Occupation pianist composer Role Pianist Nationality French Education Conservatoire de Paris | Notable awards Prix de Rome Name Jean-Michel Damase | |
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Born 27 January 1928 ( 1928-01-27 ) Died April 21, 2013, Paris, France Albums Handel: Concerto pour harpe, HWV 294 - Roussel & Faure: Impromptus pour harpe (Mono Version) Similar People Raymond Queneau, Marcel Tournier, Jean‑Pierre Rampal, Henriette Renie, Marcel Grandjany | ||
Alma mater Conservatoire de Paris | ||
Jean michel damase 1928 2013 piano concerto no 1 1949
Jean-Michel Damase (27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music.
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- Jean michel damase 1928 2013 piano concerto no 1 1949
- Jean michel damase 1928 2013 rhapsodie de printemps pour piano et orchestre 1957
- Selected compositions
- References
Damase was born in Bordeaux, the son of harpist Micheline Kahn. He was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at the age of five and composing by age nine. He was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1940, studying with Alfred Cortot for piano, and won first prize for piano in 1943, afterwards studying with Henri Büsser, Marcel Dupré and Claude Delvincourt for composition - winning his first prize for composition in 1947, in which year he won the Grand Prix de Rome (In this year he wrote his trio for flute, viola and harp which has several times been recorded.)
He made the first complete recording of Gabriel Fauré's nocturnes and barcarolles, for which he received the Grand Prix du Disque.