Rémy Stricker (3 January 1936 – 19 November 2019) was a French pianist, music educator,

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and writer.

Biography

Born in

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, Rémy Stricker studied the piano with

Yvonne Lefébure Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898, Ermont – 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a ''premier prix'' in piano and numerous other subjects. She ...

, then at the

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. From 1964 to 1969, along Jean-Pierre Armengaud and Michel Capelier, he seconded Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy in the presentation of the , pedagogical concerts-lectures given at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Before being a professor of musical esthetics at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1971 to 2001, Rémy Stricker was a radio producer for

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and

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from 1962 to 1997. In 2004, he was awarded the prix spécial du jury of the Prix des Muses for his book ''Berlioz dramaturge''.

Selected publications

*1969: ''Musique du Baroque'', Gallimard, . *1980: ''Mozart et ses opéras : fiction et vérité'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'' , Gallimard, 355p. *1993: ''Franz Liszt, les ténèbres de la gloire'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'', NRF – Gallimard, 482 p. *1996: *1996: ''les Mélodies de Duparc'',

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. *1999: ''Georges Bizet : 1838-1875'', Gallimard, Paris, 377 p. .Georges Bizet
/ref> *2001: ''Le dernier Beethoven'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'', Gallimard, 328 p. *2003: ''Berlioz dramaturge'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'', Gallimard, 664 p.

Bibliography

* Laurent Herz, ''Les Musigrains, une institution pédagogique et musicale (1939–1986)'', Éditions

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, Paris, 2013

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