Hélène Grimaud
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Hélène Grimaud (born November 7, 1969) is a French pianist.
She was born at Aix-en-Provence and was a difficult child. She discovered the piano at seven. She entered the Paris Conservatory in 1982 and won first prize three years later. The same year, in 1985, she won the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy for her recording of the Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2. In 1987, she launched her professional career with a solo recital in Paris and a performance with the Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Barenboim.
At 21, Ms. Grimaud moved to Florida, United States, but currently lives outside New York City. She is known for her passion for wolves, which she studies and raises. She now divides her time between her musical career and the Wolf Conservation Center, which she co-founded. She also has a rare condition called synaesthesia, where one physical sense adds input to another, for example tasting words or in her case, seeing music as color.
Discography
On Denon
- Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 (1986)
- Chopin Ballade No. 1/Liszt Après une Lecture de Dante/Schumann Sonata for Piano (1987)
- Schumann Kreisleriana/Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 (1989)
- Brahsm Piano Sonata No. 3 & 6 Klavierstücke (1992)
- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2/Ravel Piano Concerto (1993)
- Schumann Piano Concerto/Strauss Burleske (1995)
- Brahms Piano Pieces Op. 116-119 (1996)
- Gershwin/Ravel Piano Concertos (1997)
- Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 (1998)
On Deutsche Grammophon
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