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Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence and began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire at just 13 and won first prize in piano performance a mere three years later. She continued to study with György Sándor and Leon Fleisher until, in 1987, she gave her well-received debut recital in Tokyo. That same year, renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim invited her to perform with the Orchestre de Paris: this marked the launch of Grimaud’s musical career, characterised ever since by concerts with most of the world’s major orchestras and many celebrated conductors.

The french pianist Hélène Grimaud plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in c-sharp minor first movement

Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata (Adagio) – Grimaud, Piano

Beethoven’s Sonata No. 14, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, is one of the most popular compositions for the piano.

Mozart - Piano Sonata No 8 - Grimaud, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 8 – Hélène Grimaud

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, K. 310 / 300d, was written in 1778. The sonata is the first of only two Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key (the other being No. 14 in C minor, K. 457).

Hélène Grimaud performs Schumann's piano concerto in A minor.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Schumann – Piano Concerto – Hélène Grimaud

The Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by Robert Schumann who had earlier worked on several piano concerti who were never completed.

Chopin - Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Raindrop Prelude (Chopin) – Grimaud, Piano

One of Frédéric Chopin most famous masterpiece, the Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major, nicknamed “Raindrop”, strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C sharp minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Dance / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Transcription

Gluck/Sgambati – Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Grimaud, Piano

Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a melody from Orpheus and Eurydice, an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi.

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Concerto / Piano

Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 – Grimaud, Piano

The Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 is Bach first harpsichord concerto. Like the other harpsichord concertos, it is generally believed to be a transcription of a lost concerto composed in Cöthen or Weimar and many scholars suggested that the original melody instrument was probably the violin.

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major - Grimaud, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Major – Hélène Grimaud

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major was composed between 1929 and 1931. The concerto is in three movements and was deeply infused with jazz idioms and harmonies, which, at the time, were highly popular in Paris as well as the United States.

Brahms - Piano Sonata No 3 - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 3 (3st mov) – Grimaud

The Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op. 5 of Johannes Brahms was written in 1853 and published the following year. The sonata is unusually large, consisting of five movements, as opposed to the traditional three or four.

Chopin - Waltz No 3 in A Minor - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 3 – Grimaud, Piano

Chopin’s Waltz No 3 in A minor was written in 1834 and published in 1838. Frédéric Chopin’s waltzes are pieces of moderate length adhering to the traditional 3/4 waltz time, but are remarkably different from the earlier Viennese waltzes in that they were not designed for dancing but for concert performance.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Schumann – Kreisleriana II (Sehr Inning Und Nicht Zu Rasch) – Grimaud, Piano

Kreisleriana, Op. 16, is a composition in eight movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano, subtitled Phantasien für das Pianoforte. It was written in only four days in April 1838 and a revised version appeared in 1850.