Name Alain Lefevre Education Conservatoire de Paris | Music director The Child Prodigy | |
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Role Pianist · alainlefevre.com Albums Carnet de notes, Chopin: 24 Preludes, Jardin d'images Awards Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment Similar People Andre Mathieu, Kent Nagano, Matthias Bamert, Charles Dutoit, Guillaume Lekeu Profiles |
Andre mathieu prelude no 5 alain lefevre
Alain Lefèvre, OC CQ (born July 23, 1962 in Poitiers, France) is a French Canadian pianist and composer. He is one of the Québécois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings.
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- Andre mathieu prelude no 5 alain lefevre
- Debussy Arabesque No 1 in E major Alain Lefvre
- Discography
- References

In 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011.

Hailed as a “hero” (Los Angeles Times), a “smashing” performer (Washington Post), “a pianist who breaks the mold” (International Piano)and “who stands out from the typical trends and artifices offered on the international scene” (Classica), Lefèvre has performed in over forty countries to the most prestigious venues (Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Théatre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Teatro Colon, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Herodes Atticus Theatre, Epidaurus Theatre…) and participated to numerous international festivals (Ravinia, Saratoga, Wolf Trap, Athènes, Istanbul, Cervantino…).

His performances were many times described as “unequaled” (Westdeutsche Zeitung) and “unparalleled” (Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee). Saluted for his “phenomenal technique”

(The Spectator), his « sparkling playing resulting in fascinating interpretations » (Kölner Stadt Anzeiger), his “sovereign mastery” (Hamburger Abendblatt), Lefèvre has been guest soloist of great orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony, the China Philharmonic, the SWR, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Moscow Virtuosi, (…) and has collaborated with renowned conductors such as James Conlon, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, JoAnn Falletta, Claus Peter Flor, Lawrence Foster, Jacek Kaspszyk, Jacques Lacombe, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Vladimir Spivakov and Long Yu.

Since the beginning of his career, Lefèvre has included, commissioned and battled for the music of our time. Alexander Brott, Walter Boudreau, John Corigliano, François Dompierre, Pierre-Max Dubois, Henri Dutilleux, Alain Payette are but a few of the composers he has added to his core répertoire. Alain Lefèvre has also championed the music of the forgotten genius, composer and pianist André Mathieu, called the “Canadian Mozart”. He was music director, composer, and pianist for the 2010 motion picture L’Enfant prodige, a film based on André Mathieu’s life, produced by Denise Robert (Cinémaginaire).

His discography covers a vast repertoire, from John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto, considered to be the reference version by BBC Music Magazine, to Chopin’s 24 Preludes, where the critic “celebrates Alain Lefèvre”, placing him alongside with the recordings of the “illustrious” Alicia de Larrocha, Ivan Moravec and Arthur Rubinstein (Fanfare).
Lefèvre has won numerous prizes, amongst them a JUNO, an Opus, ten Felix (ADISQ) and the AIB Award (London), for “International personality of the year - Radio”, saluting his radio program broadcast on ICI Musique/Radio-Canada. He is Officer to the Order of Canada, Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec, Chevalier of the Pléiade Order and Recipient of the Queen Elisabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Debussy: Arabesque No. 1 in E major (Alain Lefèvre)
Discography
Concerto for piano (KOCH International Classics), 1994, KIC-3-7250-2 H1 Alain Lefèvre, Carl St-Clair, Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Alain Lefèvre (KOCH International Classics), 1996, KIC-CD-7389 Rameau, Scarlatti, Soler (piano)
Alain Lefèvre (KOCH International Classics), 1996, KIC-3-7411-2 Brahms, Chopin (piano)
Alain Lefèvre, Gino Quilico (KOCH International Classics), 1997, KIC-CD-7412 Duparc, Fauré, Hahn, Payette (baryton, piano)
Alain Lefèvre (KOCH International Classics), 1998, KIC-3-7434-2H1 Alain Payette
Alain Lefèvre (CBC Records), 1999, MVCD 1129 Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Schubert (piano)
Alain Lefèvre (Audiogram), 1999, ADCD 10131 Champagne, Ginastera, Lefèvre, Mathieu, Rodgers & Hart, Sancan, Satie (piano)
Alain Lefèvre (piano), (Audiogram), original works by Alain Lefèvre, 2002, ADCD 10156
Concerto for piano, No. 23, k. 488, 1999, Réédition ,2002, CBC Records SMCD 5220 Alain Lefèvre, Jean-François Rivest, Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Alain Lefèvre (Analekta), 2001, FL 2 3122 Moments musicaux, Tableaux d’une Exposition (piano)
Alain Lefèvre, (Analekta), 2002, FL 2 3179
Alain Lefèvre, Yoav Talmi, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, (Analekta), 2003, AN 2 9814
André Mathieu (composer), Alain Lefèvre, (Analekta), 2005, AN 2 9275
Alain Lefèvre (piano), original works by Alain Lefèvre, 2006, AN 2 9276
Alain Lefèvre, Matthias Bamert, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, (Analekta), 2006, AN 2 9277
Alain Lefèvre, (Analekta), 2007, AN 2 928
Alain Lefèvre (and others), (Analekta), 2007, AN 2 8833
Alain Lefèvre piano, Diane Dufresne voice (Disques Présence), 2007, PRESCD – 7116
Alain Lefèvre (Analekta), 2008, AN 2 9279
Alain Lefèvre, George Hanson, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, (Analekta), 2008, AN 2 9281
Alain Lefèvre piano, David Lefèvre violin, (Analekta), 2009, AN 2 9282
Alain Lefèvre, David Lefèvre (violin), Paul Archibald (trumpeter), London Mozart Players (Analekta), 2009, AN 2 9283
Alain Lefèvre (piano), original works by (Analekta), 2009, AN 2 9279
André Mathieu (composer), Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta), 2010, AN 2 9284-5
New release of Fandango, Ballades, Confidences Poétiques, Cadenza (1996-1999) Alain Lefèvre (piano), (Radio-Canada) 2010, SRCCD4 -2366
Alain Lefèvre (piano), David Lefèvre (violin), Quatuor Alcan (Analekta), 2011, AN 29286
Alain Lefèvre (piano), Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan (Analekta), 2011, AN 29289
Alain Lefèvre, (piano) (Analekta), 2012, AN 2 9292- 3
Alain Lefèvre, Kent Nagano, Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Analekta), 2012, AN 2 9288
Alain Lefèvre, (piano) (Analekta), 2014, AN 2 9287
Alain Lefèvre (piano), original works (Analekta), Release date 17 March 2015
Alain Lefèvre, (piano) (Analekta), 2015, AN 2 9296
Alain Lefèvre (piano), original works (Analekta), Release date, October 2016, AN 2 9297