Delphine Bardin (born 18 July 1974) is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in

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, Delphine Bardin began playing the piano at the age of five. She then studied with Paule Grimaldi and entered the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, where she won first prizes in piano,

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

, piano accompaniment and vocal accompaniment. She was then admitted to the advanced cycle, in the class of

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for piano and

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for chamber music. In 1996, she was awarded the Yvonne Lefébure Fellowship and the following year was awarded the

Clara Haskil International Piano Competition The Clara Haskil Piano Competition (French: Concours international de piano Clara Haskil) was founded in 1963 in order to honour and perpetuate the memory the Romanian-Swiss pianist Clara Haskil. The competition is a member of the World Federati ...

(Vevey, in Switzerland). Numerous solo engagements followed in Switzerland, Canada, Germany and France; winner of the "

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Foundation", she was also named "Rising Star" for the 2001/2002 season, which allowed her to perform in prestigious concert halls such as the Cologne Philharmonic, the

Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadin ...

of London and the

Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels The Centre for Fine Arts (french: Palais des Beaux-Arts, nl, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or PSK in Dutch. The b ...

. She has performed in festivals such as the

Klavier-Festival Ruhr The Klavier-Festival Ruhr (also ''Klavierfestival Ruhr'') is an annual festival of piano music, which takes place in the area of the Ruhr in Germany. The festival runs from around the beginning of May for three months. The organizer of the fest ...

, the Mozart-Messiaen Days in Vevey, the . Chamber music holds a very important place in her activity and she plays regularly with cellist

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, and flautist

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. Together with cellist Maryse Castello and violinist Arno Madoni, she formed the Pilgrim Trio. In duet with violinist

Elsa Grether Elsa Grether (born 28 June 1980) is a French classical violinist, laureate of the ''International Pro Musicis 2009 Prize'' unanimously by the jury (with pianist Delphine Bardin), who made her recital debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and in Boston ...

, she was awarded the Pro Musicis PrizePro Musicis Prize 2009
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Selected discography

* CD Mozart / Schumann avec l’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne sous la direction de Jesus Lopez-Cobos (Claves 1998) * Album ''Airs chantés'', with Canadian soprano Hélène Guilmette (Ambroisie 2004) * Fauré's '' Barcarolles'' (Diapason d'Or 2010) (Alpha 2010).

References

External links

Official website

Gabriel Fauré: Neuvième barcarolle en la mineur, Op. 101 (Piano: Delphine Bardin)
(YouTube)
Delphine Bardin
on ''Les Solistes de demain''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardin, Delphine 1974 births 21st-century French women classical pianists Conservatoire de Paris alumni Living people Musicians from Tours, France