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 Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

. Her sister was the

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player Jeanne Loriod.

Biography

Loriod was born in

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and became one of

's most avid pupils. She also studied with

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then

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. She went on to become a nationally acclaimed recording artist and concert pianist and premiered most of Messiaen's works for the piano, starting in the 1940s. Messiaen said that he was able to indulge in "the greatest eccentricities" when writing for piano, knowing that they would be mastered by Loriod. Both she and her sister Jeanne often performed as the soloists in his ''

Turangalîla-Symphonie The ''Turangalîla-Symphonie'' is the only symphony by Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992). It was written for an orchestra of large forces from 1946 to 1948 on a commission by Serge Koussevitzky in his wife's memory for the Boston Symphony Orches ...

''. Loriod also orchestrated part of Messiaen's final orchestral work, '' Concert à quatre''. Loriod gave the French premiere of

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's Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1945, having learnt it in only eight days. In 1961, Loriod married Olivier Messiaen following the death of his long institutionalized first wife, Claire Delbos. She is generally considered to be the most important interpreter of Messiaen's piano works. In her later years, she and Messiaen acted as mentors to the pianist

Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 9 September 1957) is a French pianist. Biography Aimard was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio. In 1973, he was awarded the chamber music priz ...

, who has since become a great champion of the works of Messiaen. Olivier Messiaen died in April 1992 in Saint-Denis. She survived him by 18 years, dying on 17 May 2010 in Saint-Denis, Paris, aged 86. She was survived by her other sister, Jacqueline Loriod, and stepson Pascal Messiaen.

Compositions

* ''Pièce sur la souffrance'', for orchestra * ''Mélopées africaines'', for Ondes Martenot, piano and flute (1945) * ''Grains de cendre'', for soprano and chamber orchestra (1946)

Publications

* Messiaen, Olivier. ''Traité de rythme, de couleur, et d’ornithologie'' (1949–1992) ("Treatise on rhythm, colour and ornithology"), completed by Yvonne Loriod. 7 parts bound in 8 volumes. Paris: Leduc, 1994–2002. * Messiaen, Olivier. ''Analyses of the Piano Works of Maurice Ravel'', edited by Yvonne Loriod, translated by Paul Griffiths.

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Durand, 2005.

Selected recordings

* Olivier Messiaen: '' Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus'' :Label: Erato, 4509-91705-2 :3 August 1993 * Olivier Messiaen: '' Turangalîla Symphonie'' :Label: Deutsche Grammophon, 31781 :12 May 1992

References

External links

Discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

at www.allmusic.com
Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen profile and discography
at www.oliviermessiaen.org
''The Guardian'': Obituary
in ''

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