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Born on 28 October in Marseille, Annie D'Arco began musical studies with the mother of the flautist Alain Marion....
Annie d'Arco
French pianist (1920–1998)
Annie d'Arco | |
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Born | (1920-10-28)October 28, 1920 Marseille, France |
Died | March 5, 1998(1998-03-05) (aged 77) |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation | Piano |
Musical artist
Annie d'Arco (28 October 1920 – 5 March 1998) was a 20th-century French classical pianist.
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Biography
Born in Marseille, d'Arco studied the piano with Marguerite Long and won the Geneva competition in 1946. She gave her first concert with the Orchestre Lamoureux, under the direction of Eugène Bigot.
She performed both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, notably with Henryk Szeryng, André Navarra, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jean-Éric Thirault[1] and Pierre Pierlot. She taught the piano at the École normale de musique de Paris for many years, and had many students with distinguished careers, including Christophe Larrieu, Catherine Joly and Marylin Frascone.
She was married to Gilbert Coursier, a French horn player.
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