Emile Naoumoff
Émile Naoumoff has been likened to both Vladimir Horowitz and Artur Rubinstein as a pianist, and was also recognized as a serious composer before his 20th birthday. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1962, Naoumoff revealed himself a musical prodigy at age five, taking up study of the piano and adding composition to his studies a year later. He became a student of renowned music educator Nadia Boulanger in 1970 and at age 10 played the premiere of his own piano concerto under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin. He took up the study of conducting with Pierre Dervaux in the late '70s and joined the faculty of l'Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. His subsequent positions included professorships at the American Conservatory in Paris and the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique. In 1981, at age 19, he was signed as a composer -- the youngest on their roster -- with the music publisher Schott de Mayence. Naoumoff's reputation as a piano virtuoso dates from 1984 when he substituted without notice for a stricken pianist in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Monte Carlo. That concert earned him the comparisons to Horowitz and Rubinstein, displaying -- as one critic remarked -- the fire of the former and the poetry of the latter. In the years since, he went on to appear as a soloist with the most renowned orchestras in Europe, America, and Japan, and such legendary conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Igor Markevitch, and Mstislav Rostropovich. He also earned a personal invitation from Rudolf Serkin to perform at the Marlboro Festival, and has given recitals throughout Europe in the decades since. As a composer, he has had more luck than most in getting his music recorded, principally by the Wergo label, which has put out two CDs of his work (as well as a recording of Naoumoff's interpretations of Debussy piano pieces). His compositions range from solo sonatas and preludes to full-blown concertos, the latter including Pictures at an Exhibition. Naoumoff has also recorded for Sony Classical, EMI, and Orfeo, and his most important recordings include compositions by Glenn Gould, Gabriel Fauré, and Lili Boulanger. During the 1990s, in addition to teaching at the Paris Conservatory, Naoumoff became an associate professor at the University of Indiana's School of Music in Bloomington. He has given master classes on three continents and also has his own music academy based outside of Paris.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Ravel: Miroirs, Sonatine - Valses nobles et sentimentales
Classical - Released by Melism on 17 Jan 2020
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Fauré: Requiem op. 48 (in a new version for piano)
Classical - Released by Legacy Recordings on 17 Sep 2001
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Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9, Fantasie Op. 17 & Mondnacht Op. 39 No. 5
Classical - Released by Melism on 18 Mar 2022
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BOULANGER, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Marco-Polo on 1 Dec 1993
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Mozart Recital
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 10 Jan 2020
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Debussy, Fauré, Naoumoff, Poulenc
Chamber Music - Released by wergo on 17 Dec 2021
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Schubert: Moments musicaux, D. 780 & Piano Sonata No. 21, D. 960
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 3 Jan 2020
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Mussorgsky / Naoumoff : Pictures at an Exhibition
Classical - Released by wergo on 21 Oct 2011
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Requiem op. 48 (in einer neuen Fasssung für Klavier)
Classical - Released by Columbia on 17 Sep 2001
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Emile Naoumoff: Préludes / Anecdotes / Sonate / Impasse
Chamber Music - Released by wergo on 17 Dec 2021
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Theodore Gouvy : Sonatas for Piano 4 Hands
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 4 Nov 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Esprit Bulgare (Recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria)
Classical - Released by 4051277 Records DK on 10 Jun 2023
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Naoumoff: Sonata for Piano
Classical - Released by 4051277 Records DK on 29 Jan 2023
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Brahms : Double concerto - Beethoven : Triple concerto (BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS )
Philharmonie de Lorraine, Pascal Verrot, Gérard Poulet, Dominique de Williencourt, Emile Naoumoff
Classical - Released by Arion on 1 Jan 2010
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Summer Improvisations for the French Soul
Classical - Released by 4051277 Records DK on 23 Dec 2022
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Celtic Influences
Catherine Marchese, Sarah Stevens-Estabrook, Emile Naoumoff
Celtic - Released by Gega New on 6 Jan 2024
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24 Soul Etudes
Alternative & Indie - Released by 4051277 Records DK on 19 Jun 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo