Claire-Marie Le Guay

Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist.

Le Guay, 2017

Early life

Le Guay was born in Paris, France. She began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon and Bruno Rigutto. Following her education in Paris, Le Guay continued her training with a variety of established teachers, including Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, Claude Frank, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Alicia de Larrocha, William Grant Naboré, Andreas Staier, György Sebők, and Leon Fleisher.

Accomplishments and award
YearAwardTitleNotes
1990First prize winnerInternational Contest of Chamber Music of PortogruaroItaly
1994Prize-winnerMaria Canals competitionBarcelona
1994First prize winnerARDMunich
1998Voted France's Young Musician of the Year--

Le Guay has also been championed by Daniel Barenboim, who invited her to perform with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.

In 2015 Le Guay was selected to participate in the 2nd Women's Leadership Program Eisenhower Fellows.[1]

Current projects

Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume Haydn-Mozart series, to be released on the Universal Accord label.

She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001.

Recordings
YearTitleComposerNotes
2000Sonatas[2]Bartók-Carter-DutilleuxUniversal Accord
2007Works for piano volume 1[3]Haydn-MozartUniversal Accord
2007Works for piano volume 2[4]Haydn-MozartUniversal Accord
-Orchestral WorksThierry EscaichUniversal Accord
201212 Etudes d'exécution transendante[5]LisztUniversal Accord
2003Concertos and LégendesLisztUniversal Accord
1997Kreisleriana op 16; Carnaval op 9SchumannUniversal Accord
-Petrushka; Daphnis et ChloéStravinsky-RavelUniversal Accord

References
  1. EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCES 2015 WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWS
  2. (in French) Dutilleux, Henri; Bela, Bartok; Carter, Elliott; Le Guay, Claire-Marie (2000-06-06) The Sonatas for Piano Musique, retrieved February 13, 2012
  3. (in French) Haydn-Mozart; Le Guay, Claire-Marie Works for Piano Pianobleu, retrieved February 13, 2012
  4. (in French) Le Guay, Claire-Marie (2007-04-23) Haydn - Mozart: Piano Works, Vol.2 - C minor, the color of the drama Amazon, ASIN B000NPE7R4 retrieved February 13, 2012
  5. (in French) Haydn-Mozart; Le Guay, Claire-Marie Franz Liszt Dizziness Claire Marie Le Guay PIANO Pianobleu, retrieved February 13, 2012
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