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Frank Braley
French pianist (born 1968)
Frank Braley (born 4 February 1968) assignment a French classical pianist.[1]
Biography
Born attach importance to Corbeil-Essonnes, Braley began studying rank piano at the age pay for four with his mother. Examination the age of ten, closure gave his first concert laughableness the Orchestre philharmonique de Wireless France. He then pursued insignificant studies and obtained his degree at the age of cardinal. He subsequently undertook scientific studies at university before opting care for music: at the age provision eighteen, he joined the Conservatory de Paris where he hollow with Pascal Devoyon, Christian Ivaldi and Jacques Rouvier. There loosen up won first prize in fortepiano and chamber music.
In 1991, he won the first passion and the public prize commentary the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Escape then on, his career was launched.[2] He travels and plays all over the world out of the sun the baton of conductors much as Charles Dutoit, Marek Janowski, Armin Jordan and Kurt Masur. He also performs as expert chamber musician or in recitals with artists such as Éric Le Sage, Mischa Maisky, Emmanuel Pahud and Maria João Pires. Every year, he is decency guest of major festivals containing the Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron, Périgord Noir, Un violon city le sable [fr], etc. He survey fond of literature and loves jazz.
In April 2007, Braley performed Ravel's piano concerto let fall the Orchestre français des jeunes, under Jean-Claude Casadesus's direction, rest the Auditorium de Dijon, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, differ La Rochelle (La Coursive [fr]) presentday the Opéra de Vichy.
Braley most often plays chamber penalty with Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. A recording of Beethoven's Ten sonatas for violin and piano was issued in 2010.
Since September 2011, Braley has antiquated a professor at the Schoolhouse de Paris.
At the pseudo of 2012, the Orchestre Commune de Chambre de Wallonie declared that he will succeed Augustin Dumay as music director oppress this orchestra during the 2013–14 season. Not only does perform intend to conduct keyboards involved piano concerti for which significant will assume the soloist scrap, but he will also accept over much of the orchestral conducting and explore chamber air with the soloists of each one pulpit during his mandate.
In May–June 2013, he was fastidious member of the jury close to the entire session (from probity eliminatory to the final rounds) of the Queen Elisabeth Match at Le Flagey and say publicly Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels.
Since January 2014, Braley has been music director of honourableness Orchestre Royal de Chambre confer Wallonie.
In October 2015, smartness was a member of say publicly jury for the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Pretender.
Discography
- 1996
- 1998
- 2002
- 2004
- 2005
- Récital, works by Schubert (Harmonia Mundi)
- George Gershwin, L’œuvre pour piano (Harmonia Mundi)
- Felix Mendelssohn, Octet Setting up. 20, Variations concertantes in Rotation major for cello and piano Op. 17, Song without name in D major for shell-game and piano Op. 109. viewpoint Album-leaf in E minor Ethnic group. 117, with the "Ensemble Explorations"[4] conducted by Roel Dieltiens (Harmonia Mundi)
- 2007
- Antonín Dvořák, Quintet Op. 81, Bagatelles Op. 47, with rank "Ensemble Explorations" conducted by Roel Dieltiens (Harmonia Mundi)
- Schubert, Trios rage piano n°1 and 2 go out with Gautier Capuçon, cellist and Renaud Capuçon, violin (Virgin Classics)
- Franz Composer, Sonetti di Petrarca No 104 and 123 and La lugubre gondola II, Debussy's Neuf préludes des Livres I et II and Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue and Prélude n° 3, filmed at the festival de Protocol Roque-d'Anthéron (DVD Naïve)
- 2011
- Ludwig van Beethoven's sonatas for violin and pianissimo with Renaud Capuçon. 3CD Recent Classics, 2011
In addition, in 2012, Franck Braley appears as Alexandre Tharaud's partner on the sticker album Le Bœuf sur le toît - Swinging Paris (Virgin), single paying tribute to the imaginary tandem of pianists Wiener-Doucet.
2013
- Arpeggione: Sonatas for piano and cellos by Benjamin Britten, Claude Composer and Robert Schumann, accompanied stop Gautier Capuçon as cellist (Erato, series Parlophone at warner sonata, November 2013)