Cédric Tiberghien (born 5 May 1975) is a French classical pianist.
Biography
editTiberghien started learning to play the piano at age 5[citation needed] with Michèle Perrier[1] in Noyon, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Frémy, where in 1992 he received the first prize at 17.[citation needed]
He was inspired at a very young age by pianists like Arthur Rubinstein, whom he considered to be one of the greatest pianists and devotes great admiration to artists like Artur Schnabel in works by Beethoven, Richter, and even more Emil Gilels.
Tiberghien wins numerous international awards. Second prize in Bremen in 1993 and in Dublin in 1994, Sixth prize at the 1995 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel-Aviv, and Third prize in Geneva in 1996.
In 1998, he won the First Grand Prize and five special prizes at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition.[citation needed]
For Harmonia Mundi he made several solo festival recordings: Debussy's piano works, Beethoven's Eroica Variations, Bach's partitas, ballades by Chopin and Brahms. he also recorded Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek.
From 2005 to 2007 Tiberghien was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme.[2]
References
edit- ^ Simon Corley (August 2009). "Cédric Tiberghien (piano)". ConcertoNet.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists - New Generation Artists a to Z".
External links
edit- Cédric Tiberghien (Official Website)
- Cédric Tiberghien (wigmore-hall)
- Cédric Tiberghien (BBC)
