Hélène Boschi ([elɛn][ˈboski]; 11 August 1917 – 9 July 1990) was a Franco-Swiss pianist, born in Lausanne. She studied with Yvonne Lefébure and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole normale de musique in Paris. Throughout her life she led a dual career as a teacher and as a performer.
She played the music of the 20th Century, Bartok, Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Janáček or Martinu. Luigi Dallapiccola dedicated his Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera (created in 1952), Fernando Lopes-Graça his 3rd Sonata (created in 1954) and Claude Ballif his 4th Sonata (created in 1963). She also gave the first performance of Karel Husa's Piano Concertino in Brussels (1954) which was dedicated to her. In 1955 Hélène Boschi premiered Jean-Louis Martinet's Prelude for Piano and Orchestra[1] and in 1964 Louis Durey's Six pièces de l'automne 53 for piano.[2]
hélène, boschi, elɛn, ˈboski, august, 1917, july, 1990, franco, swiss, pianist, born, lausanne, studied, with, yvonne, lefébure, alfred, cortot, ecole, normale, musique, paris, throughout, life, dual, career, teacher, performer, born, 1917, august, 1917lausann. Helene Boschi elɛn ˈboski 11 August 1917 9 July 1990 was a Franco Swiss pianist born in Lausanne She studied with Yvonne Lefebure and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole normale de musique in Paris Throughout her life she led a dual career as a teacher and as a performer Helene BoschiBorn 1917 08 11 11 August 1917Lausanne SwitzerlandDied9 July 1990 1990 07 09 aged 72 Strasbourg FranceCitizenshipSwiss FrenchAlma materEcole Normale de Musique de ParisOccupationPianistPartner s I Joachim J J Kantorow G Mounier P Rybar M Sadlo AwardsGrand Prix du Disque 1952 Robert Schumann Prize 1975 She played the music of the 20th Century Bartok Dukas Maurice Emmanuel Janacek or Martinu Luigi Dallapiccola dedicated his Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera created in 1952 Fernando Lopes Graca his 3rd Sonata created in 1954 and Claude Ballif his 4th Sonata created in 1963 She also gave the first performance of Karel Husa s Piano Concertino in Brussels 1954 which was dedicated to her In 1955 Helene Boschi premiered Jean Louis Martinet s Prelude for Piano and Orchestra 1 and in 1964 Louis Durey s Six pieces de l automne 53 for piano 2 Helene Boschi performed Johann Sebastian Bach Francois Couperin Gabriel Faure Franck Joseph Haydn W A Mozart Robert Schumann Rameau K M von Weber Among her chamber music partners were Armand Angster Gerard Causse Michel Debost Irene Joachim Annie Jodry Jean Jacques Kantorow Etienne Peclard Peter Rybar Milos Sadlo Helene Boschi also formed with pianist Germaine Mounier a piano duet with a vast repertoire recording works by Mozart Clementi Debussy and Busoni From 1955 to 1965 as Soloist of the Radiodiffusion Television Francaise RTF she performed many broadcast concerts She played also with major orchestras in Europe Czech Philharmonic Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of Berlin Orchestre national de France Concertgebouw Amsterdam Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg etc and renowned conductors as Georges Enesco Kiryl Kondrashin Jean Martinon Kurt Masur Vaclav Neumann Manuel Rosenthal Kurt Sanderling Karel Sejna etc From 1960 to 1965 Helene Boschi taught at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris She led thereafter for twenty years 1965 1985 one of the top classes in piano at the Conservatory of Strasbourg She also gave during 15 years masterclasses in Weimar Among her students were Piotr Anderszewski Dana Borsan Claire Chevallier Allain Gaussin Alain Jomy Thierry Mechler Jean Marie Senia Emmanuel Strosser and Francois Verry In 1975 Helene Boschi received the Robert Schumann Prize for her interpretations of the composer born in the town of Zwickau Contents 1 Discography 2 See also 3 External links 4 Notes amp ReferencesDiscography editBoschi recorded throughout her career for several record companies Le Chant du Monde Supraphon VEB Eterna She was the first pianist to record the Sonatas of Padre Antonio Soler 1952 Grand Prix du disque and the complete works for piano and chamber music of Clara Schumann with Annie Jodry and Roland Pidoux See also editList of classical piano duos performers External links editHelene Boschi Notre Histoire Gramophone The world s best classical music reviews Helene Boschi plays with unmistakable love and care MusicWeb International Forgotten Artists Helene Boschi by Christopher HowellNotes amp References edit The composer renamed this work in 1964 Divertissement pastoral opus 16 Billaudot catalogue p 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Helene Boschi amp oldid 1168945238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
