Philippe Entremont

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Philippe Entremont is one of the world's leading pianists and a well-known conductor. He is particularly well known as a pianist for his performances in the early 20th Century repertory and music of the Classical Era. He was born into a musical family. He father was a conductor, who when Philippe was a boy, was conductor at the Strasbourg Opera. Philippe's mother was a pianist, who gave him his first lessons. He studied with Marguerite Long, who was a favored interpreter of the music of Maurice Ravel. In 1944 he went to study at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Doyen. At the age of twelve Entremont won the Harriet Cohen Piano Medal. At the Paris Conservatory he was the first prizes in solfège when he was twelve, in chamber music when he was fifteen, and in piano when he was sixteen. He made his professional debut in 1951 in Barcelona. He began touring in Europe. He made his American debut on January 5, 1953 with the National Orchestral Association, with Jacques Barzun conducting. He became particularly well known for his performances and recordings of music by such composers as Milhaud, Stravinsky, Jolivet, and Leonard Bernstein, and recorded under their direction. He has appeared as a pianist on five continents in practically every major musical center and with the great orchestras for the world, and at many major summer festivals. He also appears frequently in chamber music presentations, including appearances with flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. In 1967 he also took up conducting. In 1976 he was appointed principal conductor and lifetime musical director of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. In 1980 he became music director of the New Orleans (Louisiana) Symphony Orchestra, remaining in that position until 1986. In 1985 he was appointed music director of the Denver (Colorado) Symphony Orchestra. From 1988 to 1990 he was conductor of the Orchestre des Concerts Colonnes in Paris, and in 1993 became principal conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of the Netherlands. He also is an active teacher,, in addition to maintaining a very busy concert schedule. He has been the President of the Ravel Academy in Paris and is Director of the American Conservatory of Fontainbleu, a leading music school. His recordings have won the Grand Prix du Disque and the Netherlands Edison Award. ~ Joseph Stevenson, All Music Guide

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Philippe Entremont Discography (23titles)

The Mozart Collection 6/27/06 82876852432 CD Longplay BUY NOW	The Chopin Collection 6/27/06 82876852462 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 4/1/03 SBK87283 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Satie: Piano Works 4/1/03 SBK87280 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Carnival of the Animals; Bacchanale; March militaire; Danse Macabre 4/1/03 SBK87277 CD Longplay BUY NOW	A Debussy Recital 4/1/03 SBK87278 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 8/6/02 SBK89962 CD Longplay BUY NOW	The Essential Beethoven 8/6/02 SBK89958 CD Longplay BUY NOW	The Essential Chopin 1/29/02 SBK89846 CD Longplay BUY NOW
De Falla: El Amor Brujo; Nights In The Gardens Of Spain; The Three-Cornered Hat Three Dances 10/31/00 SBK89291 CD Longplay BUY NOW	NPR Milestones of the Millennium: The Triumph of the Piano - From Bach to Bartok 1/18/00 SMK60993 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 In B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23; Dvorák: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33 7/27/99 SMK61828 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Mozart: Overtures; Divertimento, K. 131; Symphony No.28, K. 200 3/4/97 SBK62830 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; more 3/4/97 SBK62643 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Greatest Hits: Saint-Saëns 11/14/95 MLK69251 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Greatest Hits - The Classical Piano 8/22/95 MLK68456 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Greatest Hits - Baroque 6/13/95 MLK66706 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Greatest Hits: Movies 12/6/94 MLK66709 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Chopin: Greatest Hits 8/9/94 MLK64057 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits 8/9/94 MLK64056 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4, Cello Concerto, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 11/17/92 SBK48276 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Robert Schumann and Edvard Grieg: Piano Concertos 8/13/91 SBK46543 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Gershwin: Concerto in F; Ravel: Piano Concertos 4/9/91 SBK46338 CD Longplay BUY NOW