Alain Planès (

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, 20 January 1948) is a French

classical pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

. He started playing the piano when he was 5 years, and began playing with an orchestra at 8 years old. He studied in

, and then in Paris with Jacques Février, and was the soloist of the Ensemble intercontemporain of

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

until 1981. His recording of Claude Debussy's ''Préludes'' was voted classical record of the year at the Victoires de la musique classique in 1986.

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