Jean-Yves Thibaudet was born on 7 September 1961 and is a French pianist.
16 Facts About Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet's father played the violin, and his mother, of German origin and a somewhat accomplished pianist herself, introduced the instrument to him.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet entered the Conservatoire de Lyon at the age of five and began studying the piano.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet made his first public appearance at the age of seven.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet won a gold medal at the Conservatoire when he was twelve and subsequently entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied with Aldo Ciccolini and Lucette Descaves.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed with most of the world's leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Orchestre de Paris, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet has appeared in the major concert halls of Europe, North America and Asia.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet holds the honor of being the first ever Artist-in-Residence at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet commissioned a piano concerto from James MacMillan, which he premiered with the Minnesota Orchestra in 2011.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet has made more than 50 recordings, most for the British label Decca Records.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet made a box set of all of Erik Satie's complete works for solo piano, released on the composer's 150th birthday.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet is well known for his interpretations of French classical music but has made forays into the world of jazz, playing arrangements and transcriptions of improvisations on the CDs Conversations with Bill Evans and Reflections on Duke.
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In 2007, Jean-Yves Thibaudet released a CD entitled Aria: Opera Without Words, in which he selected several of his favorite arias and overtures, including some of his own transcriptions and those of Yvar Mikhashoff.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet has since recorded a disc of Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5 by Camille Saint-Saens, and a disc of Gershwin works for piano and orchestra in Grofe's arrangements.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet has recorded compositions by composers including Addinsell, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, d'Indy, Grieg, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Claus Ogerman, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Satie, Schumann, and Richard Strauss.
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In 2001, Jean-Yves Thibaudet was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2012 he was promoted to the grade of Officier.