Jean-François Heisser
With a repertory extending from Beethoven to contemporary music, pianist Jean-François Heisser has distinguished himself as a concerto soloist, recitalist, conductor, and chamber player. He is also an important educator.
Heisser was born in Saint-Étienne, France, near Lyon, on December 7, 1950. He took lessons first with local teacher Paul Simonnar and then moved to the French capital to attend the Conservatoire de Paris, studying with Vlado Perlemuter. In 1984, he joined the Conservatoire faculty, and his students have included prominent names among the next generation of French pianists, including Bertrand Chamayou, Vanessa Wagner, and Lucas Debargue. He has also taught at the Académie Maurice Ravel of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Heisser's career has been varied and consistently successful: his concerto credits include appearances with the Moscow Philharmonic, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Sinfonieorchester des bayerischen Rundfunks as well as ensembles around France. Heisser sometimes conducts from the keyboard, and after successful appearances, he became the artistic director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine. As a chamber player, he has appeared with the Lindsay, Ysaÿe, and Prazak quartets, as well as with solo players, including violinists Sándor Végh and Gérard Poulet. Heisser has also performed two-piano music with Marie-Josèphe Jude. His large repertory runs from Beethoven, whose complete piano concertos he has performed under conductor Louis Langrée, to Stockhausen and the forward edge of modern music.
Heisser has a large catalog of recordings, having made his debut in 1991 with a recording on the Harmonia Mundi label of Liszt's Harold in Italy and Schumann's Märchenbilder. In 2019, for Harmonia Mundi, he and Jude recorded his two-piano transcription of the Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique on the 1928 Pleyel Vis-à-Vis Piano, a kind of two-in-one instrument. He has often recorded for Erato, Apex, and Mirare, where he was heard in 2021 on a new recording of Stockhausen's Mantra.
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Daniel Roth, Jean-François Heisser
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jan 11, 2011
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Olivier Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles
Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Jean-François Heisser, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Symphonies - Released by Mirare on Aug 26, 2022
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Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout" - Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Quintet
Jean-François Heisser, Pavel Hůla, Josef Kluson, Michal Kaňka, Jirí Hudec
Chamber Music - Released by Praga Digitals on Jan 1, 2002
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Théodore Dubois
Jean-François Heisser, Orchestre Poitou-Charentes and Marc Coppey
Classical - Released by Mirare on Oct 13, 2011
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Stockhausen: Mantra
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Jean-François Heisser, Serge Lemouton
Classical - Released by Mirare on Apr 16, 2021
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Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussions, The Miraculous Mandarin & Two Pictures
Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Florent Jodelet, Michel Cerutti
Chamber Music - Released by Praga Digitals on Jan 1, 2003
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España: Spanish Piano Works
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 24, 2018
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Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España - Albéniz: Concierto Fantástico - Turina: Rapsodia Sinfónica
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 1, 1996
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Albéniz: Iberia (Jean-François Heisser, piano)
Classical - Released by Musicales Actes Sud on Apr 13, 2010
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Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Overtures
Jean-François Heisser, Karel Ancerl, Hermann Scherchen, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Otto Klemperer
Classical - Released by Praga Digitals on Jan 1, 2017
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Debussy: Works for Two Pianos, Vol. 2
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 5, 2018
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe Jude
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jan 18, 2019
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Alban Berg: Piano Sonata, String Quartet, Chamber Concerto
Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Péter Csaba, Prague Wind Quintet, Czech Soloists, Vladimir Valek
Chamber Music - Released by Praga Digitals on Mar 1, 2000
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De Falla: El Amor Brujo, L'amour sorcier (Jean-François Heisser)
Classical - Released by Mirare on Jun 4, 2007
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Beethoven : Les 5 concertos pour piano
Jean-François Heisser, Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Keyboard Concertos - Released by Mirare on Nov 10, 2017
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Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Theme and Variations in D Minor
Kocian Quartet, Josef Kluson, Michal Kaňka, Jean-François Heisser
Chamber Music - Released by Praga Digitals on Jan 1, 2001
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Mompou: Cançons i Danses, Suburbis & Cants Màgics
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1996
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Carl Maria von Weber: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, Invitation to the Dance
Classical - Released by Praga Digitals on Feb 1, 2008
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Johannes Brahms: The Violin Sonatas
Péter Csaba, Jean-François Heisser
Chamber Music - Released by Praga Digitals on Jan 1, 2004
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Albéniz: Iberia
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1994
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Granados: 12 Danzas Españolas & Escenas Románticas
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1992
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