Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898,

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– 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the

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, taking a ''premier prix'' in piano and numerous other subjects. She performed with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne and in recital. She performed at the first Prades Festival in 1950. She taught at the École Normale de Musique, Conservatoire de Paris and Conservatoire Européen, and gave masterclasses at her own festival in

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. Among her pupils were

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, Janina Fialkowska, André Laplante, Branka Musulin, Catherine Collard, Michaël Levinas, Françoise Thinat, Jean-Marc Savelli, Évelyne Crochet,

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Hélène Boschi Hélène Boschi ( ; 11 August 19179 July 1990) was a Franco-Swiss pianist, born in Lausanne. She studied with Yvonne Lefébure and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole normale de musique in Paris. Throughout her life she led a dual career as a teacher and as ...

, Martin Hughes and Avi Schönfeld. In 1947 she married French musicologist Fred Goldbeck.

Sources

*Carbou, Yvette, ''La leçon de musique d’Yvonne Lefébure'', 1995 (with discography). *Timbrell, Charles, ''French Pianism: A Historical Perspective'', 2nd ed. (Portland, 1999) * Moritz von Bredow: ''Klang gewordener Geist''. Branka Musulin zum 100. Geburtstag. Eine Hommage. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung v. 14. August 2017, S. 10.

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Yvonne Lefébure teaches the music of Ravel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lefebure, Yvonne 1898 births 1986 deaths People from Ermont 20th-century French women classical pianists Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academics of the École Normale de Musique de Paris Conservatoire de Paris faculty Women music educators