The Labèque sisters, Katia (born 11 March 1950) and Marielle (born 6 March 1952), are an internationally recognised French piano duo.

Biography

Education and first performances

Katia and Marielle Labèque were born in

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, on the southwest coast of France, near the Spanish border in

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. Their father was a doctor, rugby football player, and music enthusiast who sang in the Bordeaux Opera choir. Their Italian mother, Ada Cecchi, a former student of Marguerite Long, was their first teacher; she began their lessons when they were three and five years old. After graduating in piano from the

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in 1968, the sisters began working on

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and two pianos repertoire. They recorded their first album, ''Les Visions de l'Amen'' of

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, under the artistic direction of the composer, and continued to perform

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, including works by

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Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

Philippe Boesmans Philippe Boesmans (17 May 1936 – 10 April 2022) was a Belgian pianist, composer and academic teacher. He studied to be a pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, and was self-taught as a composer, influenced by the Liège Group of Henri Po ...

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

and Olivier Messiaen.

International career

This performance repertoire achieved some recognition, but celebrity arrived when their 1980 two-piano recording of Gershwin's ''

Rhapsody in Blue ''Rhapsody in Blue'' is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band by George Gershwin. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman, the work combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects and premiered in a concer ...

'' sold more than half a million copies. Beyond the traditional classical repertoire, their repertoire extended to

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...

flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...

minimal music Minimal music (also called minimalism)"Minimalism in music has been defined as an aesthetic, a style, and a technique, each of which has been a suitable description of the term at certain points in the development of minimal music. However, two ...

baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Classical music, Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance music, Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Class ...

on period instruments,

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, and

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. The sisters discovered

with Marco Postinghel, and commissioned two Silberman

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s in 1998. They played these instruments with

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conducted by Giovanni Antonini; Musica Antiqua Köln conducted by Reinhard Goebel (

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

commemoration year in 2000); the English Baroque Soloists conducted by

John Eliot Gardiner Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Church cantata (Bach), Bach's church ...

; the Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon; and with the

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conducted by

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. They performed for 33,000 people at the

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gala concert, the last concert of the 2005 season of the

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, and in May 2016 for more than 100,000 people at

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with the

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, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Many works have been written especially for them, such as "Linea" for two pianos and percussion by

; "Water Dances" for two pianos by

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his lengthy ...

; "Battlefield" for two pianos and orchestra by Richard Dubugnon; "Nazareno" for two pianos, percussion and orchestra by

Osvaldo Golijov Osvaldo Noé Golijov (; born December 5, 1960) is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work. Biography Osvaldo Golijov was born in and raised in La Plata, Argentina, to a Jewish family ...

and Gonzalo Grau; "The Hague Hacking" for two pianos and orchestra by Louis Andriessen; "Capriccio" by

; and "Concerto for two pianos and orchestra" by

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, performed in Los Angeles by the

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, conducted by

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. Katia and Marielle expanded their repertoire for two pianos and percussion with works such as the first instrumental version of ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

'', transcribed by

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(orchestrator of the original musical); and the version for two pianos and

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percussions of

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. They premiered "Four Movements" for two pianos by

in France, England, and Italy, where in the summer of 2011 they opened the 48th Edition of the Chamber Music Festival of

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; and in Cuba. In November 2011, they premiered the project "50 Years of Minimalism" at

Kings Place Kings Place is a building in London's King's Cross area, providing music and visual arts venues combined with seven floors of office space. It has housed the editorial offices of ''The Guardian'' newspaper since December 2008 and is the form ...

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, with works by

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, David Chalmin, William Duckworth,

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Terry Riley Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist music, minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notab ...

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, Howard Skempton and others.

Recording career

Between 1970 and 1997, the sisters recorded albums for Erato (

Warner Classics Warner Classics is the classical music arm of Warner Music Group. The label began issuing new recordings under the Warner Classics banner in 1991. The company also includes the Erato Records and Teldec Records labels. Based in France, Warner Cla ...

Philips Records Philips Records is a record label founded by Netherlands, Dutch electronics company Philips and in 1999 was absorbed into Netherlands, Dutch-United States, American music corporation Universal Music Group. It was founded as Philips Phonograph ...

EMI Classics EMI Classics was a record label founded by Thorn EMI in 1990 to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogues for internationally distributed classical music releases. After Thorn EMI demerged in 1996, its recorded mus ...

Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...

and

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis after his acquisition of a gramophone manufacturer, The Decca Gramophone Company. It set up an American subsidiary under the Decca name, which bec ...

. They ceased recording for 10 years before creating their own classical

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, ''KML Recordings,'' in Italy in 2007. They also produce young bands and musicians of different musical backgrounds, such as

(B for Bang DimensionX, Dream House, Red Velvet), and

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( Mayte Martin,

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). They produced the first album by Basque trio

and introduced them to their friend

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in 2011. After this meeting, the trio participated in Madonna's

MDNA Tour The MDNA Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer Madonna, launched in-support of her twelfth studio album, ''MDNA (album), MDNA'' (2012). Comprising 88 shows, the tour began on May 31, 2012, at the Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv Dist ...

in 2012. In June 2016 the sisters joined the

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

record label for distribution of their

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, KML Recordings. In 2005 they created their own foundation, "Fondazione Katia e Marielle Labèque", in

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, with the aims of promoting the relationship between music and image, commissioning new works for two pianos, and supporting

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groups. Their first project in 2009 supported the young filmmaker Tal Rosner. In 2012, they created their own recording studio, "Studio KML", in an ancient school in

as a meeting place for the musicians of their Foundation and the KML Recordings label. The first recording made here was the "Minimalist Dream House".

