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Pascal Godart (dates unknown) is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Godart learned to play the piano at age five with Renée Entremont, pianist

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 ...

's mother, then with

Yvonne Loriod Yvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen (; 20 January 1924 – 17 May 2010) was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Her sister was the Ondes Martenot player Jeanne Loriod. Biography Loriod ...

and won a first prize for piano,

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and

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at the

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. He also worked the piano with Pierre Réach and Vadim Sakharov. He won international piano competitions in Milan (Dino Ciani Competition, 1993, 2nd prize), Cleveland (Robert Casadesus Competition (1989), 4th prize), Tokyo (1992) and Porto (1990) and won the Grand Prix Maria Callas in Athens in 1996. He was then invited by numerous orchestras such as the

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, the , the

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, the

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, the

National Philharmonic of Ukraine The National Philharmonic of Ukraine ( uk, Національна Філармонія України), often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and ''National Philharmonic'', is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khrestchaty Park in ...

, and the Orchestre de la Jeune Russie. In addition to the works of Chopin and Ravel, his repertoire includes concertos by Rachmaninov, Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven among others. As a chamber musician, he plays in particular with violinists Latica Honda-Rosenberg,

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, Svetlana Makarova, cellists

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Henri Demarquette Henri Demarquette (born 1970) is a French contemporary classical cellist. Life ''"An enthusiastic musician with a multi-faceted personality, Henri Demarquette plays the cello as if setting a deep forest ablaze; not a single stroke of his bow le ...

, Joël Marosi, the , the Alma quartet. During a concert tour with the

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orchestra, he performed Mozart's piano concertos, also as a conductor. He recorded works by Schubert, Stravinsky, and

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. Since 2010, he has been professor at the HemuHEMU
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. Godart was a member of the jury at the International Maria Callas Grand Prix 2010 in Athens, and of the preselection committee at the 2014 Geneva International Piano Competition.

References

External links

Official website

Interview with Pascal Godart
on Pianodoux
Lausanne Concert 2016 Pavel Vernikov - Henri Demarquette - Pascal Godart
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