Considered one of the most remarkable pianists of our time, Anne Queff\u00e9lec enjoys international fame as well as an exceptional influence over musical life.
\nWidely acclaimed in Europe, Japan, Hong-Kong, Canada, the United States… she has been invited by the most prestigious orchestras \u2013 the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Zurich Tonhalle, Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, Tokyo NHK Orchestra, Ensemble Kanazawa, Hong-Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Strasbourg, Lille, Prague Philharmonia, Kremerata Baltica, Sinfonia Varsovia… \u2013 and performed under the batons of illustrious conductors such as Boulez, Gardiner, Jordan, Zinman, Eschenbach, Conlon, Langr\u00e9e, Belohlavek, Skrowacewsky, Casadesus, Lombard, Guschlbauer, Zecchi, Foster, Holliger, Janowski, etc.<\/p>\n
Named \u201cBest performer of the year\u201d at the 1990 French Classical Music Awards (Victoires de la Musique), Anne Queff\u00e9lec has played repeatedly at the Proms in London, at the Bath, Swansea, King\u2019s Lynn, Cheltenham festivals and H\u00e4ndel-Festspiele G\u00f6ttingen; she also regularly appears in French festivals such as La Chaise-Dieu, Radio France Montpellier, Besan\u00e7on, Bordeaux, Dijon, La Grange de Meslay, La Folle Journ\u00e9e de Nantes, La Roque d\u2019Anth\u00e9ron where she performed, among others, the complete piano sonatas by Mozart over six recitals broadcasted live by France Musique, confirming her deep affinity for the Mozartian world. In the 1980s, Anne Queff\u00e9lec has participated in the recording of the soundtrack for the film of Amadeus, under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner. On stage and in recordings as well, Anne Queff\u00e9lec displays an eclectic repertoire. This is reflected by a variegated discography: she has more than forty records to her credit, dedicated to Scarlatti, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, Bach, Debussy, Faur\u00e9, Mendelssohn, Satie, including the complete works by Ravel, Dutilleux, Mozart, Beethoven, Haendel and Haydn. Those recordings were released by Erato, Virgin Classics and Mirare respectively.<\/p>\n
Among her more recent releases features the album \u00ab Satie & Compagnie \u00bb (Mirare \u2013 2013) which was awarded the \u201cDiapason d\u2019Or\u201d of the year. Next come a double CD entitled \u201cRavel, Debussy, Faur\u00e9\u201d (Erato \u2013 2014), \u201cOmbre et Lumi\u00e8re\u201d (\u201cLight and Shade\u201d) dedicated to Domenico Scarlatti (Mirare \u2013 2015), both receiving the \u201cDiapason d\u2019Or\u201d award, including \u201cEntrez dans la danse\u201d (\u201cJoin in the dance\u201d) (Mirare \u2013 2017). In 2016 the BBC Magazine celebrated Anne Queff\u00e9lec by releasing several live recordings and the Diapason magazine picked her version of Ravel\u2019s Concerto in g major to feature it in the section \u201cLes Indispensables\u201d. In January 2019, Warner\/Erato released a 21-CDs series dedicated to works recorded by Anne Queff\u00e9lec for this label.
\n\u201cAnne Queff\u00e9lec: the discovery of a true self\u201d M\u00fcnchener Zeitung<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Considered one of the most remarkable pianists of our time, Anne Queff\u00e9lec enjoys international fame as well as an exceptional influence over musical life. Widely acclaimed in Europe, Japan, Hong-Kong, Canada, the United States… she has been invited by the most prestigious orchestras \u2013 the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Academy of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9540,"template":"","class_list":["post-13436","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n