David Lively
The American-born French pianist David Lively has a large repertory of more than 80 concertos as well as numerous chamber and solo pieces. He is also a noted educator and festival director in France.
Lively was born in Ironton, Ohio, on June 27, 1953. He studied in the U.S., and at age 14 he played the difficult Piano Concerto of Aram Khachaturian with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Two years later, he moved to France to continue his studies, later taking French citizenship. His first teacher in France was Jules Gentil, who had been an assistant of Alfred Cortot. He then caught the attention of Claudio Arrau, who rarely gave lessons but agreed to teach Lively. He won several important prizes, including a fourth-place finish at Belgium's Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1972 and the Dino Ciani Prize in Milan, Italy, in 1977. Lively has performed concertos with many of Europe's top orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the Orchestre National de France, and the English Chamber Orchestra, working under conductors including Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, and Kurt Sanderling.
He has performed music from the Baroque (including Bach's The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080) to the present day, specializing somewhat in music of the U.S. Lively met Elliott Carter randomly on a Paris subway and subsequently programmed his works frequently, but he was also an enthusiastic performer of works by such vernacular and vernacular-influenced composers as Gershwin, William Bolcom, and Scott Joplin. Lively's 2018 album I Got Rhythm, a survey of American piano music, was an especially strong seller in France. Another Lively specialty has been extremely difficult music, as represented by concertos of Busoni, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Joseph Marx. He is also an enthusiastic chamber music player, especially at his own Saint-Lizier Festival in the Pyrenees mountains, which has attracted Martha Argerich and other top musicians.
Lively has taught at the Paris Conservatory and has given master classes at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, the Royal Scottish Academy, and Belgium's Chapelle Royale. He also is a frequent competition jurist. Lively's recordings include one of Chopin's piano concertos arranged for piano and string quintet, with the Quatuor Cambini-Paris, in 2019.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Ravel: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Klassiek - Released by Aparté on 9 sep. 2022
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Chopin : Concertos for Pianoforte & String Quintet
David Lively, Quatuor Cambini-Paris, Thomas de Pierrefeu
Concerten voor klavier - Released by Aparté on 12 apr. 2019
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J. Marx: Piano Concerto in E Major "Romantic" & Castelli Romani
David Lively, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Steven Sloane
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 jan. 2005
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Les chemins de l'amour
Tatiana Samouil, Justus Grimm, David Lively
Klassiek - Released by Indésens Calliope Records on 3 nov. 2023
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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, L'Art de la Fugue, The Art of the Fugue
Klassiek - Released by BNL on 15 dec. 2012
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Debussy: Sonates, danses et rhapsodies
Tatiana Samouil, David Lively, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Lise Berthaud, Claire Désert
Klassiek - Released by Indesens on 23 mrt. 2018
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I Got Rhythm
Klassiek - Released by La Musica on 2 feb. 2018
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Prokofiev : Masques & Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Klassiek - Released by Fuga Libera on 5 apr. 2019
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Concerto pour piano
Gérard Poulet, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, David Lively, Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 29 aug. 2006
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Busoni: Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39, BV 247
David Lively, Michael Gielen, Freiburger Vokalensemble, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks
Concertmuziek - Released by SWR Classic on 8 mrt. 2024
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Gypsy Journey
Klassiek - Released by Indésens on 29 okt. 2021
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Benoît Mernier : La grâce exilée - Concertos
Klassiek - Released by Cypres on 1 mrt. 2016
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Boesmans: Tunes, Cadenza, Fanfare I & Surfing
David Lively, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Christophe Desjardins
Klassiek - Released by Cypres on 28 jan. 2009
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Huybrechts: Sonate pour violon et piano, Chant funèbre pour violoncelle et piano, Trio à cordes
Pierre Amoyal, Marie Hallynck, David Lively, Yuko Shimizu-Amoyal
Klassiek - Released by Cypres on 19 mei 2009
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FURTWANGLER: Piano Concerto in B Minor
David Lively, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Walter
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 1 jul. 1991
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Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 - Romance in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 6 - Martinů: Variations on a Slovakian Theme, H. 378 - Cello Sonata No. 1, H. 277
Kamermuziek - Released by Cascavelle on 8 okt. 1997
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Strauss: Cello Sonata, Op. 6, TrV 115 – Honegger: Sonata for Cello & Piano, H 32 - Sonatina for Cello & Piano, H 42
Klassiek - Released by VDE-GALLO on 9 mrt. 2013
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Chausson & Fauré: Piano Quartets
David Lively, Streichtrio Berlin
Klassiek - Released by Delta Music Entertainment on 27 jul. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo