A leading figure in the musical landscape, Hortense Cartier-Bresson performs her scores with rare sincerity, making her one of the most sought-after musicians of our time. Each concert promises an unforgettable moment of music, poetry, and humanity under her fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trained at the Paris Conservatory, she met the great Hungarian pianist G\u00ff\u00f3rgy Seb\u00f6k in 1979 and went on to study with him at Indiana University in Bloomington (USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quickly recognized as “one of the most remarkable pianists of her generation,” she won third prize at the 1981 Liszt-Bart\u00f3k Competition in Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From then on, a brilliant career took off, leading her to international stages in recitals and as a soloist, performing with major ensembles such as the Orchestre de Paris under the direction of Ricardo Chailly and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Antal Dorati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Passionate about teaching, she is an internationally renowned pedagogue, appointed in 2011 as professor of piano at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), and subsequently as a visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She gives numerous masterclasses in France and around the world, including in Finland, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, and Spain, and regularly serves on the juries of major international competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her recordings of Bart\u00f3k (Accord\/Universal), Chopin’s two concertos in the version for String Quintet and Piano (Maestria Records), and Brahms’s Opus 116, 117, and 118 (Apart\u00e9 Music), released in February 2020, were very warmly received by the media. A new recording dedicated to Bach and the Second Viennese School (Berg, Schoenberg, Webern) was released by Apart\u00e9 in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A highly regarded chamber musician, she performs with numerous artists including Roger Muraro, Pierre Fouchenneret, Ayako Tanaka, Rapha\u00ebl Oleg, Fran\u00e7ois Salque, Xavier Gagnepain, Nicolas Baldeyrou, and the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hortense Cartier-Bresson is the artistic director of the Musique \u00e0 la Pr\u00e9e festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12966,"template":"","discipline":[103],"class_list":["post-12967","teacher","type-teacher","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-piano-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n