André Krust (10 May 1926 – 7 September 2020) was a French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in Belfort, Krust studied at the

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's class and won a second prize for piano in 1950. He later worked with

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and Pierre Kostanoff, and won a prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in 1956. He has been teaching at the

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and Montreuil conservatories, at the Université d'Ottawa and the

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. He died in

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on 7 September 2020.

Discography

Schumann's complete works for piano at RCA, 1973.

Sources

Charles Timbrell,
French pianism: an historical perspective
', Kahn & Averill, London, 1999, .

External links

Discography
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Schumann - André Krust (1973) Kinderszenen Op. 15
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