Pascal Devoyon
Having established himself as a first-rate interpreter of French solo piano music, Pascal Devoyon has also become one of Europe's most esteemed chamber music players.
As a youngster, he studied with Blanche Bascourret de Gueraldi. He graduated from the Paris Conservatoire in 1971 with a first prize, studying with Leilia Gousseau. The next year he received his performer's certificate (licence de concert) from the École Normale de Musique.
He made a good impression on audiences in competitions, although placing second in the Busoni Competition of 1974 and third in the Leeds Competition in 1975, and winning silver at the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978. The prizes launched his concert career.
He has played regularly in North America and Europe. He has appeared with the Montreal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and many other leading orchestras. Solo recitals have taken him to such major venues as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, England's Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Philharmonie in Berlin, and New York's Carnegie Hall. Conductors he has worked with are Charles Dutoit, Simon Bychkov, Emmanuel Krivine, and Kurt Sanderling.
Among his best-received recordings is one he made early in his career of Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit, and he is also the performer of well-received discs of solo music by Schumann and Liszt, the concertos of Grieg, Schumann, and Saint-Saëns, and the Tchaikovsky First Concerto.
During the 1990s he devoted more of his time to chamber music and accompaniment. Among his most frequent partners are cellist Steven Isserlis and violinist Dong-Suk Kang. With these two, he has recorded primarily French string and piano music by composers Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Poulenc, and Schubert.
During the 1990s he also began a notable teaching career, becoming a professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire in 1991 and a teacher at the Berlin Hochshule für Musik in 1995.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Franck: Prélude, choral et fugue, Prélude, aria et final, Les plaintes d'une poupée & Danse lente
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 21 Oct 2022
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Saint-Saëns & Ysaÿe: Rare Transcriptions for Violin and Piano
Philippe Graffin, Pascal Devoyon
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 2002
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Chausson: Poème, Piano Trio and Other Chamber Music
Pascal Devoyon, Philippe Graffin
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Apr 1998
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Triptyque etc.
Philippe Graffin, Pascal Devoyon
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1999
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Chausson: Concert for Piano Sextet, Op. 21; Piano Quartet
Chilingirian Quartet, Philippe Graffin, Pascal Devoyon
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1997
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Bach: Concertos pour 3 et 4 pianos, BWV 1063, 1064 & 1065
Anne Queffélec, Michel Dalberto, Pascal Devoyon, Jean-François Paillard
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1982
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Bach: Konzerte für 3 und 4 Klaviere, BWV 1063, 1064 & 1065
Anne Queffélec, Michel Dalberto, Pascal Devoyon, Jean-François Paillard
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1982
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Schubert: Violin Sonatas & Fantasy in C Major
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 1991
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Sonates pour violon n°1 & n°2
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 18 Sep 1995
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French Violin Sonatas
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 15 Mar 1990
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Beethoven : Trios, Op. 97, No. 7 "Archiduc" & Op. 1, No. 1 pour piano, violon & violoncelle
Gérard Poulet, Christoph Henkel, Pascal Devoyon
Classical - Released by Arion on 22 Feb 1994
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Bréville & Canteloube: Violin Sonatas
Philippe Graffin, Pascal Devoyon
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 2004
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Intégrale de la musique de chambre
Étienne Plasman, Fabrice Melinon, Aleksandr Khramouchin, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, soloists, Pascal Devoyon, Markus Bronnimann
Classical - Released by Timpani on 1 Jan 2002
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Karl Goldmark & Bruno Walter: Violin Sonatas
Philippe Graffin, Pascal Devoyon
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 2001
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Schubert, Tríos para piano
Pascal Devoyon, Christiaan Bor, Godfried Hoogeven
Classical - Released by JamadaClassics on 23 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo