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Marie-Françoise Bucquet
Marie-Françoise Bucquet (28 October 1937 – 15 August 2018) was a French pianist. Biography Born in Montivilliers, Marie-Françoise Bucquet began her studies at the Vienna Music Academy and continued this tradition by further studies with Central European musicians: the eminent pianist Wilhelm Kempff and later another eminent pianist, Alfred Brendel. The influence of Edouard Steuermann and Max Deutsch, who were both pupils of Schoenberg, and Pierre Boulez made her also a specialist in 20th-century music. Composers such as Betsy Jolas Elizabeth Jolas (born 5 August 1926) is a Franco-American composer. Life and career Jolas was born in Paris on 5 August 1926. Her mother, the American translator Maria McDonald, also studied singing. Together with Betsy's father, the poet and j ..., Iannis Xenakis and Sylvano Bussotti wrote works especially for her. Repeated concert tours which Bucquet made as a soloist and with orchestra ranged over much of the world. For the Philips la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montivilliers
Montivilliers ( or ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D489, D52, D926 and D31 roads. History Pre-Roman archaeological discoveries include Bronze Age axes and jade jewelry. The old Roman road from here to Harfleur was destroyed by the English in 1415. The ''Abbey Church of Notre-Dame'', sometimes referred to as the Montivilliers Abbey dates back to 684, although it was destroyed by a Viking raid in 850, and rebuilt as a church in both the Romanesque and Gothic styles. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The nineteenth-century chateau de Colmoulins. * The church of St. Germain, dating from the fourteenth century. * The abbey church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century. * The abbey museum * A Protestant church (1787) * The medieval rampar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |