Bios & promo — benchmark artistes

Entrée à l'âge de 14 ans au Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Claire Désert obtient un premier prix à l'unanimité du jury dans la classe de piano de Vensislav Yankoff ainsi qu'un premier prix de musique de chambre dans la classe de Jean Hubeau. Elle est ensuite admise en cycle de perfectionnement dans ces deux disciplines (classe de musique de chambre de Roland Pidoux). Remarquée par le pianiste et pédagogue Evgeny Malinin, celui-ci l'invite à poursuivre ses études au Conservatoire Tchaïkovski de Moscou. Claire Désert est une chambriste hors pair. Ses partenaires privilégiés sont Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Nemanja Radulovic, Gary Hoffman, Philippe Graffin, Régis Pasquier, le Quatuor Parisii, le Quatuor Sine Nomine, le Quintette Moraguès… Sa discographie bien étoffée comporte entre autres un CD des Novelettes de Schumann (couronné d'un "10" de Répertoire), un disque des Concertos de Scriabine et de Dvorák avec l'Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg récompensé d'une Victoire de la Musique en 1997 et plusieurs enregistrements réalisés avec Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman… Sont également parus chez Mirare trois autres disques consacrés à Schumann. Le dernier a été distingué d'un ffff par Télérama ainsi que par un Choc du magazine Classica. Claire Désert est professeure de piano et de musique de chambre au Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique de Paris et a reçu en 2020 le Prix d'interprétation de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts.

One of the most remarkable interpreters of her generation, Claire Désert entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris when she was just 14 years old. After studies with Ventsislav Yankoff and Jean Hubeau, she received premiers prix in piano and chamber music. After admission to the postgraduate cycle, she was granted a French government scholarship to study for a year with Evgeniy Malinin at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Upon her return, she completed a second postgraduate year in chamber music with Roland Pidoux. In addition to numerous solo appearances at international music festivals such as Radio France Montpellier, La Roque d'Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Piano Lille Festival, 'Folles Journées' in Nantes, Bilbao, Lisbon and Tokyo, Claire Désert also often appears with Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National de Lille, and Budapest Symphony Orchestra. A keen chamber musician, she regularly partners such eminent artists as Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Philippe Graffin and Gérard Caussé, as well as the Quatuor Sine Nomine and the Quintette Moraguès. Her impressive discography includes the Scriabin and Dvorak concertos with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (which received a French 'Victoire de la Musique' in 1997), a Brahms programme for two pianos with Emmanuel Strosser and three programmes with the cellist Anne Gastinel. Recent releases include Schumann's Davidbündlertänze, Dvořák's Slavonic Dances for piano duet with the pianist Emmanuel Strosser, and Abendmusik, a solo album dedicated to Clara and Robert Schumann and Brahms. Her latest recording, of Schumann's Fantasie Op. 17, Romances Op. 28 and Waldszenen, was awarded a Choc-Classica, a Joker by Crescendo Magazine and a Supersonic by Pizzicato.

Being used to performing at prestigious festivals in France (festival de la Roque-d'Anthéron, piano aux Jacobins, Lille piano festival, festival de Radio France Montpellier, etc…), Claire Désert is also present on international stages (Wigmore hall in London, Kennedy Center in New York, Japan, Brazil, Germany, etc…) and performed as a soloist with esteemed symphonic formations such as the orchestras of Paris, Philharmonique de Radio-France, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Prague, Québec, Japan… She played under the direction of de M. Janowski, J. Bělohlávek, L. Foster… Following her admission in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, at the age of 14, Claire Désert was unanimously given first award by the jury of the piano class of V. Yankoff, as well as first award for chamber music in the class of J. Hubeau. She was then accepted into an advanced course (R. Pidou's chamber music class). Noticed by the pianist and pedagogue E. Malinin, she was invited to continue her studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Claire Désert is a spectacular chamber musician. Among her esteemed professional partners are Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman Philippe Graffin, Régis Pasquier, le Quatuor Sine Nomine, le Quintette Moraguès… Her rich discography includes, among others, A CD of Schumann novelettes (crowned with a "10" from the repertoire), a CD of concerts by Scriabin and Dvořák with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, which won the Victoire de la Music in 1997, and several recordings made with Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman. Three other discs dedicated to Schumann have also been released by Mirare. The last one of these was awarded ffff by Télérama as well as Choc by Classica magazine. Claire Désert is a professor of piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and a recipient of the 2020 Interpretation Award from the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Elle appartient à la famille des artistes discrets qui préfèrent la compagnie des œuvres à la surmédiatisation. Entrée à 14 ans au CNSMD de Paris, Claire Désert en sort avec deux Premiers Prix, en piano et en musique de chambre, puis poursuit ses études au Conservatoire Tchaikovski de Moscou. Depuis lors, elle est invitée sur les scènes internationales autant comme soliste que comme chambriste. Ses enregistrements, tous salués par la critique, reflètent sa double passion : à côté des albums en solo (Schumann et Brahms notamment), elle a participé à de nombreux albums aux côtés d'Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman, le Quintette Moraguès… Elle est aussi reconnue comme une des pédagogues les plus attentionnées pour ses élèves au CNSMD de Paris, où elle enseigne le piano et la musique de chambre.

