Jean-Louis Haguenauer (born 1954) is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in Paris, Haguenauer has taken courses in music analysis, writing and

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. He worked with Louis Hiltbrand, Germaine Mounier,

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and Jean Fassina. In chamber formation, Haguenauer works notably with Jeff Cohen,

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, Annick Roussin, Jaime Laredo,

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, Arnaud Thorette, Cécilia Tsan, Sharon Robinson,

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, Thomas Robertello, Michel Lethiec, James Campbell, the Ebène Quartet, the

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, the Stanislas Ensemble,

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and the "Accroche-Notes"

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. From 1991 to 1997, he was a member of the

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Hall Chamber Players, and from 2003 to 2007, of the American Chamber Players. Haguenauer has been invited to the Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron,

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of Nantes, the Radio France-Montpellier festival, the

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in Toulouse, the Orangerie de Sceaux, the Vichy opera, the

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, and the Kreeger Museum festivals. For the past twenty years, Haguenauer has formed a duo with tenor Gilles Ragon, with whom he has deepened the repertoire of French mélodies and

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er. From 1988 to 1998, Haguenauer taught the piano at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. In 2012, he finished the first complete recording of Claude Debussy's melodies, made in

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, on the composer's piano kept at the Brive Museum. Haguenauer currently lives in the United States, and teaches at the

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Discography

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's works for viola, with Pierre-Henry Xuereb, Andras Adorjan; éditions Adda, 1989 * Carl Maria von Weber's Chamber music: Piano quartet, Flute trio, Variations for violin and piano; Alexis Galperine, Pierre-Henry Xuereb, Cecilia Tsan, Jean-Christophe Falala; éditions Timpani, 1991 * Transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies n°1 et 2 by

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 ...

, éditions Harmonia Mundi, 1995; *

Francis Bayer Francis Bayer (c. 11 July 1938 – 2 January 2004) was a French composer and musicologist. Life Born in Villerville (Calvados), it was only after having undertaken postgraduate studies in philosophy at the University of Paris, studies that led h ...

's ''Cinq Essais'', with Renaud François, flute; Alain Meunier, cello; ''Épisode'', Tétra Ensemble, with Madalena Soveral,Madalena Soveral
on AllMusic piano; Christian Hamouy and Georges Van Gucht, percussions, éditions Pierre Vérany, 1996; * Claude Debussy's '' Préludes'', éditions Ligia Digital, 1998 * Claude Debussy's Piano music, éditions Meridian Records, 1999 * Guy Ropartz's Trio in A minor for violin, cello and piano, with Alexis Gasparine, violin; Cecilia Tsan, cello, éditions Timpani, 1999 * Guy Ropartz's 1st and 2nd sonatas for violin and piano, with Alexis Galpérine, éditions La Guilde des musiciens, 2003 * Beethoven's '' An die ferne Geliebte'' and

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, Fantasie op.17 ''Dichterliebe'', with Gilles Ragon, tenor; éditions Saphir Productions * Igor Stravinsky's '' Histoire du soldat'' and other pieces, with Michel Lethiec,

, Annick Roussin, Alexis Galperine, Pierre-Henry Xuereb, Philippe Muller, Francis Pierre; éditions Saphir Productions, 2010 *

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's Mélodies and duos, with Gilles Ragon, Didier Henry, éditions Maguelone, 2013 *

Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ove ...

' ''Four Waltz'', Transcription by Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, Stanislas ensemble, éditions Gallo * Claude Debussy's complete melodies

Prizes and awards

* Licence de concerts à l'unanimité à l' École Normale de Musique de Paris, 1973 * First prize for virtuosity unanimously, with congratulations from the jury, at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (Louis Hiltbrand's class), 1977 * Counterpoint and Fugue Prize at the Geneva Conservatory * ''Lili Boulanger'' Composition prize * Laureate of the

Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi or Jehudi (Hebrew: יהודי, endonym for Jew) is a common Hebrew name: * Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor ** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England ** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to the v ...

Foundation, 1983

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