François Dumont
Pianist François Dumont has established an international solo career following winning prizes in several key piano competitions. He has appeared on a number of recordings as a soloist and as a member of Trio Élégiaque. Dumont's varied repertoire covers more than 50 concertos ranging from Bach and Mozart to Bartók and Messiaen, as well as much chamber and solo music. In 2021, he accompanied Ransom Wilson on the album In the Age of Debussy.
Dumont was born on October 19, 1985, in Lyon, France. He began playing piano at age five. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique at 14, studying there with Hervé Billaut and Bruno Rigutto. He also studied with Leon Fleisher, Murray Perahia, and Fou Ts'ong, among others, at the Lake Como International Piano Academy and the Lieven Piano Foundation. Success came early, as Dumont began performing with major orchestras across France in 2000 and has since performed across Europe, the Americas, and Japan, including with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra, among others. In 2002, Dumont, with cellist Virginie Constant and violinist Laurent Le Flécher, founded Trio Élégiaque: Philippe Aïche would later replace Le Flécher. Dumont's career was spurned on further by notable achievements in major international competitions in the 2000s and 2010s decades, including a first prize at the Jean-Françaix Competition and a laureate distinction at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2007, and a fifth prize at the Chopin Piano Competition in 2010.
Dumont's recording debut came on the Triton label in 2006 with Trio Élégiaque, an album of music by Messiaen and Pascal Dusapin that earned a Diapason d'Or. His solo debut, a recording of Mozart's complete piano sonatas, came in 2009 on Anima Records. In 2011, Dumont earned a nomination at France's Victoires de la musique for instrumental soloist revelation. Along with his continued participation with Trio Élégiaque, Dumont's list of chamber music partners includes violist Tabea Zimmerman, violinist Augustin Dumay, and cellist Henri Demarquett. Dumont's recording catalog continued to grow in the late 2010s and into the 2020s decade. He accompanied flutist Ransom Wilson on the album In the Age of Ravel in 2017. In 2019, he was heard with the Orchestre National de Lyon and conductor Leonard Slatkin on a recording of Ravel's piano concertos. The following year, he issued a recording of Fauré's complete nocturnes, and in 2021, he backed Wilson once more on the album In the Age of Debussy.
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Bach: Keyboard Suites
Klassiek - Released by ARTALINNA on 30 okt. 2015
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Ravel : Orchestral Works, Vol. 6
François Dumont, Jennifer Gilbert, Orchestre National De Lyon, Leonard Slatkin
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 13 sep. 2019
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Ravel: Complete Piano Music
Klassiek - Released by Piano Classics on 11 aug. 2023
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Chopin : Ballades et Impromptus
Klassiek - Released by La Musica on 1 apr. 2022
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Chopin: 21 Nocturnes
Klassiek - Released by Aevea Classics on 26 jan. 2018
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Fauré: Complete Nocturnes
Klassiek - Released by Piano Classics on 31 jan. 2020
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Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3, Berceuse, Fantaisie & Polonaise 'Heroic'
Concertmuziek - Released by ARTALINNA on 7 mrt. 2012
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Franck: Piano Quintet - Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14
Prazak Quartet, François Dumont
Kwartetten - Released by Praga Digitals on 27 mei 2022
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Bach: Keyboard Works, Vol. 2
Klassiek - Released by ARTALINNA on 3 feb. 2017
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Other Piano Works
Klassiek - Released by Aevea Classics on 18 jan. 2019
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Pierné, Vierne & Fauré: French Resonance
Klassiek - Released by Fuga Libera on 30 okt. 2015
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Mozart: Sonates pour piano
Klassiek - Released by Anima-Records on 21 apr. 2009
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Jolivet: Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1
Hélène Boulègue, François Dumont
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 8 feb. 2019
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Liszt: Wagner Transcriptions
Klassiek - Released by Piano Classics on 3 sep. 2014
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Bohèmes
Isabel Villanueva, François Dumont
Klassiek - Released by IMM on 13 okt. 2017
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Fauré Authentique
Klassiek - To be released on 17 mei 2024 by audite Musikproduktion
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In the Age of Debussy
Wilson Ransom, François Dumont
Kamermuziek - Released by Nimbus Alliance on 8 jan. 2021
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Peaceful Piano: The French Collection
Klassiek - Released by Brilliant Classics on 11 aug. 2023
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Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16
Klassiek - Released by audite Musikproduktion on 9 feb. 2024
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In the Age of Ravel
Wilson Ransom, François Dumont
Kamermuziek - Released by Nimbus Alliance on 2 jun. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo