Nicolas Horvath (born 1977, in

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

) is a French

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

and electroacoustic composer.

Education

At 10, Nicolas Horvath was selected for a program initiated by Monaco's

Princess Grace Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly ...

for children with musical predispositions. He received the Academie de Musique Prince Rainier III Prize unanimously with the congratulations of the jury. At the age of 15, during an Academie de Musique Prince Rainier III competition, he was discovered by the conductor

Lawrence Foster Lawrence Foster (born October 23, 1941) is an American conductor of Romanian ancestry. He is currently the artistic director and chief conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the music director of the Marseille Opera and the ...

who obtained a scholarship from

Princess Grace Foundation The Princess Grace Foundation – USA is a charity organization named after Princess Grace of Monaco, which supports emerging performers in theater, dance, and film in the form of awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships. The Foundation hol ...

allowing him to work for three consecutive summers at

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with Gabriel Chodos. On his return, he worked for two years with

Gérard Frémy Gérard Frémy (12 March 1935 – 19 January 2014) was a French pianist, composer, and percussionist. Biography A student with Yves Nat at the Conservatoire de Paris, Frémy ended his studies by winning First prize at sixteen. He was designat ...

who introduced him to

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

. In 1998, he joined the

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in Paris. Beginning in 2002 he worked for four years with

Bruno Leonardo Gelber Bruno Leonardo Gelber (born 19 March 1941) is an Argentine classical pianist. Biography Gelber is an Argentine pianist born in Buenos Aires, with Austrian and French-Italian descent. His father was a violinist, his mother a pianist. He made hi ...

and Germaine Deveze who asked him not to give any concert or participate in any competition during his apprenticeship. Then he left l'École Normale. In 2004, he joined Gino Favotti's electroacoustic composition class where he received masterclasses from

François Bayle François Bayle (born 27 April 1932, in Toamasina, Madagascar) is a composer of Electronic Music, Musique concrète. He coined the term ''Acousmatic Music''. Career In the 1950s he studied with Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz S ...

and Christian Zanési and in 2006 Christine Groult's electroacoustic composition class. From 2008 to 2011, he won numerous international competitions such as the

Luigi Nono Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music. Biography Early years Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono beg ...

Competition,

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...

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Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

. In 2010, he joined the Oxana Yablonskaya Piano School and The International Certificate for Piano Artists. Meetings with

Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer.Obituary ''Variety'', 9 June 1943. He wrote many stories and articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', and '' Vanity Fair'' and was one ...

Gabriel Tacchino Gabriel Tacchino (4 August 1934 – 29 January 2023) was a French classical pianist and teacher. Life and career Tacchino was born in Cannes on 4 August 1934. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1947 to 1953, where his teachers included J ...

Philippe Entremont Philippe Entremont (born 7 June 1934) is a French classical pianist and conductor. His recordings as a pianist include concertos by Tchaikovsky, Maurice Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns and others. Early life Philippe Entremont was born in ...

, and

Éric Heidsieck Éric Charles Heidsieck (born 21 August 1936) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Reims, Heidsieck gave his first recital at the age of nine and his first concert with orchestra a year later. He studied with Marcel Ciampi then ...

, mark his career.

Career

Nicolas Horvath collaborates with composers such as

Régis Campo Régis Campo (born 6 July 1968) is a French composer. Biography He studied composition with Georges Boeuf at the Conservatory of Marseille. Then he entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the classes of Alain Bancquart and Gérard Grisey, wher ...

Denis Levaillant Denis Levaillant (born 3 August, 1952) is a French composer, pianist and writer based in Paris, France. He has orchestrated more than twenty musical shows including ' and composed more than 120 musical works worldwide. Levaillant has been recogniz ...

Jaan Rääts Jaan Rääts (15 October 1932 – 25 December 2020) was an Estonian composer who worked extensively on Estonian film scores of the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in Tartu and became a member of the Estonian Composers' Union in 1957. Compositi ...

Tõnu Kõrvits Tõnu Kõrvits (born 9 April 1969 in Tallinn) is an Estonian composer. In 1994 he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with specialty in composition. Since 2001 he has taught composition and instrumentation at the Estonian Ac ...

Alvin Curran Alvin Curran (born December 13, 1938) is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives and works in Rome, Italy. He is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard ...

