Bruno Rigutto (born 12 August 1945) is a French pianist,[1] composer and conductor.
Career
editBorn in Charenton-le-Pont,[2] Rigutto studied at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was a student of Samson François and Paul Badura-Skoda.[3] In 1965 he was a laureate of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition and the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966.[4] He has been teaching the piano at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1981.[5] Rigutto composed the music for Nina Companéez's feature film Faustine et le Bel Été in 1972.[6]
Selected discography
edit- Piano Recital: Chopin, Liszt, Schumann (Kinderszenen) 1969 Musiidisc, France.
- Chopin's Nocturnes, at Emi;
- Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and No. 2, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, with Erich Bergel at Denon; Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 at Decca/Aristrocrate;
- Chopin's 19 Waltzes, sleeve by Sempé at Frolane;
- Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Violin Concerto with Jean-Pierre Wallez, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, with Yuri Ahronovitch at IPG;
- Haydn's Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major - G Major at Decca;
- J-S Bach's Concertos for 1, 2, 3 and 4 pianos at Emi;
- Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11;
- R. Schumann's Piano Concerto, Konzertstuck with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Kurt Masur at Aristocrate;
- Antonín Dvořák's Piano Concerto, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Zdeněk Mácal at Decca, IPG, Peters;
References
edit- ^ 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva éditions, 2015, p. 53. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
- ^ See BNF file
- ^ Revue musicale de Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland: Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft. Section romande. OCLC 9077868; v.29-31 (1976-78) p. 129
- ^ Bruno Rigutto in Larousse.fr
- ^ Les enseignants Archived 2011-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Conservatoire de Paris
- ^ Bruno Rigutto at IMDb
