Michèle Boegner (12 August 1941 – 1 April 2021Michèle Boegner
) was a French concert pianist. At the Paris Conservatory she studied the piano with Vlado Perlemuter and chamber music with

Jacques Février Jacques Février (26 July 1900 – 2 September 1979) was a French pianist and teacher. Life and career Jacques Février was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the son of the composer Henry Février. He studied with Édouard Risler and Marguerite Lo ...

. She won her award at the age of fifteen. Thereupon she started an international career and won the Second Grand Prix at the George Enesco Contest at the age of seventeen. In parallel with her career, she subsequently studied at the Scaramuzza school in Buenos Aires and with

Wilhelm Kempff Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations ...

and Geza Anda. Michèle's career has been marked by

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

, Haydn,

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

and Schubert and by French music. She has played all over the world, and in particular in Europe, as well as a soloist under the direction of most of the important conductors as in numerous solo recitals and chamber music concerts (from duo to sextet). Her discography contains nineteen titles. In 2009 she recorded Mozart's eighteen piano sonatas and Fantasia in c minor K. 475 (released by Les Discophiles Français in 2010).

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"Official website"
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