André Krust (10 May 1926 – 7 September 2020) was 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, ...

Biography

Born in

Belfort Belfort (; archaic , ) is a city in northeastern France, situated approximately from the Swiss border. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Territoire de Belfort. Belfort is from Paris and from Basel. The residents of the city ...

, Krust studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

in Jean Doyen's class and won a second prize for piano in 1950. He later worked with

Yves Nat Yves Philippe Avit Nat (29 December 1890 – 31 August 1956) was a French pianist and composer. Biography Nat was born in Béziers and showed an early aptitude for both piano and composition. By the age of seven he was allowed to improvise each ...

and Pierre Kostanoff, and won a prize at the

International Franz Liszt Piano Competition The International Franz Liszt Piano Competition ("Liszt Competition") is an international piano competition. It is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The Competition is held in Utrecht (city), Utrecht in the Net ...

in 1956. He has been teaching at the

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

and Montreuil conservatories, at the

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and the

Conservatoire de Luxembourg The Conservatoire de Luxembourg is a music school in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The conservatoire was founded in 1906, and teaches dance, music and drama to approximately 3,800 students. It is housed in a purpose-built building op ...

. He died in

Aulnay-sous-Bois Aulnay-sous-Bois () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Île-de-France region in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero of France. The commune has been awarded fo ...

on 7 September 2020.

Discography

Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

's complete works for piano at

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, 1973.

Sources

Charles Timbrell,
French pianism: an historical perspective
', Kahn & Averill, London, 1999, .

External links

Discography
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Schumann - André Krust (1973) Kinderszenen Op. 15
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