Frank Braley (born 4 February 1968) is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Braley began studying the piano at the age of four with his mother. At the age of ten, he gave his first concert with the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. He then pursued normal studies and obtained his baccalaureate at the age of seventeen. He subsequently undertook scientific studies at university before opting for music: at the age of eighteen, he joined the Conservatoire de Paris where he worked with Pascal Devoyon, Christian Ivaldi and Jacques Rouvier. There he won first prize in piano and

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. In 1991, he won the first prize and the public prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. From then on, his career was launched. He travels and plays all over the world under the baton of conductors such as

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, Marek Janowski, Armin Jordan and Kurt Masur. He also performs as a chamber musician or in recitals with artists such as

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, Mischa Maisky, Emmanuel Pahud and Maria João Pires. Every year, he is the guest of major festivals including the Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron, Périgord Noir, , etc. He is fond of literature and loves jazz. In April 2007, Braley performed Ravel's ''

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'' with the Orchestre français des jeunes, under Jean-Claude Casadesus's direction, at the

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in Paris, at La Rochelle () and the . Braley most often plays chamber music with Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. A recording of Beethoven's ''Ten sonatas for violin and piano'' was issued in 2010. Since September 2011, Braley has been a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris. At the end of 2012, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie announced that he will succeed

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as music director of this orchestra during the 2013–14 season. Not only does he intend to conduct keyboards in piano concerti for which he will assume the soloist part, but he will also take over much of the orchestral conducting and explore chamber music with the soloists of each pulpit during his mandate. In May–June 2013, he was a member of the jury during the entire session (from the eliminatory to the final rounds) of the Queen Elisabeth Competition at Le Flagey and the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels. Since January 2014, Braley has been

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of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. In October 2015, he was a member of the jury for the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition.

Discography

;1996 * Franz Schubert's ''Sonata in A major, D. 959'' - 3 ''Klavierstücke D946'' - (Harmonia mundi-serie "les nouveaux interprète" ) out of stock and not reissued. ;1998 *

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's ''Pieces for piano'' Op. 3 (Harmonia Mundi) ;2002 *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

's ''Sonatas and trios'' Virgin Classics) ;2004 * Franz Schubert's '' Trout Quintet'' with Gautier Capuçon, cellist and Renaud Capuçon, violin, Gérard Caussé, viola and Aloïs Posch,Aloïs Posch
on AllMusic double bass (Virgin Classics) ;2005 * ''Récital'', works by Schubert (Harmonia Mundi) * George Gershwin, ''L’œuvre pour piano'' (Harmonia Mundi) *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

, '' Octet'' Op. 20, ''Variations concertantes in D major for cello and piano'' Op. 17, ''Song without words in D major for cello and piano'' Op. 109. and ''Album-leaf in E minor'' Op. 117, with the "Ensemble Explorations" conducted by

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(Harmonia Mundi) ;2007 *

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, ''Quintet'' Op. 81, ''Bagatelles'' Op. 47, with the "Ensemble Explorations" conducted by Roel Dieltiens (Harmonia Mundi) * Schubert, ''Trios pour piano'' n°1 and 2 with Gautier Capuçon, cellist and Renaud Capuçon, violin (Virgin Classics) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, ''Sonetti di Petrarca'' No 104 and 123 and ''

La lugubre gondola ''La lugubre gondola'', a piano piece, is one of Franz Liszt's most important late works, written in 1882. History Its genesis is well documented in letters from which we know that Liszt was Richard Wagner's guest in the Palazzo Vendramin on ...

II'', Debussy's ''Neuf préludes des Livres I et II'' and Gershwin's '' Rhapsody in blue'' and ''Prélude'' n° 3, filmed at the festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron (DVD Naïve) ;2011 * Ludwig van Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano with Renaud Capuçon. 3CD Virgin Classics, 2011 In addition, in 2012, Franck Braley appears as Alexandre Tharaud's partner on the album ''Le Bœuf sur le toît - Swinging Paris'' (Virgin), album paying tribute to the legendary tandem of pianists Wiener- Doucet. 2013 * Arpeggione: Sonatas for piano and cellos by Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy and Robert Schumann, accompanied by Gautier Capuçon as cellist (

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, series Parlophone at warner music, November 2013)

References

External links

Frank Braley biography
(AllMusic)

(Le Piano Bleu)
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(Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie)
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(Orchestre philharmonique Royal de Liège)

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Frank Braley - Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue
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