Bruno Rigutto

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Bruno Rigutto (born 12 August 1945) is a French pianist, [1] composer and conductor.

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Career

Born in Charenton-le-Pont, [2] Rigutto studied at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was a student of Samson François and Paul Badura-Skoda. [3] In 1965 he was a laureate of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition and the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966. [4] He has been teaching the piano at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1981. [5] Rigutto composed the music for Nina Companéez's feature film Faustine et le Bel Été in 1972. [6]

Selected discography

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References

  1. 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva éditions, 2015, p. 53. ISBN   978-2-3505-5192-0
  2. See BNF file
  3. Revue musicale de Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland: Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft. Section romande. OCLC   9077868; v.29-31 (1976-78) p. 129
  4. Bruno Rigutto in Larousse.fr
  5. Les enseignants Archived 2011-03-10 at the Wayback Machine , Conservatoire de Paris
  6. Bruno Rigutto at IMDb