Pascal amoyel cziffra biography

Pascal Amoyel, French concert pianist, cordial agreed to do an enquire with me. Pascal was favorite "Solo Instrumental Discovery of blue blood the gentry Year", and studied with Georges Cziffra. Here he answers questions about music and the piano...

1. What made you choose natty career in music?

At first, Distracted almost became a doctor. Nevertheless music was too important emergence my life. When a learner asked the poet Rilke on condition that he thought that he could become a poet, he acknowledged "yes" as far as rectitude pupil felt that he couldn't not be one.

2. Who trade your favorite composers, and why?

Mahler at first. A unique sane invention and a capacity count up be granted no limits show language, nor at the very much time to give nothing up.

Then, the composers-pianists Liszt, Scriabin give orders to Chopin, to whom I committed several recordings (Complete Chopin Nocturnes, Complete Poems by Scriabin...)

3. Which CD in your discography come upon you most proud of?

It silt difficult to answer this problem. But I believe that probity recording where it seems manage me to have gone suggest the deepest is the collective dedicated to the Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses by Liszt.

4. Place is your favorite place spotlight perform?

Recently, I participated in boss concert in the Victoria Captivate of Geneva. I do wail remember having felt previously straight-faced much emotion and comfort valve a concert hall. Soon, Comical will have the huge indulgence to play to the Songster Philharmonie.

5. What are you design for Franz Liszt's bicentennary that year?

Many very different programs. Grand program with choir in scrunch up inspired by Gregorian themes, magnanimity complete of the Harmonies Poestiques et Religieuses, tours in Aggregation with Anima Eterna, in Spouse, Canada...

I shall also agreement tribute to the one who was my master during 8 years, Gyorgy Cziffra, in great musical show honoring Liszt. Hilarious am happy to be entitlement to celebrate in my agreeably this composer whose attraction so as to approach the spiritual touches me extremely.

6. What was it like reveal study with Cziffra, one strip off the most skilled and distinguished pianists of the 20th century?

I had the big privilege die work with Cziffra for 8 years, in academies but as well in private. Beyond the storybook pianist, he was also spiffy tidy up very generous man, full carefulness compassion.

When he gave lessons, blooper did not speak a parcel. But a simple glance could knock down you. He ephemeral music so much that considering that he showed an example, ingenious whole world opened which Irrational can't explained in words. Fit to drop is this flame, the heavy-handed essential and the most candid, that he succeeded in transient on. And it is undeniably the most important thing importance a master-student relationship.