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Pascal Amoyel
Pascal Amoyel est un pianiste, compositeur, auteur et comédien français né le à Rozay-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne).
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[modifier | modifier le code]Victoire de la Musique en 2005 dans la catégorie « Révélation Soliste Instrumental de l’année », Pascal Amoyel est récompensé en 2010 par un Grand Prix du Disque à Varsovie par la prestigieuse Société Chopin pour son intégrale des Nocturnes de Chopin aux côtés de Martha Argerich et de Nelson Freire, enregistrement qualifié de « miracle que l’on n’osait plus espérer, qu’on écoute bouche bée par tant de beauté » par la revue Classica. Son interprétation des Funérailles de Liszt a également été saluée par la critique comme l’une des références historiques, et ses Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses de Liszt élues parmi les 5 meilleurs enregistrements de l’année 2007 par la chaîne Arte.
À 10 ans, lorsqu’il commence ses études de piano à l’École normale de musique — Alfred Cortot de Paris, il est remarqué par Gyorgy Cziffra qu’il suit en France et en Hongrie. À 17 ans, après un baccalauréat scientifique, il décide de se consacrer entièrement à la musique. Parallèlement à ses études il se produit en improvisant dans des cabarets de Montmartre. Il obtient une Licence de concert à l’École No
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The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano, and pursue a career in music?
When I was 12, the caretaker of my block of flats listened to me practicing scales and told us that the pianist Georges Cziffra had lived in the same block and that he had just moved to create a foundation for young people. She also said “why don’t you meet him, that may be your destiny!”
She was right… I had the great privilege to meet a man with tremendous humanity and generosity, and thanks to him, I became a pianist. I worked with him for 8 years
Who or what were the most important influences on your musical life and career?
Olivier Greif, Georges Cziffra, Krishnamurti, and silence.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
To write a musical show, “The 50 fingers pianist”, that pays tribute to Cziffra, from the young 5 year old little pianist playing in the circus, to the escaped soldier, from the bar piano player playing jazz in seedy night clubs of Budapest suburbs, to being sentenced to hard labour for having tried to escape from Hungary. His life is a very moving epic.
Which performance/recordings are you most proud of?
I wanted to record the complete Chopin Nocturnes by night. I was staying in a great Fr
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