RINGEISSEN, BERNARD
Bernard Ringeissen, piano
The French pianist Bernard Ringeissen was born in Paris, where he became a
pupil of Marguerite long and Jacques Février, winning the Premier Prix
of the Conservatoire at the age of sixteen. Three years later he took the first
prize at the International Piano Competition in Geneva, followed by the Chopin
Prize in Warsaw and the Marguerite long-Jacques Thibaud prize in Paris. In 1962
he won the major award of the Rio de Janeiro International Competition and the
Villa-Lobos Special prize for his interpretation of Brasilian music. In a distinguished
career Bernard Ringeissen has performed as a soloist and recitalist throughout
the world, including the Americas and the Far East, and boasts a remarkably
wide repertoire. He has served on juries for many of the most celebrated international
piano competitions and recordings include three discs devoted to the Russian
Five, a complete recording of the piano works of Saint-Saëns and of Stravinsky.
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