Isabelle Oehmichen (born 9 March 1961) is a French classical pianist.
Biography
Born in Paris, Oehmichen is First Grand Prize winner of the 1989 International Piano Competition
Milosz Magin and in 1993 Laureate of the Foundation
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. Isabelle Oehmichen was destined for classical dance, her passion, but after a broken ankle, she really started playing the piano at 17. She began as a pianist at the
Paris Opera
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and accompanied the
danseurs étoile ,
Patrick Dupond
Patrick Dupond (14 March 1959 – 5 March 2021) was a French ballet dancer and artistic director.
He made a name for himself in 1976 when he won the gold medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria. A virtuoso dancer, he was n ...
, and .
After years of hard work, Isabelle Oehmichen plays as a soloist throughout Europe and particularly in Central Europe. Every year she gives numerous recitals, concerts in
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 ...
or with orchestra. She often participates in radio and television programs (recitals filmed in
Żelazowa Wola
Żelazowa Wola () is a village in Gmina Sochaczew, Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies on the Utrata River, some northeast of Sochaczew and west of Warsaw. Żelazowa Wola has a population of 65.
The village i ...
, the native home of
Chopin and
Saint-Saëns's 2nd concerto at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest live on Bartók Radio).
Isabelle Oehmichen has already recorded several CDs of works by Chopin, Magin, Sauguet, Collet, Liszt, concertos with orchestra by Weiner, Wissmer, Mozart, Dohnanyi.
She is also
artistic director
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of the A.M.F.H. (Association Musicale Franco-Hongroise) in Paris.
Very attached to teaching amateur adults, she created with the Hungarian conductor an International Summer Academy of Chamber Music in Budapest, open to all. Isabelle Oehmichen also founded the ''Trio Primavera'', Franco-Hungarian trio (piano, violin and cello) which performs regularly in France and Hungary in particular.
From 24 to 26 September 2009, Isabelle Oehmichen recorded at the 4'33" studio in Ivry-sur-Seine a set of
nocturne
A nocturne is a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night.
History
The term ''nocturne'' (from French '' nocturne'' 'of the night') was first applied to musical pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensembl ...
s by
Carl Czerny
Carl Czerny (; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and ...
(1791-1857)
Carl Czerny, Nocturnes
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, 2010).
References
External links
Isabelle Oehmichen's personal website
on Piano bleu
on Foundation Sziffra
Isabelle Oehmichen
Discography
on Discogs
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Czerny, Nocturne Op.368 N°4, Isabelle Oehmichen
(YouTube)
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21st-century French women classical pianists
21st-century French classical pianists
1961 births
Living people
Musicians from Paris