Annie d'Arco (28 October 1920 – 5 March 1998) was a 20th-century French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in Marseille, d'Arco studied the piano with Marguerite Long and won the Geneva competition in 1946. She gave her first concert with the Orchestre Lamoureux, under the direction of Eugène Bigot. She performed both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, notably with Henryk Szeryng,

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(YouTube) and Pierre Pierlot. She taught the piano at the École normale de musique de Paris for many years, and had many students with distinguished careers, including Christophe Larrieu,

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and Marylin Frascone. She was married to

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, a

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player. D'Arco died in the

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at age 77.

Discography

Emmanuel Chabrier Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier (; 18 January 184113 September 1894) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and pianist. His Bourgeoisie, bourgeois family did not approve of a musical career for him, and he studied law in Paris and then worked ...

: 10 pièces pittoresques, Habanera; Calliope publisher – CAL. 1828 (1974) * César Franck, Sylvio Lazzari: Sonatas for violin and piano, with Michel Benedetto; Calliope publisher - CAL. 1814 *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

: Sonatas for cello and piano, with

, Calliope – CAL. 1818 * Paul Dukas: Variations, interlude & final sur un thème de Rameau;

Gabriel Pierné Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. Biography Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germ ...

: Variations en ut mineur, Op. 42.; Calliope, CAL.1811 *

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: Piano Concerto No 2, with the orchestre national de l'ORTF conducted by Jean Martinon,

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(1970) *Carl Maria Von Weber: Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Minor and No. 4 in E Minor. L'Oiseau-Lyre OL 271 (1964) * Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Songs Without Words op.19, Op.30, Op.38, Op.53, Op.62, Op.67, Op.85, Op.102 Erato label, Ultimo 2-CD set 3984-25597-2

References

External links

Annie d'Arco's discography
on

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Annie d'Arco
on Naxos
Annie d'Arco plays Mendelssohn Preludes & Fugues Op. 35
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