French pianist performs at Int'l Mugam Center

Famous French pianist Francois Chaplin has given a concert at the International Mugam Center in Baku.

On May 15 Francois Chaplin held master class at the Baku Musical Academy.
François Chaplin trained at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) with the Bulgarian pianist Ventsislav Yankoff and with Jacqueline Robin (accompaniment and chamber music), and was unanimously awarded first prizes for piano and chamber music. He then followed the advanced course with Jean-Claude Pennetier.

In 1987, he won the International Piano Competition in Senigallia (Italy), and received in 1989 the Mozart and Robert Casadesus Prizes at the International Competition in Cleveland. Those distinctions are the start of a brilliant international career.
His recording of Debussy`s complete piano works has been unanimously acclaimed by the international press and has reaped many awards (Diapason d`Or, ffff Telerama, Award BBC Magazine). It is already regarded internationally as a reference. His Debussy`s recording is internationally-renowned.

His concerts and recordings have met with great critical acclaim, and he has been described as “one of the most original and engaging of all French pianists”. His sumptuous sound, great expressiveness and feeling, and his intelligence as an artist enable him to understand and bring out the dark moods of Brahms, the whimsicality of Schumann, the brightness of Debussy, and the personality of Mozart, Poulenc and others.

Francois Chaplin is together a piano Professor at the Versailles National Music Conservatory and head of Master-Class of French music in various foreign countries, notably at the Conservatory of St Petersburg, at the University of Montreal, Norway and Japan.


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