Fabio Mengozzi Fabio Mengozzi (born May 12, 1980, in Asti) is an Italian composer and pianist. Biography Fabio Mengozzi studied piano with Aldo Ciccolini, orchestral conducting and composition, masterclasses with Azio Corghi at the Accademia Nazionale di Sa ...

William Susman William Joseph Susman (born August 29, 1960) is an American composer of concert and film music and a pianist. He has written orchestral and chamber music as well as documentary film scores. Music Susman's music is inspired by Afro-Cuban montuñ ...

, Alp Durmaz, Andre Bangambula Vindu,

Mamoru Fujieda is a Japanese composer associated with the postminimalist movement of contemporary classical music. Biography He received a Ph.D. in music from the University of California, San Diego in 1988. His composition instructors have included Joji Yuasa ...

... he ensures the creation of pieces of more than two hundred composers and more than a hundred pieces are dedicated to him. Nicolas Horvath also plays little-known works such as

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's ''

Christus Christus may refer to: * Christ (title) People * Petrus Christus (c. 1410s – c. 1475), Dutch painter * Sir Christus (1978–2017), Finnish musician Music * ''Christus'' (Liszt), an oratorio * ''Christus'' (Mendelssohn), an unfinished oratorio ...

'',

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

's ''

The Fall of the House of Usher "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in ''Burton's Gentleman's Magazine'', then included in the collection ''Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'' in 1840. The short story ...

'', the complete version of

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

's '' The Son of the Stars'' as well as forgotten, neglected composers such as

Moondog Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his ...

, Hélène de Montgeroult,

Ludovic Lamothe Ludovic Lamothe (12 May 1882 - 4 April 1953) was a Haitian composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of Haiti's most important classical composers. Biography Early life A native of Port-au-Prince, he was born into a distinguished liter ...

Jacques Champion de Chambonnières Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (Jacques Champion, commonly referred to as Chambonnières) (c. 1601/2 – 1672) was a French harpsichordist, dancer and composer. Born into a musical family, Chambonnières made an illustrious career as court ha ...

Friedrich Kalkbrenner Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner (2–8 November 1785 – 10 June 1849), also known as ''Frédéric Kalkbrenner'', was a pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer. German by birth, Kalkbrenner studied at the Conservatoire de ...

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (, née Jacquet, 17 March 1665 – 27 June 1729) was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer. Life and works Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (née Jacquet) was born on March 17, 1665, into a ...

Nobuo Uematsu is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the ''Final Fantasy'' video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton Jo ...

Charles-Valentin Alkan Charles-Valentin Alkan (; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Lisz ...

Karl August Hermann Karl August Hermann (23 September 1851 – 11 January 1909) was an Estonian writer, publicist, linguist and composer. Biography Hermann was born in Võhmanõmme, Põltsamaa Parish, Kreis Fellin in 1851. He studied at the Faculty of Theology o ...

... Nicolas Horvath stands out by organizing marathon concerts such as

Vexations ''Vexations'' is a musical work by Erik Satie. Apparently conceived for keyboard (although the single page of manuscript does not specify an instrument), it consists of a short theme in the bass whose four presentations are heard alternatingly ...

which he performed 12 times alone and without any stop or break, the Nights of Minimalist Piano and the complete

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

piano music. On April 21, 2012, with Andrea Clanetti Santarossa, they did in

's Entrepot Gallery the very first Monacan happening on

La Monte Young La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in Fluxus and post-war avant-garde music. He is best kno ...

music. Some of the audience was scandalized by it and left the gallery shouting. On December 12, 2012, he gave in

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's museum

Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...

a non-stop solo version of 35 hours of Erik Satie's Vexations. Starting December 12 at noon and ending December 13 at 11 pm. From the June 23 to July 27, 2013, he was invited by the DO NOT OPEN Gallery in

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to give his first exhibit, highly influenced by

Clyfford Still Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately follo ...

Hermann Nitsch Hermann Nitsch (29 August 1938 – 18 April 2022) was an Austrian contemporary artist and composer. His art encompassed wide-scale performances incorporating theater, multimedia, rituals and acted violence. He was a leading figure of Viennese Ac ...

