Hélène Mercier
Pianist Hélène Mercier is known for her piano duo work with Louis Lortie, but she also performs widely as a soloist, chamber music player, and accompanist. She has recorded for the Chandos and Warner Classics labels.
Mercier was born in Montreal on February 5, 1960, to François and Lucile Mercier; she is sometimes known by her married name, Hélène Mercier-Arnault. She began studying piano at age six at the Vincent d'Indy School of music in the (then) suburb of Outremont and made rapid progress. At 15, she moved to Austria to attend the Vienna Academy of Music, studying with Dieter Weber. Mercier attended the Juilliard School in New York, where her teacher was Sascha Gorodnitzki, and the Conservatoire de Paris, working with Pierre Sancan, and her musical career has been divided roughly equally between North America and Europe. In 1992, Mercier released her debut album, joining Lortie on an album for music for four hands by Ravel.
As a recitalist and chamber player, Mercier has appeared in major world venues, including the Salle Pleyel in Paris, South Bank Centre in London, and the Berlin Konzerthaus. She has performed as a concerto soloist with orchestras across Canada and beyond, including the Israel Philharmonic (under Zubin Mehta), the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Shanghai Symphony. She is especially active as a duo pianist, performing not only with Lortie but also with such luminaries as Cyprien Katsaris, Boris Berezovsky, and Frank Braley. Mercier is also an enthusiastic chamber player who has accompanied violinist Vladimir Spivakov in performance and on recordings; the pair's recording of works by Chausson earned a Choc award from France's Le Monde de la Musique. Her recordings have been of duo piano repertory, appearing on the Chandos and Warner Classics labels, mostly with Lortie; in 2022, the pair released the album Debussy: Piano Duets on Chandos. Mercier is a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.
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15 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos, Le Carnaval des Animaux, Africa & Wedding Cake
Neeme Järvi, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk, Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier
Symphonies - Paru chez Chandos le 1 janv. 2016
4 étoiles Classica5 de DiapasonGramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Poulenc: Concertos for Piano
Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Hélène Mercier, Louis Lortie
Musique concertante - Paru chez Chandos le 18 sept. 2015
4 étoiles Classica24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Debussy: Piano Duets
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 9 sept. 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rachmaninoff: Piano Duets
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 30 oct. 2015
4 étoiles Classica24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances & 16 Waltzes for Piano Four Hands
Cyprien Katsaris, Hélène Mercier
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 24 août 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ravel: Piano Music For 4 Hands
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 1 oct. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances & 16 Waltzes for Piano Four Hands
Cyprien Katsaris, Hélène Mercier
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 24 août 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 1 oct. 2010
5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Duos pour pianos
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mars 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mathieu: Concerto de Québec & Works for 2 Pianos
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 14 févr. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Sonata in D Major, Andante and Variations in G - Schubert: Fantasie
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mars 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Concert op.21 - Poème op.25
Vladimir Spivakov, Hélène Mercier, Arkadi Fouter, Alexei Lundine, Igor Souliga, Mikhail Milman
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CapriccioNR le 15 mars 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Ungarische Tänze
Cyprien Katsaris, Hélène Mercier
Classique - Paru chez Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group le 7 juil. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 9 & 10
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 1 févr. 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Sonata for 2 Pianos - Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Cyprien Katsaris, Hélène Mercier
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Piano 21 le 1 janv. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo