Bruno Rigutto (born 12 August 1945) is a French pianist, [1] composer and conductor.
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]
Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from causes related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He composed few works, all of which demonstrated a strong influence from Bartok.
The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and referred to as the Oscars for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world. According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for Harmonia Mundi USA, "ultimately it is the classical award, especially worldwide."
Boris Vadimovich Berezovsky is a Russian virtuoso pianist.
Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon was a French conductor and composer.
Alexis Sigismund Weissenberg was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.
Andrei Gavrilov is a Swiss pianist of Russian background.
Michel Tabachnik is a Swiss conductor and composer.
Mari Kodama is a classical pianist who has performed in Europe, North America and Japan.
The Diapason d'Or is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British Gramophone magazine.
Gabriel Tacchino is one of the premier post-war French classical pianists; he also teaches piano.
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Jonathan Gilad is a French classical pianist.
Jean-François Heisser is a French classical pianist.
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Pierre Emmanuel Nerini was a French classical violinist and music teacher who held prominent positions with leading Parisian orchestras.
Kotaro Fukuma is a Japanese classical pianist.
Etsuko Hirose is a Japanese classical pianist.