Rémy Stricker (3 January 1936 – 19 November 2019) was a French pianist, music educator,

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and writer.

Biography

Born in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

, Rémy Stricker studied the piano with

Yvonne Lefébure Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898, Ermont – 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a ''premier prix'' in piano and numerous other subjects. She ...

, then 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 ...

. From 1964 to 1969, along Jean-Pierre Armengaud and Michel Capelier, he seconded Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy in the presentation of the , pedagogical concerts-lectures given at the

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while th ...

. Before being a professor of musical esthetics at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1971 to 2001, Rémy Stricker was a radio producer for

France Musique France Musique () is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...

and

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from 1962 to 1997. In 2004, he was awarded the prix spécial du jury of the Prix des Muses for his book ''Berlioz dramaturge''.

Selected publications

*1969: ''Musique du Baroque'', Gallimard, . *1980: ''Mozart et ses opéras : fiction et vérité'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'' , Gallimard, 355p. *1993: ''Franz Liszt, les ténèbres de la gloire'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'', NRF – Gallimard, 482 p. *1996: *1996: ''les Mélodies de Duparc'',

Actes Sud Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. ...

. *1999: ''Georges Bizet : 1838-1875'', Gallimard, Paris, 377 p. .Georges Bizet
/ref> *2001: ''Le dernier Beethoven'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'', Gallimard, 328 p. *2003: ''Berlioz dramaturge'', series ''Bibliothèque des Idées'', Gallimard, 664 p.

Bibliography

* Laurent Herz, ''Les Musigrains, une institution pédagogique et musicale (1939–1986)'', Éditions

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, Paris, 2013

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