Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist.

Le Guay, 2017

Early life edit

Le Guay was born in Paris, France. She began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon and Bruno Rigutto. Following her education in Paris, Le Guay continued her training with a variety of established teachers, including Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, Claude Frank, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Alicia de Larrocha, William Grant Naboré, Andreas Staier, György Sebők, and Leon Fleisher.

Accomplishments and award edit

Year Award Title Notes
1990 First prize winner International Contest of Chamber Music of Portogruaro Italy
1994 Prize-winner Maria Canals competition Barcelona
1994 First prize winner ARD Munich
1998 Voted France's Young Musician of the Year - -

Le Guay has also been championed by Daniel Barenboim, who invited her to perform with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.

In 2015 Le Guay was selected to participate in the 2nd Women's Leadership Program Eisenhower Fellows.[1]

Current projects edit

Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume Haydn-Mozart series, to be released on the Universal Accord label.

She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001.

Recordings edit

Year Title Composer Notes
2000 Sonatas[2] Bartók-Carter-Dutilleux Universal Accord
2007 Works for piano volume 1[3] Haydn-Mozart Universal Accord
2007 Works for piano volume 2[4] Haydn-Mozart Universal Accord
- Orchestral Works Thierry Escaich Universal Accord
2012 12 Etudes d'exécution transendante[5] Liszt Universal Accord
2003 Concertos and Légendes Liszt Universal Accord
1997 Kreisleriana op 16; Carnaval op 9 Schumann Universal Accord
- Petrushka; Daphnis et Chloé Stravinsky-Ravel Universal Accord

References edit

  1. ^ EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCES 2015 WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWS
  2. ^ (in French) Dutilleux, Henri; Bela, Bartok; Carter, Elliott; Le Guay, Claire-Marie (2000-06-06) The Sonatas for Piano Musique, retrieved February 13, 2012
  3. ^ (in French) Haydn-Mozart; Le Guay, Claire-Marie Works for Piano Pianobleu, retrieved February 13, 2012
  4. ^ (in French) Le Guay, Claire-Marie (2007-04-23) Haydn - Mozart: Piano Works, Vol.2 - C minor, the color of the drama Amazon, ASIN B000NPE7R4 retrieved February 13, 2012
  5. ^ (in French) Haydn-Mozart; Le Guay, Claire-Marie Franz Liszt Dizziness Claire Marie Le Guay PIANO Pianobleu, retrieved February 13, 2012

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