Bruno Rigutto

French pianist, composer and conductor (born 1945)

Bruno Rigutto (born 12 August 1945) is a French pianist,^[1] composer and conductor.

Career

Born in Charenton-le-Pont,^[2] Rigutto studied at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was a student of Samson François and Paul Badura-Skoda.^[3] In 1965 he was a laureate of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition and the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966.^[4] He has been teaching the piano at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1981.^[5] Rigutto composed the music for Nina Companéez's feature film Faustine et le Bel Été in 1972.^[6]

Selected discography

Piano Recital: Chopin, Liszt, Schumann (Kinderszenen) 1969 Musiidisc, France.
Chopin's Nocturnes, at Emi;
Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and No. 2, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, with Erich Bergel at Denon; Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 at Decca/Aristrocrate;
Chopin's 19 Waltzes, sleeve by Sempé at Frolane;
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Violin Concerto with Jean-Pierre Wallez, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, with Yuri Ahronovitch at IPG;
Haydn's Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major - G Major at Decca;
J-S Bach's Concertos for 1, 2, 3 and 4 pianos at Emi;
Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11;
R. Schumann's Piano Concerto, Konzertstuck with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Kurt Masur at Aristocrate;
Antonín Dvořák's Piano Concerto, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Zdeněk Mácal at Decca, IPG, Peters;

References

^ 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva éditions, 2015, p. 53. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
^ See BNF file
^ Revue musicale de Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland: Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft. Section romande. OCLC 9077868; v.29-31 (1976-78) p. 129
^ Bruno Rigutto in Larousse.fr
^ Les enseignants Archived 2011-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Conservatoire de Paris
^ Bruno Rigutto at IMDb