Thierry Huillet (born 21 July 1965) is a French pianist and composer of classical and

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As pianist

Born in Toulouse, Huillet won first prize at the

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where he was a pupil of

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and

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. In 1987, Huillet won first prize at the

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. He is also laureate of the

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(

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, Italy, 1986, 1994) et du ''International Music Competition of Japan'' (Tokyo, 1989). Il a été invité à jouer dans des salles prestigieuses et avec de nombreux grands orchestres. A teacher at the , he is regularly invited to sit as a jury in major international piano competitions. He forms a duo with violinist and violist Clara Cernat, his wife.

As composer

Huillet started composing very late. Nevertheless, his work, very lyrical, already contains more than a hundred opus among which concertos (for violin, violin and viola, piano or oboe),

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including a concert for piano and violin ''Le petit prince''. He has also produced numerous

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s. His works are created by great artists but also by the "duo Cernat-Huillet" or the "trio Huillet" where the couple is joined by

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Gari Cayuelas-Krasznai.

Discography

** ''1997 - Récital live'' (

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, Bloch,

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, Enesco, Fauré) - (14 janvier, éd. CCTH) (

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44708009) ** ''1997 - Récital : Brahms, Beethoven, Fauré, Enescu, Bloch'' - Clara Cernat, violin (éd. Lelia Productions / Nuit transfigurée) (OCLC 1041342236) ** 1998 - ''Les Révélations de l’ADAMI'' au MIDEM de Cannes » (Enesco) - éd. ADAMI ** 1998 - Chausson, ''Concert, Poème, Paysage, Dédicace'' - Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Clara Cernat, dir. Ludovic Bacs (février-mars, éd. CCTH - Romanian Radio (OCLC 44708035) ** ''1999 - Rêveur, tzigane et diabolique'' (Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Liszt, Huillet, Porumbescu, Monti, Sarasate), éd. Mezzanotte/ DVD ** 1999 - Enesco, ''Sonatas for violin and piano'' - Clara Cernat, violin (23-25 octobre, Lelia Productions / La Nuit Transfigurée LNT 340 102)15 (OCLC 257072382), ** 2001 - Bloch, ''Pieces for violin and piano'' - Clara Cernat, violin (10/13 avril, Lelia Productions / La Nuit Transfigurée LNT 340 108)16 (OCLC 692816321) ** 2003 - Turina, ''Sanluqueña'' - Clara Cernat, violin (Le « Choix » de

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, « 4 étoiles » ''

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''…) éd. Lelia Productions ** 2003 - ''The European Anthem / L'Hymne Européen - Rhapsody On The European Anthem (Piano Version: Thema & Final) éd. GEMA Waterpipe Records'' ** 2006 - ''Pianiste, Œuvres pour 2 pianos de Sergueï Rachmaninov'' - Thierry Huillet et

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- éd. Lelia Productions ** 2006 - Chamber music by Maurice Ravel - Thierry Huillet, Stéphane Tran Ngoc et Xavier Gagnepain, éd. REM (4 étoiles Le Monde de la Musique) ** 2006 - ''Piano Romantique'' (Liszt, Granados, Guyard) - éd. Apogée ** 2006 - ''Poèmes lyriques & Musiques ingénues'', works by Jean Clergue and Marcel Dardigna» - (éd. La Nuit Transfigurée) ** ''2006 - Miniatures #2'' - Clara Cernat, alto ; Ciortea, Marbé, Enacovici, Capoianu, Huillet, Bartók (éd Lelia Productions) ** 2008 - Kunc, ''Édition du cinquantenaire'' (13 février/29 avril, Suoni e colori SC253462) (OCLC 858152876) ** 2008 - ''Rêveur, tzigane et diabolique'' » ( Saint-Saëns,

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, Huillet, Porumbescu, Monti, Sarasate) -( DVD éd. Mezzanotte) ** 2009 - ''Intégrale de l’œuvre pour piano solo de Thierry Huillet'' - Ed. Mezzanotte ** 2014 - ''Folies!'' : contemporary creation and a new transcription - Henry Purcell, Bach, Thierry Huillet -( éd. Ligia Digital) ** ''2015 - Tzigane et diabolique'' : Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Liszt, Huillet, Cernat, Porumbescu, Monti, Sarasate (éd. Lelia Productions) ** ''2015 - Thierry Huillet, Œuvres pour violon et piano & pour piano seul'', Clara Cernat, violin (éd. Lelia Productions) ** ''2015 - Les plus beaux arrangements de la musique classique'' arr. for violin and piano - Clara Cernat, violon (éd. Lelia Productions) ** ''2016 - 7 fables de La Fontaine'' - creation inspired by lafontaine's fables Thierry Huillet, piano et Clara Cernat, violin (éd. Lelia Productions) ** ''2017 - Thierry Huillet et le Haïku'' (Clara Cernat, Damien Ventula, Sandrine Tilly) éd. Lelia productions ** ''2017 - 5 Haïku Papillon'' - Clara Cernat, violin (éd. Lelia productions ) ** ''2018 - Musique pour alto, clarinette et Piano -'' Clara Cernat, alto ; Gari Cayuelas, clarinet ; Thierry Huillet, piano (éd. Lelia productions) ** 2019 - ''Un Requiem & Prélude pour alto et orchestre'' de Thierry Huillet - Laura Tatulescu, Sarah Defrise, Clara Cernat, Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse (France) ** 2021 - ''Buenos Aires'' de Thierry Huillet - Clara Cernat, violin (éd. Lelia Productions) ** 2021 - ''Romanian Rhapsodies'' of Thierry Huillet - Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, Clara Cernat violin soloist (éd. Lelia Productions)

References

External links

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Bach Prelude and Fugue E flat minor BWV 853 by Thierry Huillet live
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