Personal lives

Katia's partner, David Chalmin, is a composer, producer and singer/guitarist of the band Triple Sun. Katia was in a relationship with English guitarist John McLaughlin, and she was a member of his band in the early 1980s. Marielle is married to the conductor Semyon Bychkov. The sisters still live together; they moved to

in 1987, to a palace in

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in 1993, and since 2005 they have lived in a palace that belonged to the

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family of

Discography

Recordings as a duet

* 1969 : Olivier Messiaen, ''Visions De L'Amen'' * 1970 : Bartok, ''Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion'' * 1972 : Rachmaninov, ''24 Preludes & Suite No. 2'' * 1972 : Hindemith - Martinu * 1979 : Marius Constant : ''Psyche'' * 1980 : Gershwin, ''Rhapsody In Blue / Piano Concerto In F'' * 1981 : Brahms, ''Hungarian dances'' * 1982 : Scott Joplin, ''Gladrags'' * 1983 : Liszt, ''Réminiscences de Don Juan'' * 1984 : Rossini, ''Petite messe solennelle'' * 1984 : Gershwin, ''An American in Paris'' * 1985 : Bizet, Fauré, Ravel * 1987 : Stravinsky, ''Petrouchka / Concerto For 2 Pianos'' * 1987 : Gershwin, ''I got Rhythm - Music for Two Pianos'' * 1988 : Bernstein, ''Symphonic dances and songs from West Side Story'' * 1990 : ''Love of Colours'' * 1990 : Dvorak, ''Slavonic Dances Op. 46 & 72'' * 1991 : ''Encore !'' * 1993 : ''España !'' * 1994 : Tchaikovsky, ''Piano fantasy : music for two pianos'' * 1996 : ''En blanc et noir - Debussy Album'', including ''

En blanc et noir ''En blanc et noir'' (; ), L. 134, CD. 142, is a suite in three movements for two pianos by Claude Debussy, written in June 1915. He composed the work on the Normandy coast, suffering from cancer and concerned about the prospects of France in t ...

'' * 2001 : Brahms - Tchaikovsky - Debussy (compilation album) * 2003 : ''Piano Fantasy'' (compilation album - 6 CD box) * 2006 : Maurice Ravel * 2007 : Stravinsky / Debussy * 2007 : Schubert / Mozart * 2009 : Erik Satie * 2010 : ''The New CD box'' * 2011 : Gershwin-Bernstein, ''Rhapsody in Blue - West Side Story'' * 2011 : ''Nazareno'' * 2013 : ''Minimalist Dream House'' * 2014 : ''Sisters'' * 2016 : ''Invocations'' * 2017 : ''Love Stories'' * 2018 : ''Amoria''

Recordings with collaborators

* 1981 : ''Gershwin's songs'' with Barbara Hendricks * 1984 : Prokofiev, ''Peter and The Wolf'' and Saint Saëns, ''Le Carnaval des animaux'' with

Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the First ina ...

and the

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is a major Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert ...

conducted by

Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor :wikt:emeritus, emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father ...

* 1985 : Gershwin, ''Rhapsody in Blue'' with the

Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the " Big Five". T ...

conducted by

Riccardo Chailly Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and of La Scala. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions at the Gewandhausorchester (2005–20 ...

* 1985 : Bartók, ''Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra'' with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by

* 1988 : John McLaughlin, ''The Mediterranean Concerto'' Tracks: Brise de Coeur, Montana, Two Sisters, Until Such Time, Zakir * 1989 : Poulenc, ''Concerto for 2 Pianos'' with the

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five (orchestras), Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in ...

conducted by

Seiji Ozawa was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After cond ...

* 1989 : Mozart, ''Piano Concerti'' with the

conducted by Semyon Bychkov * 1990 : Mendelssohn / Bruch, ''Piano Concerti'' with the

Philharmonia Orchestra The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer for EMI Classics, EMI. Among the conductors who worked with the orchestra in its early years were Rich ...

* 1997 : ''Carnival'' with

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with l ...

Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Sim ...

James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the single "Fi ...

, Sting,

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", her vocal prowess, raspy voice, and electrifyin ...

, among others, ... * 2008 : ''De fuego y de Agua'' with Mayte Martín * 2009 : Katia Labèque ''Shape Of My Heart'' * 2016 :

, ''Double Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra'' with the

conducted by

* 2016 : ''Summer Night Concert'' with the

conducted by Semyon Bychkov

Filmography

* 1990 : ''The Loves of Emma Bardac'', telefilm by Thomas Mowrey * 2000 : ''The Italian Bach in Vienna'', concert with

* 2000 : '' The Man Who Cried'', film by Sally Potter * 2005 : ''Waldbühne 2005'', concert with the

conducted by Simon Rattle * 2005 : '' I'm Going to Tell You a Secret'', documentary about

* 2012 : ''The Labeque way'', documentary by Felix Cabez * 2016 : ''Summer Night Concert'', concert with the

conducted by Semyon Bychkov

Bibliography

* 2016: ''Une vie à quatre mains'',

Renaud Machart Renaud Machart (born 22 March 1962) is a French journalist, music critic, radio producer and music producer. Biography Renaud Machart was born in Lannion, and first studied music under the direction of his father and then with Claudette Bohn, ...

, Buchet/Chastel,

References

External links

Official website

Fondation KML

KML recordings
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