Claire Désert
The French pianist Claire Désert has been active and influential as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber music player, accompanist, and educator. She is especially noted for her interpretations of Schumann, and for her chamber music work. Désert was born in Angoulême in southwestern France in 1967. She took up the piano at five, showed talent, and at 14 traveled to Paris to enroll at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP). Désert had a good feel for the chamber music field early on, winning the school's first prize for chamber playing, and then adding a first prize for general piano performance. In 1985 she began studies with Bulgarian pianist Ventsislav Yankov and won admission to the conservatory's Cycle de Perféctionnement advanced course. A French government scholarship allowed her to study at the Moscow Conservatory for a year, in one of the earlier Western-Eastern exchanges of that type, and back in France, she studied as a chamber player with cellist Roland Pidoux. Désert launched her recital career in the early '90s and got a boost with a Victoires de la Musique Classique newcomer award for her 1997 recording of concertos by Scriabin and Dvorak with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. She has performed at major halls including the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Washington's Kennedy Center, and Wigmore Hall in London, and has been a frequent guest at music festivals in France and beyond, including the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Désert's recording career since the turn of the century has been busy. She has been a frequent collaborator with chamber groups, with pianist Emmanuel Strosser in duo piano repertory, and with other instrumental soloists. Two solo recordings of music by Schumann on the Mirare label, in 2007 and 2010, won widespread acclaim. Désert appeared with violinist Philippe Graffin in 2019 on Fiddler's Blues, a recital of works by Ysaÿe, Ravel, Enescu, and Debussy.
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Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13 - Études sur un thème de Beethoven, WoO 31 & Geistervariationen, WoO 24
Classica - Pubblicato da Mirare il 10 set 2021
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Schumann: Fantaisie, Romances, Scènes de la forêt
Assoli per pianoforte - Pubblicato da Mirare il 14 set 2018
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Schumann : Bunte Blätter / C. Wieck : Variations Op. 20 / Brahms : Variations Op. 9 (Claire Désert)
Musica da camera - Pubblicato da Mirare il 16 nov 2010
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Fiddler's Blues (Ysaÿe, Ravel, Debussy, Enesco)
Philippe Graffin, Claire Désert
Duetti - Pubblicato da AVIE Records il 1 feb 2019
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Schumann & Dvořák (Arr. for Sextuor)
Claire Désert, Quintette Moraguès
Classica - Pubblicato da Indésens il 14 mag 2021
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Francis Poulenc : intégrale musique de chambre avec vents
Les Solistes de l'Orchestre de Paris, Claire Désert, Emmanuel Strosser
Musica da camera - Pubblicato da Indesens il 20 set 2010
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Debussy: Sonates, danses et rhapsodies
Tatiana Samouil, David Lively, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Lise Berthaud, Claire Désert
Classica - Pubblicato da Indesens il 23 mar 2018
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Hungarian Dances
Philippe Graffin, Claire Désert
Classica - Pubblicato da Onyx Classics il 29 set 2008
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Schubert: Piano à quatre mains
Claire Désert and Emmanuel Strosser
Classica - Pubblicato da Mirare il 29 ott 2015
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In The Shade Of Forests - The Bohemian World Of Debussy, Enescu & Ravel
Philippe Graffin, Claire Désert
Classica - Pubblicato da Avie Records il 28 mar 2005
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Dvořák: Danses slaves, Op. 46 & 72
Claire Désert, Emmanuel Strosser
Classica - Pubblicato da Mirare il 2 set 2008
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Encore
Claire Désert, Quintette Moraguès
Classica - Pubblicato da Indésens il 25 feb 2022
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Mendelssohn: Romances sans paroles
Classica - Pubblicato da Polymnie il 13 set 2005
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Bruno Mantovani (Claire Désert et le Trio Wanderer)
Classica - Pubblicato da Mirare il 3 giu 2013
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Schubert & Brahms: Works for Piano Duet and 2 Pianos
Claire Désert, Emmanuel Strosser
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics il 4 ago 2003
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Musique de chambre avec vents (Chamber Music)
Claire Désert, Philippe Berrod, Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Musica da camera - Pubblicato da Indesens il 28 mag 2012
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Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 - Intermezzi, Op. 4
Classica - Pubblicato da Mirare il 2 set 2008
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Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata No.2
Philippe Graffin, Claire Désert
Classica - Pubblicato da Onyx Classics il 5 lug 2010
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Quintette Moraguès: Caplet & Ravel
Claire Désert, Quintette Moraguès
Classica - Pubblicato da Music square il 1 gen 2006
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Schumann : Davidsbündlertänze Op.6, Intermezzi Op.4 (Claire Désert)
Classica - Pubblicato da Mirare il 2 set 2008
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