On April 11, 2014, in the

, he premiered the GlassWorlds, a gigantic

Homage where 120 composers from 56 countries and all musical genres wrote a work for this program. On January 9, 2015, in

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

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, he premiered the Complete 20

Etudes. On October 10 to 12, 2015, in

's Le Grand Rex, for the 1st encore of

Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since the 1990s, Elfman has garnered internation ...

's anniversary concert, Nicolas Horvath was in duet with the composer himself to perform Elfman's Oogie Boogie's song. On October 31, 2015, The Gallery of Estonia (the Estonian pavilion) as part of the Milan World Expo closing day invited him to give the first Jaan Rääts music only recital. On May 25, 2016, he gave a Jaan Rääts recital at Strasbourg European Parliament for the inauguration Ceremony of Estonia at the lead of the Council of Europe. On the night of October 1 to 2, 2016, at the Paris Philharmonie Boulez Hall, he performed a twelve-hour-long marathon of piano works by Philip Glass. In April 2017, he requested to all Jaan Rääts' students, such as

Erkki-Sven Tüür Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 16 October 1959) is an Estonian composer. Life and career Tüür () was born in Kärdla on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. He studied flute and percussion at the Tallinn Music School from 1976 to 1980 and composition wit ...

, Timo Steiner, Kerri Kotta ... to compose each of them an exclusive piece for an all-Estonia Jaan Rääts Homage tour (for the 85th anniversary of composer). On March 18, 2018, he gave a world premiere in

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during the Festival Variations the complete piano music of Erik Satie. On March 24, 2018, he was invited by the Labenche Museum in

Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 7 ...

to give a

recital for his centenary on the composer's last piano. During this concert Nicolas Horvath premiered

works completed by the musicologist

Robert Orledge Robert Orledge (born 5 January 1948) is a British musicologist, and a professor emeritus of the University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 � ...

. On September 9, 2018, he gave the world premiere of

's Complete Book of Canons n°1, 2 & 3 and The Great Canon in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

for the Opening Concert of the Moondog Season and for the Piano aux Jacobins Festival. On April 28, 2019, he was the first pianist ever to perform in a single concert and without any break all 15

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...

's Klavierstuke for solo piano in

for the Variations Festival. On May 17 and 18, 2019, he was selected by

himself to perform Glass' Etudes nos. 13 and 14 during the Philip Glass & Friends concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Discography

Classical music

* Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy: ''The Piano Sonatas Rediscovered''. 2 CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2021 *

Karl 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 ...

: ''30 Études de Mécanisme, Op. 849'' , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2019 *

: ''The Unknown Debussy - Rare Piano Music'', CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2020 *

: ''Complete Piano Music'' , CD Toccata Classics, 2018 *

: ''Christus'' , CD Editions Horus, 2012 * Hélène de Montgeroult : ''The Complete Piano Sonatas'' , 2 CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2021 *

: ''Nuit Erik Satie'' Live at Philharmonie de Paris, DVD Blu-ray HD – Grand Piano Records, 2022 *

: ''Complete Piano Works, New Salabert Edition'' vol.4 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2019 *

: ''Complete Piano Works, New Salabert Edition'' vol.3 , Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2018 *

: ''Complete Piano Works, New Salabert Edition'' vol.2 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2018 *

: ''Complete Piano Works, New Salabert Edition'' vol.1 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2017 *

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sai ...

: ''Her Piano Works, Revived'' vol.1, CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2022

Contemporary / Minimalist / Experimental Music

Thérèse Brenet Thérèse Brenet (born 22 October 1935) is a French composer. Born in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Reims and since 1954 the Conservatoire de Paris. Among her teachers were Maurice Duruflé, Henri Dutilleux, Darius Milhaud, and Jean R ...

: ''Le Visionnaire'' CD Editions Musik Fabrik, 2012 *

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

: ''In a Landscape'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 *

Cornelius Cardew Cornelius Cardew (7 May 193613 December 1981) was an English experimental music composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. He later rejected experimental music, ...

: ''Treatise'' ''(Harsh-Noise version)'' , CD Demerara Records, 2016 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Boxset'', 28CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.8'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.7'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.6'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.5'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.4'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.3'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.2'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Jean Catoire : ''Complete Piano Works Vol.1'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2021 * David Christoffel : ''Echecs Opératiques'' , Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 4CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2023 * Melaine Dalibert : ''En Abyme'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 *

Julius Eastman Julius Eastman (October 27, 1940 – May 28, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, vocalist, and performance artist whose work is associated with musical minimalism. He was among the first composers to combine minimalist processes with elements ...

