Cédric Tiberghien

Cédric Tiberghien (born 5 May 1975) is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Tiberghien started learning to play the piano at age 5 with Michèle Perrier[1] in Noyon, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Frémy, where in 1992 he received the first prize at 17.

He was inspired at a very young age by pianists like Arthur Rubinstein, whom he considered to be one of the greatest pianists and devotes great admiration to artists like Artur Schnabel in works by Beethoven, Richter and even more Emil Gilels.

Tiberghien wins numerous international awards. Second prize in Bremen in 1993 and in Dublin in 1994, Sixth prize at the 1995 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel-Aviv, Third prize in Geneva in 1996.

In 1998, he won the First Grand Prize and five special prizes at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition.

For Harmonia Mundi he made several solo festival recordings: Debussy's piano works, Beethoven's Eroica Variations, Bach's partitas, ballades by Chopin and Brahms. he also recorded Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek.

From 2005 to 2007 Tiberghien was a member of the New Generation Artists selection of the BBC.

References
  1. Simon Corley (August 2009). "Cédric Tiberghien (piano)". ConcertoNet.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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