François-Joel Thiollier

François-Joel Thiollier is a pianist and musician. From French nationality and American, it was born with Paris.

It gives its first concert to New York at the 5 years age, then it studies in France with Robert Casadesus. Of return to the United States, it enters the class of Sascha Gorodnitzki off to the Juilliard School Music, of which it leaves at the age record eighteen years, having obtained the First Price in all matters, as well university as musical.

François-Joel Thiollier gained eight international “Grands Prix”, in particular one 6th price with the international Concours Tchaïkovski in 1966 and one 6th price with the international musical Concours Queen-Elisabeth-of-Belgium in 1968.

François-Joel Thiollier was named Officier of Arts and Lettres in 2003.

Discography

Thiollier recorded more than 40 discs in a repertory including/understanding Scriabine, Franz Liszt, Mozart and for RCA, Beethoven, Brahms, etc

He also recorded more than 35 compact disks of which:

For Thesis - RCA: Rachmaninoff, the Integral for piano (First World), 6 CD
For Thesis: Rachmaninoff, second concerto - Gershwin, the integral for piano - Liszt, Integral of the Lieder (3 CD) - Panorama of the Russian Melodies and “Recital Live” Rachmaninoff, the Integral for piano republished in 2003 by RCA-BMG
For KOntrapunkt, the Concerto for piano of BUSONI
For Black Horse, a video cassette “Incontri collar Maestro”: The Waltz of 1820 to 1920
For Naxos:

Ravel, work for piano (first World) - 2 CD
Ravel, Concertos - Falla “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” (1 CD)
D' Indy: “Cevennes Symphony “- Faure “Ballade” (1 CD) - FRANCK “Symphonic Variations” (1 CD)
Debussy, the integral (5 CD), already appeared between 1995-1999: volume 1,2,3,4. Volume 5

is appeared in 2001 and obtains the “shock of the Music” of the World of the Music.

The Viennese waltzes published at Saphir into 2001 obtain the same distinction.

For Low register: The integral of Gershwin appeared in June 1998, Beethoven: Rare works of Youth 1782/1783 published in 1999. Gouvy: Complete works for violin and piano with Jean-Pierre Wallez published in 2003 for K 617. In first world “Imagination for piano and orchestra” of max of Ollone (Claves) “Shock of the Music” of the World of the Music (October 2003) “gold Tuning fork discovered” of the review Tuning fork (November 2003). In 2007, for Naxos, the integral of Saint-Saens for violoncello and piano with Maria Kliegel.

External bonds

Official site

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