: ''Three Extended Pieces for Four Pianos'', 2 CD & 2 33 tours, Sub Rosa, 2021 * Michael Jon Fink : ''Sunless'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2023 *

: ''Essentials II : LP 85th anniversary tribute'', 33 tours Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2022 *

: ''Essentials : LP 80th anniversary tribute'' , 33 tours Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2017 *

: ''GlassWorlds'' vol.6 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2019 *

: ''GlassWorlds'' vol.5 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2016 *

: ''GlassWorlds'' vol.4 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2016 *

: ''GlassWorlds'' vol.3 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2016 *

: ''GlassWorlds'' vol.2 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2015 *

: ''GlassWorlds'' vol.1 , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2015 * Eva-Maria Houben : ''Gesänge des tages und der nacht'' , Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2023 *

Terry Jennings Terry Jennings (19 July 1940 – 11 December 1981) was an American minimalist composer and performer. Early life in California Terry Jennings was born in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, in 1940. Coming from a background in jazz, he pla ...

: ''Winter Sun'' , Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2023 *

Dennis Johnson Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a c ...

: ''November'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 6CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Tom Johnson : ''One Hour for Piano'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Tom Johnson : ''The Chord Catalogue'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 4CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 *

Alvin Lucier Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Mi ...

: ''Music for Piano XL'', CD Naxos - Grand Piano Records, 2021 *Nicolas Horvath : '' Improvisation Ritual'' (in the ''Hyoscamus Thurneman'' compilation), Book CD, Ajna Offensive, 2020 *

Hans Otte Hans Günther Franz Otte (3 December 1926, Plauen – 25 December 2007, Bremen) was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound installations, poems, drawings, and art videos. From 1959 to 198 ...

: ''The Book of Sounds'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 2CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Anastassis Philippakopoulos : ''Silent Lights'' , Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 2CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2023 *

: ''Complete Piano Sonatas'' Vol.1'' , CD Naxos – Grand Piano Records, 2017 *Morteza Shirkoohi : ''Divine Thoughts'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 *

: ''Quiet Rhythms Book I'', Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD Belarca – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries, 2022 * Michael Vincent Waller : ''The South Shore'' (Pasticcio per meno è più, CD1 - track 5) , CD XI Records, 2015 *''The French avant-garde in the 20th century'' : (

Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

Olivier Greif Olivier Greif (3 January 1950, Paris – 13 May 2000, Paris) was a French composer of Polish-Jewish parentage. His father was an Auschwitz survivor, which led Greif to compose a number of Holocaust-themed works, including ''Todesfuge'' and ''Let ...

, Jean Catoire,

Philippe Hersant Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. Selected works :: Hersant's works are largely published by Éditions Durand. ;Stage * '' Le Château des Carpathes'', Opera in a prol ...

) : , CD LTM Recordings, 20145) , CD XI Records, 2015

Video Game Music

Little Big Adventure ''Little Big Adventure'' is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Adeline Software International. It was published in Europe by Electronic Arts, and by Activision in North America, Asia and Oceania under the name ''Relentless: Twinsen's Adven ...

: ''Symphonic Suite & OST'', (''Little Big Adventure Wayô Piano Collection'' (CD2 track 10 to 13 + 2 bonus track on digital release) transcription by Nicolas Horvath) 2CD Wayô Records, 2021 *

Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Published in Japan by Square, it was released in other regions by Sony Computer Entertai ...

: '' The Complete Piano Opéra & Piano Collection'', Digital Piano Brilliant Recordings, 2021 *

: ''The Complete OST'' (''One-Winged Angel ~ Virtuoso version'' (piste 17) transcription by Nicolas Horvath, Digital Piano Brilliant Recordings, 2020 *

Magician Lord is a side-scrolling action-platform arcade video game developed by Alpha Denshi and originally published by SNK on April 26, 1990. It was one of the launch titles for both the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and Neo Geo AES (home) platforms, in addition ...