Born in Angoulême, Désert began learning the piano at the age of five. At fourteen, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where she was awarded the premier prix in piano by unanimous decision of the jury in the class of Vensislav Yankoff. A student of French composer Jean Hubeau, she also won the First prize for chamber music. In 1985, she was unanimously awarded the first piano prize by the jury. She then enrolled in the class of the Bulgarian pianist Ventsislav Yankov. In the same year, she was admitted into the piano improvement cycle. She obtained a scholarship from the French government and went to study for one year at the Tchaïkovski Conservatory of Moscow, in the class of Yevgeny Malinin. Back in France, she joined the class of cellist Roland Pidoux and further perfected her chamber music skills. Since the early 1990s, the musician has performed on stages such as the Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Salle Pleyel as well as in international festivals at the invitation of La Folle Journée, the Piano aux Jacobins, the Lille Piano(s) Festival, the Flâneries musicales de Reims, the Festival international de musique de Colmar, the Stavelot Festival and the George Enescu Festival in Bucarest. In 1997, she was named 'New Talent of the Year' at the Victoires de la musique classique for her performance of the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's and the Russian pianist and composer Alexander Scriabin's concertos, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. Désert is also a professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris.

At the age of fourteen she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she was awarded a premier prix in chamber music in the class of Jean Hubeau, and the premier prix in piano by unanimous decision of the jury (Special Prize for the 1985 examination) in the class of Vensislav Yankoff. She was admitted to the postgraduate course in piano in the same year, then won a French Government scholarship for a year's study in Evgeny Malinin's class at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. On her return to Paris she entered the postgraduate course in chamber music, in the class of Roland Pidoux. Claire Désert is a peerless chamber musician of rare artistry. Her partners of choice include the pianist Emmanuel Strosser, the cellist Anne Gastinel, the violinists Nemanja Radulovic, Philippe Graffin and Régis Pasquier, the Parisii and Sine Nomine Quartets, and the Moragues Wind Quintet. Her extensive discography includes a Schumann CD (her first recording, which won a '10 de Répertoire'), a disc of the Scriabin and Dvorák Concertos with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg which was awarded a Victoire de la Musique in 1997, and two recordings with Anne Gastinel, one devoted to Schumann, the other to Schubert. Her two most recent releases have been on Mirare: a Schumann programme including the Davidsbündlertänze and Dvorák's Slavonic Dances for piano duet with Emmanuel Strosser. Claire Désert teaches piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and was awarded the Prix d'interprétation de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2020. She is a frequent guest at leading international festivals and appears regularly with major orchestras.

Entrée à l'âge de 14 ans au Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Claire Désert obtient un premier prix à l'unanimité du jury dans la classe de piano de Vensislav Yankoff ainsi qu'un premier prix de musique de chambre dans la classe de Jean Hubeau. Elle est ensuite admise en cycle de perfectionnement dans ces deux disciplines (classe de musique de chambre de Roland Pidoux). Remarquée par le pianiste et pédagogue Evgeny Malinin, celui-ci l'invite à poursuivre ses études au Conservatoire Tchaïkovski de Moscou. Claire Désert est une chambriste hors pair. Ses partenaires privilégiés sont Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Nemanja Radulovic, Gary Hoffman, Philippe Graffin, Régis Pasquier, le Quatuor Parisii, le Quatuor Sine Nomine, le Quintette Moraguès… Sa discographie bien étoffée comporte entre autres un CD des Novelettes de Schumann (couronné d'un "10" de Répertoire), un disque des Concertos de Scriabine et de Dvorák avec l'Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg récompensé d'une Victoire de la Musique en 1997 et plusieurs enregistrements réalisés avec Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman… Sont également parus chez Mirare trois autres disques consacrés à Schumann. Le dernier a été distingué d'un ffff par Télérama ainsi que par un Choc du magazine Classica. Claire Désert est professeure de piano et de musique de chambre au Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique de Paris et a reçu en 2020 le Prix d'interprétation de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Born in Angoulême, Désert began learning the piano at the age of five. At fourteen, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where she was awarded the premier prix in piano by unanimous decision of the jury in the class of Ventsislav Yankov. A student of French composer Jean Hubeau, she also won the First prize for chamber music. In 1985, she was unanimously awarded the first piano prize by the jury. She then enrolled in the class of the Bulgarian pianist Ventsislav Yankov. In the same year, she was admitted into the piano improvement cycle. She obtained a scholarship from the French government and went to study for one year at the Tchaïkovski Conservatory of Moscow, in the class of Yevgeny Malinin. Back in France, she joined the class of cellist Roland Pidoux and further perfected her chamber music skills.

