Philippe Entremont
Pianist Philippe Entremont has had an unusually long and impressive career, beginning in the early 1950s and remaining active well into the first quarter of the 21st century. Entremont is versatile in multiple ways: his repertory is wide, and he has worked extensively as a conductor.
Entremont was born in Reims, France, on June 7, 1934. His parents were both musical; his father was a conductor at the Strasbourg Opera, and his mother a pianist who gave him lessons. Showing talent, Entremont was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 1944, where he won the school's top prizes in piano, solfège, and chamber music. Entremont made his formal debut in Barcelona in 1951, and was soon touring various European countries. On January 5, 1953, he made his U.S. debut with the National Orchestral Association, on that occasion under the baton of Léon Barzin. Through the 1950s and 1960s, Entremont appeared in nearly every major classical music venue in the world. He also played in chamber groups, often with flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. At the start, Entremont was associated with the music of neoclassic composers such as Milhaud and Stravinsky, as well as their predecessor, Saint-Saëns. He also often played Mozart and Beethoven, and as his career developed, he began to program major Romantic masterpieces. Entremont has continued a vigorous concert career into old age. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he participated in the so-called "Piano Extravaganza of the Century" as one of ten internationally renowned players.
Entremont focused on a wide range of music as a conductor, an avocation he began in 1967. He served as principal conductor and music director of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra from 1976 to 2006, adding the music directorship of the New Orleans Symphony to his responsibilities between 1981 and 1986. He returned to New Orleans in 2007 as a pianist to open the orchestra's second season after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. He has also conducted the Denver (Colorado) Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre des Concerts Colonnes in Paris, and the Munich Symphony Orchestra, among other groups. He is the founder of the Santo Domingo Music Festival in the Dominican Republic.
Entremont's recording career is vast, encompassing numerous recordings as both pianist and conductor on Sony Classical as well as a host of smaller imprints, and he has slowed only slightly as an octogenarian. In 2019, he released a new album of Beethoven piano sonatas on Solo Musica.
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Entremont Plays All-Time Favorite Piano Encores (Remastered)
Klassiek - Released by Sony Classical on 31 mei 2019
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Entremont Plays Best-Loved Piano Pieces (Remastered)
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Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano
Klassiek - Released by Sony Classical on 14 jun. 1994
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 - Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466
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Concertmuziek - Released by Cascavelle on 1 dec. 2011
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibiton - Ravel: Alborada del gracioso & Pavane pour une infante défunte (Remastered)
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 29, Rhapsodie D'Auvergne, Op. 73, Wedding Cake, Op. 76 & Africa, Op. 89
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Debussy: Images Book 1 and 2 & Pour le Piano & Children's Corner Suite (Remastered)
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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien, Romeo & Juliet, The Nutcracker Suite, Piano Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 5
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Klassiek - Released by Urania Records on 20 mei 2013
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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major & Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
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Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra & Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 17 & Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 & Piano Concerto No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto - Trio in D Major
Markus Wolf, Howard Penny, Christiane Karajeva, Philippe Entremont, Wiener Kammerorchester
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 20, 23 & 30
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D'Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français - Franck: Variations symphoniques - Fauré: Ballade
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Satie: Piano Works
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Divers - Released by Sony Classical on 20 jun. 2008
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TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK: Serenades for Strings
Wiener Kammerorchester, Capella Istropolitana, Philippe Entremont, Jaroslav Krcek
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 23 jul. 1997
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Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 - Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy, S. 123 - Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, M. 82
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Entremont Plays Favorite Melodies of Liszt (Remastered)
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Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied - Strauss: Burleske - Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 4, Op. 102 (Remastered)
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 & Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283
Philippe Entremont, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jean Entremont
Klassiek - Released by Jube Classic on 9 apr. 2021
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