: ''Original Soundtrack'' (''Magician Lord Wayô Piano Collection'' (piste 19) transcription by Nicolas Horvath), CD & LP Wayô Records, 2020

Chamber music

: ''Le Visionnaire'', Editions Musik Fabrik, 2012 *

: ''Three Extended Pieces for Four Pianos'', 2 CD 2 LP, Sub Rosa, 2021

Collaborations

Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

+ Nicolas Horvath : ''PiaNoise'', CD Sub Rosa, 2022 *Opening Performance Orchestra + Nicolas Horvath : ''Fluxus Edition'', CD Sub Rosa 2022 *

Lustmord Brian Williams is a Welsh industrial musician, sound designer and film score composer. He is often credited for creating the dark ambient genre with albums recorded under the name Lustmord. His experimental work has been described as "not tra ...

+ Nicolas Horvath : ''The Fall / Dennis Johnson's November Deconstructed'', CD, 2 LP Sub Rosa, 2020 *Melek-Tha + Nicolas Horvath : ''Les Montagnes du Délire Sonores, 6 CD + LP

Electroacoustic / Dark Ambient

*N.Horvath : ''The Tape Years'', 6 CDR La Fabrique des Reves, 2020 *N.Horvath : ''Twilight Amorphousness Of The Vague Abysses'', CDR Valse Sinistre Productions, 2015 *N.Horvath : ''At The Mountains Of Madness'', CDR Valse Sinistre Productions, 2015 *N.Horvath : ''The Dreams In The Witch-House'', CDR Valse Sinistre Productions, 2015 *N.Horvath : ''La Tentation d'exister'', Artistic LP AH AH AH Éditions – LBDLC, 2015 *N.Horvath : ''Acedia'', Digital Demerara Records, 2016 *Dapnom : ''Paralipomènes à la Divine Comédie'', CD Mors Ultima Ratio, 2011 *Dapnom : ''Live in Paris'', Tape Ogmios Underground, 2010 *Dapnom + Melek-Tha : ''Omnium Finis Imminent'', 2 CD Fire Of Fire Records, 2008 *Dapnom + Kenji Siratori : ''Nhir-otkiv Yima'k'', CD Sabbathid Records, 2008 *Dapnom : ''魔界'', Tape Sabbathid Records, 2007 *Dapnom : ''Baalberith'', Pro CDR Le Mal Dominant, 2007 *Dapnom : ''...Unio Mystica'', Tape Ars Funebris records, 2007 *Dapnom : ''Actes Préalables'', CD Insidious Poinsoning Records, 2007 *Dapnom : ''Verklärte Nacht'', CD Sonic Tyranny Records, 2006 *Dapnom : ''Mind Control'', CD Sonic Tyranny Records, Tape Regimental Records, 2006 *Dapnom : ''Potestatem'', 6 Tape , Akedia Rex, 2006 *Dapnom : ''S'oho... Aiy uhe en-oghg (a.p. III)'', Tape SP Records, 2006 *Dapnom : ''Ert Brvueazv 0 (a.p. I)'', Tape Gravestench, 2005 *Dapnom : ''Regwoisvokwos Gwhenmi Welminti'', Tape Necrocosm Records, 2005 *Dapnom : ''Melenoiserkwos'', Tape Basilisk records, 2005 *Dapnom : ''∅'', Tape Sadolust records, 2005 *Dapnom : ''Dvoeskreb'', Tape Meurtre Noir Records, 2005 *Dapnom : ''1951-N "Black Abstract Expressionism"'', Tape Insidious Poisoning rec, 2005 *Dapnom : ''De Profundis'', Tape Antihumanism Records, 2004 *A.E.P. : ''Harawata no Shouki'', Tape Titan Woods, 2011 *A.E.P. + Vinterriket : ''Praeludia Lucis Noctis'', CD Asphyxiate Recordings, Tape Ars Funebris Records, 2007 *A.E.P. + Black Seas of Infinity : ''Kâmarûpa'', CD Sonic Tyranny Production, 2007, Tape Ravenheart, 2006 *A.E.P. : ''Тёмные Огни'', Pro CDR Art of Anticreation, Tape Symbollic prod, 2006 *A.E.P. : ''Aïn'', Tape Tour De Garde, 2006 *A.E.P. : ''THIS IS NOT MUSIC'', Tape Fogart Productions, 2006 *A.E.P. : ''Les Montagnes Hallucinées'', Pro CDR Occultum Production, 2006 *A.E.P. : ''Noir voyage obstrué de rencontres difformes'', Tape Infernal Kommando, 2006 *A.E.P. : ''Demos 1 + 2'', Tape Todestrieb records, 2005 *A.E.P. : ''...Kaiwelos'', Tape Insikt, 2005 *A.E.P. : ''Nos'leh Cifnoy-räam'', Tape MN Records, 2005 *A.E.P. : ''Enifubos...'', Tape MN Records, 2005

