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ALBUMBrahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2 in A Major. Intermezzo - SingleHélène Grimaud
Albums by Hélène Grimaud
ALBUMSchumann & BrahmsHélène Grimaud
ALBUMFor Clara: Works by Schumann & BrahmsHélène Grimaud & Konstantin Krimmel
ALBUMFor Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms (Extended Edition)Hélène Grimaud, Konstantin Krimmel, Camerata Salzburg & Giovanni Guzzo
ALBUMSilvestrov: Silent SongsHélène Grimaud & Konstantin Krimmel
ALBUMHélène Grimaud Plays Valentin SilvestrovHélène Grimaud
ALBUMHélène Grimaud Plays RachmaninovHélène Grimaud
ALBUMThe MessengerHélène Grimaud & Camerata Salzburg
ALBUMThe Messenger (Extended Version)Hélène Grimaud & Camerata Salzburg
ALBUMMemory EchoHélène Grimaud & Nitin Sawhney
ALBUMMemoryHélène Grimaud
Hélène Grimaud's Popular Music Videos
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: 2. Adagio (Featuring Woodlands by Mat Hennek)
Hélène Grimaud, Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio & Radoslaw Szulc
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante (Live)
Jan Vogler & Hélène Grimaud
Silvestrov: Two Dialogues with Postscript: I. Wedding Waltz
Hélène Grimaud & Camerata Salzburg
Silvestrov: The Messenger (For Piano Solo)
Hélène Grimaud
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: III. Rondo. Allegro assai (Cadenza Beethoven)
Hélène Grimaud & Camerata Salzburg
Silvestrov: 3 Bagatelles, Op. 1: III. Moderato
Hélène Grimaud
Silvestrov: The Messenger (Live from Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)
Hélène Grimaud & Camerata Salzburg
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 3, Sehr aufgeregt
Hélène Grimaud
Silvestrov: Silent Songs / 11 Songs: No. 7, The Isle
Hélène Grimaud & Konstantin Krimmel
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 4, Sehr langsam
Hélène Grimaud
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Formidable technique and a truly original musical curiosity make this French pianist fascinating.
Artist Biography
French pianist Hélène Grimaud has progressed from impulsive precociousness to mature reflection, a journey embodied in a large number of recordings. She was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, and began learning the piano at the age of eight, making meteoric progress. She went to the Paris Conservatoire aged 13, and against the advice of her teachers entered the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986, where she reached the semi-final. She made her first recording in 1985, of solo Rachmaninoff, and by the time Deutsche Grammophon signed her in 2002, she had a substantial catalog. These early recordings—including concerto collaborations with David Zinman, Kurt Masur, and Vladimir Ashkenazy—showcase an ebullient, at times dangerously passionate temperament. Her 1999 Beethoven album, coupling the Piano Concerto No. 4 (1806) with headstrong accounts of two late piano sonatas, may divide opinion but is highly charismatic. The recordings for DG brought a move to mixed-repertoire albums, often time-traveling dialogs between “themed” works, such as Credo (2003), an audacious program including Beethoven and Arvo Pärt, and Resonances (2010), with sonatas by Liszt and Berg. Recent albums—Water (2016), with music from Liszt and Nitin Sawhney and Memory (2018), ranging from Satie to Silvestrov)—involve more fragmentary, through-conceived programs. Grimaud’s playing may have lost some of its youthful exhilaration, but it is always thoughtful and frequently provocative.
Hometown
Aix-en-Provence, France
Genre
Classical