Composers (Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Alma Mahler); Claudie Verhaeghe soprano; Jean Micault piano; Arcobaleno, 1994, AAOC-93292
* [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s Sonata No 2 and 3, Discover International, Live Recording 1982, DICD 920286
* Chopin's Waltzes, Arcobaleno, 2003, AAOC - 94432
* Journeau's Prélude, Nocturnes, Nouvelles Impressions Fugitives, Jean Micault, Thomas Betz, pianists, 2001, SKARBO DSK 1011
* [[César Franck]]'s ''Symphonie en ré mineur, Variations symphoniques pour piano et orchestre''; Jean Micault, [[Louis Fourestier]], Orchestre des cento soli. Paris: Le club français du disque.
== References ==
== External links ==
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Bois-Colombes]]
[[Category:French classical pianists]]
[[Category:Academics of the École Normale de Musique de Paris]]
[[Category:20th-century musicians]]
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