Publications

Booklets

*2012 : ''Franz'' ''Liszt'' ''– Christus'', (Liszt – Christus, Hortus Edition H100) *2015 : ''Glassworlds'', (GlassWorlds Vol.1, Naxos – Grand Piano GP677) *2015 : ''

Complete Piano Etudes'', (Livret : GlassWorlds Vol.2, Naxos – Grand Piano GP690) *2016 : ''The Metamorphose'', (GlassWorlds Vol.3, Naxos – Grand Piano GP691) *2016 : ''On Love'', (GlassWorlds Vol.4, Naxos – Grand Piano GP692) *2016 : ''Enlightenment'', (GlassWorlds Vol.5, Naxos – Grand Piano GP745) *2019 : ''AMERICA'', (GlassWorlds Vol.6, Naxos – Grand Piano GP817) *2021 : co-authored with Deborah Hayes, '' Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy's piano sonatas'', (Brillon de Jouy - The Piano Sonatas Rediscovered, Naxos – Grand Piano GP872-73) *2021 : co-authored with Deborah Hayes, '' Hélène de Montgeroult's piano sonatas'' (Hélène de Montgeroult - Complete Piano Sonatas, Naxos – Grand Piano GP885-86)

Articles

*2016 : ''

biography'', (Programme des Activités Culturelles et Promotionnelles du Conseil de l'Europe, Conseil de l'Europe) *2018 : ''Dr Jekyll & Mister Hyde'', (

, Musique de l'émerveillement. Aedam Musicae) *2019 : ''

's Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL'', (Notice de concert - Deep Listen. Festival Musica

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

) *2021 : ''On Jean Catoire piano music'' (Booklet : Jean Catoire Complete piano music Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (Collection 1001 Notes / ACEL) *2022 : co-authored with Marie-Lise Babonneau,

, David Christoffel and Yannis Constantinides, ''Parachever'' (Les Annales de Metaclassique - Vol. II. Aedam Musicae)

French translations

*2015 : ''Glassworlds'', (GlassWorlds Vol.1, Naxos – Grand Piano GP677) *2015 : ''Les Études pour piano de

'', (Livret : GlassWorlds Vol.2, Naxos – Grand Piano GP690) *2016 : ''La Métamorphose'', (GlassWorlds Vol.3, Naxos – Grand Piano GP691) *2016 : ''Amour à mourir'', (GlassWorlds Vol.4, Naxos – Grand Piano GP692) *2016 : ''L’illumination'', (GlassWorlds Vol.5, Naxos – Grand Piano GP745) *2017 : ''

- Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.1'', (Naxos – Grand Piano GP761) *2018 : ''

- Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.2'', (Naxos – Grand Piano GP762) *2018 : ''

- Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.3'', (Naxos – Grand Piano GP763) *2019 : ''AMERICA'', (GlassWorlds Vol.6, Naxos – Grand Piano GP817) *2019 : ''

- Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.4'', (Naxos – Grand Piano GP823)

English translations

*2021 : Jean Catoire : Complete Piano Works all volumes, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 28CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 :

: Quiet Rhythms Book I, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD Belarca – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 : Morteza Shirkoohi : Divine Thoughts, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 :

: November, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 6CD ACEL– Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 :

: In a Landscape, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 :

: The Book of Sounds, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 2CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 : Tom Johnson : One Hour for Piano, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 : Melaine Dalibert : En Abyme, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries *2022 : Tom Johnson : The Chord Catalogue, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 4CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries

References

External links

Official website

Bandcamp page

GlassWorlds project official website

Discogs page

Steinway Artists' Nicolas Horvath minisite

English Interview
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