Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist.
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.
Year | Award | Title | Notes |
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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]
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.
Year | Title | Composer | Notes |
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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 |
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