Germaine Mounier (7 February 1920 – 27 June 2006) was a 20th-century French classical pianist and music educator.

Biography

Born in

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, Mounier won First prize at the Conservatoire de Paris. She worked the piano with

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and Magda Tagliaferro. She entered the École Normale de Musique de Paris, taught in

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as well as in Bulgaria where she created a ''Concours Albert Roussel''. With pianist Hélène Boschi she formed a duet with a very vast repertoire, recording works by

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, Clementi, Debussy and Busoni (disque REM). A great admirer and interpreter of Chopin, Mounier created the ''Festival Chopin'' at the Orangerie of the Parc de Bagatelle in Paris, of which she was Vice-présidente. Among her many students were talents as diverse as

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, Véronique Bonnecaze,

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, Pavlos Yallourakis, Alexandre Tharaud, Jeffrey Grice, Mathilde Carré, Roumen Kroumov, François Chouchan, Iliana Todorova, François Daudet,

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, Andrea Tusacciu,

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, Hélène and Marie Desmoulin, Patrick Fayad,

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, Michel Laurent, Claude Bolling, Mari Kodama and Momo Kodama. Mounier died in Paris in 2006.

Recordings

* Debussy, Busoni : ''Musique pour 2 pianos'' / vol.2 : ''En blanc et noir - Sonate'' / ''op. 12 n° 5 - Sonate'' / K. 448 - ''Fantasia contrappuntistica de Busoni'' (Duo Boschi-Mounier)

References

External links

Germaine Mounier interprète Chopin
20th-century French women classical pianists French music educators Piano pedagogues Conservatoire de Paris alumni People from Neuilly-sur-Seine Women music educators 1920 births 2006 deaths {{France-music-bio-stub