One of the most remarkable interpreters of her generation, Claire Désert entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris when she was just 14 years old. After studies with Ventsislav Yankoff and Jean Hubeau, she received premiers prix in piano and chamber music. After admission to the postgraduate cycle, she was granted a French government scholarship to study for a year with Evgeniy Malinin at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Upon her return, she completed a second postgraduate year in chamber music with Roland Pidoux. In addition to numerous solo appearances at international music festivals such as Radio France Montpellier, La Roque d'Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Piano Lille Festival, 'Folles Journées' in Nantes, Bilbao, Lisbon and Tokyo, Claire Désert also often appears with Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National de Lille, and Budapest Symphony Orchestra. A keen chamber musician, she regularly partners such eminent artists as Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Philippe Graffin and Gérard Caussé, as well as the Quatuor Sine Nomine and the Quintette Moraguès. Her impressive discography includes the Scriabin and Dvorak concertos with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (which received a French 'Victoire de la Musique' in 1997), a Brahms programme for two pianos with Emmanuel Strosser and three programmes with the cellist Anne Gastinel. Recent releases include Schumann's Davidbündlertänze, Dvořák's Slavonic Dances for piano duet with the pianist Emmanuel Strosser, and Abendmusik, a solo album dedicated to Clara and Robert Schumann and Brahms. Her latest recording, of Schumann's Fantasie Op. 17, Romances Op. 28 and Waldszenen, was awarded a Choc-Classica, a Joker by Crescendo Magazine and a Supersonic by Pizzicato.

At the age of fourteen she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she was awarded a premier prix in chamber music in the class of Jean Hubeau, and the premier prix in piano by unanimous decision of the jury (Special Prize for the 1985 examination) in the class of Vensislav Yankoff. She was admitted to the postgraduate course in piano in the same year, then won a French Government scholarship for a year's study in Evgeny Malinin's class at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. On her return to Paris she entered the postgraduate course in chamber music, in the class of Roland Pidoux. Claire Désert is a peerless chamber musician of rare artistry. Her partners of choice include the pianist Emmanuel Strosser, the cellist Anne Gastinel, the violinists Nemanja Radulovic, Philippe Graffin and Régis Pasquier, the Parisii and Sine Nomine Quartets, and the Moragues Wind Quintet Her extensive discography includes a Schumann CD (her first recording, which won a '10 de Répertoire'), a disc of the Scriabin and Dvorák Concertos with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg which was awarded a Victoire de la Musique in 1997, and two recordings with Anne Gastinel, one devoted to Schumann, the other to Schubert. Her two most recent releases have been on Mirare: a Schumann programme including the Davidsbündlertänze and Dvorák's Slavonic Dances for piano duet with Emmanuel Strosser. Claire Désert teaches piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and was awarded the Prix d'interprétation de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2020.

Entrée à l'âge de 14 ans au Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Claire Désert obtient un premier prix à l'unanimité du jury dans la classe de piano de Vensislav Yankoff ainsi qu'un premier prix de musique de chambre dans la classe de Jean Hubeau. Elle est ensuite admise en cycle de perfectionnement dans ces deux disciplines (classe de musique de chambre de Roland Pidoux). Remarquée par le pianiste et pédagogue Evgeny Malinin, celui-ci l'invite à poursuivre ses études au Conservatoire Tchaïkovski de Moscou. Claire Désert est une chambriste hors pair. Ses partenaires privilégiés sont Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Nemanja Radulovic, Gary Hoffman, Philippe Graffin, Régis Pasquier, le Quatuor Parisii, le Quatuor Sine Nomine, le Quintette Moraguès… Sa discographie bien étoffée comporte entre autres un CD des Novelettes de Schumann (couronné d'un "10" de Répertoire), un disque des Concertos de Scriabine et de Dvorák avec l'Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg récompensé d'une Victoire de la Musique en 1997 et plusieurs enregistrements réalisés avec Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman… Sont également parus chez Mirare trois autres disques consacrés à Schumann. Le dernier a été distingué d'un ffff par Télérama ainsi que par un Choc du magazine Classica. Claire Désert est professeure de piano et de musique de chambre au Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique de Paris et a reçu en 2020 le Prix d'interprétation de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Born in Angoulême, Désert began learning the piano at the age of five. At fourteen, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where she was awarded the premier prix in piano by unanimous decision of the jury in the class of Vensislav Yankoff. A student of French composer Jean Hubeau, she also won the First prize for chamber music. In 1985, she was unanimously awarded the first piano prize by the jury. She then enrolled in the class of the Bulgarian pianist Ventsislav Yankov. In the same year, she was admitted into the piano improvement cycle. She obtained a scholarship from the French government and went to study for one year at the Tchaïkovski Conservatory of Moscow, in the class of Yevgeny Malinin. Back in France, she joined the class of cellist Roland Pidoux and further perfected her chamber music skills.