Georges Pludermacher
Pianist Georges Pludermacher is recognized for his wide repertory, having emphasized adventurous contemporary works at a time when that was uncommon. He is equally active as a solo pianist, a performer of concertos, and a chamber music player.
Pludermacher was born on July 26, 1944, in Guéret, in occupied France. He took up the piano at three, and at 11, he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory. In the summers, he took courses with Géza Anda in Lucerne, Switzerland, and when he completed his studies at the Conservatory at 19, he took the school's first prizes in piano, chamber music, and accompaniment. His career has incorporated all three of these specialties. Pludermacher's interest in contemporary music began early in his career as he gave the world premieres of such avant-garde works as André Boucourechliev's Archipel I and Synaphaï by Iannis Xenakis. He performed with the Ensemble Musique Vivante as well as other contemporary music groups. Pludermacher performed concertos with some of the world's top conductors and orchestras, including Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez and the London Sinfonietta, and Christoph von Dohnányi and the National Orchestra of France. He also served for some years as a pianist with the Paris Opera Orchestra and appeared at various summer festivals around Europe. As an accompanist, Pludermacher has frequently backed instrumentalists, including violinist Nathan Milstein and violist Yuri Bashmet, and vocalists such as Ernst Haefliger, with whom he performed cycles of the songs of Schubert, Schumann, and Schoenberg.
Pludermacher has a large recording catalog. In the CD era, he has recorded mostly for Harmonia Mundi and Transart; with the latter, he issued a complete cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos with the Orchestre de Bretagne. He has remained active well into old age, and in 2020, he was one of a group of pianists heard on a Harmonia Mundi release devoted to Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Debussy: Images, images oubliées, estampes
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jun 17, 2008
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Nathan Milstein: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings
Nathan Milstein, Georges Pludermacher, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Eugen Jochum
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr 5, 2019
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Debussy: Children's Corner
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Dec 24, 2009
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L'atelier des pianistes, vol. 2 : Moyen
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 30, 2019
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies transcribed for the piano by Franz Liszt
Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Georges Pludermacher, Alain Planès, Paul Badura-Skoda, Michel Dalberto, Jean-Claude Pennetier
Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on Aug 28, 2020
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L'atelier des pianistes, vol. 1 : Débutant
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 30, 2019
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Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op.120
Georges Pludermacher, Michel Portal
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jan 1, 1969
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L'atelier des pianistes, vol. 4 : Confirmé
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 20, 2019
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Xenakis: Nomos Alpha, ST/4, Morsima-Amorsima, Herma & Atrées
Konstantin Simonovitch, Pierre Pénassou, Georges Pludermacher, Quatuor Bernede
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on May 20, 2022
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L'atelier des pianistes, vol. 3 : Avancé
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 13, 2019
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The Lyrinx Recordings (1985·87): Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 111
Classical - Released by Lyrinx on Feb 4, 2014
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Mozart: Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Feb 4, 1991
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Georges Pludermacher
Classical - Released by Lyrinx on Jan 1, 2001
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Franck, Strauss: Violin Sonatas
David Grimal, Georges Pludermacher
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jul 13, 2010
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Bartók: Sonata for two Pianos and Percussions & Suite for two Pianos
Jean-François Heisser, Georges Pludermacher
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Nov 1, 1992
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The Lyrinx Recordings (1984): Debussy: 12 Études, Étude retrouvée, Masques, L’Isle joyeuse
Classical - Released by Lyrinx on Feb 2, 2024
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Wissmer: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Concerto valcrosiano
Georges Pludermacher, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Alain Paris
Classical - Released by Naxos on Jun 24, 2014
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The Lyrinx Recordings (1989): Brahms: Handel Variations, Fantasien Op. 116
Classical - Released by Lyrinx on Sep 16, 2022
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