Vlado Perlemuter was a Pianiste French of Polish origin .

Its life

Vlado Perlemuter was born the May 26th 1904 in Kovno (Polish city become Kaunas in Lithuania). His/her father, a cantor and Rabbi, decides to emigrate with Paris since 1907. Vlado takes its first courses of piano at the nine years age, and four years later enters to the Conservatoire of Paris where it is in particular raises of Moritz Moszkowski and Alfred Cortot. In parallel, he plays in the cinemas to accompany by silent films. Vlado Perlemuter gains many rewards in its youth: first price of piano of the academy of Paris (1919); Price of honor and price Diemer (1920). It is in 1922 in Paris that it gives its first concert. From 1924 to 1927 he studies works of Maurice Ravel and finishes by to meet the type-setter on several occasions. In 1929 it is the first to give one integral of works of Ravel in two recitals. It settles then a few years with London. Whereas it is held for one of the most famous pianists of the time, its career knows an interruption because of the war and its consequences. During this period it takes refuge in Suisse. It is not that in 1950 qu ' it again gives concerts to Paris and it is named professor with the Conservatoire of Paris in 1951. It teaches there until 1977. Having then more time to even devote to him, it returns to the studio of recording and appears more and more in public, giving until more than 70 concerts per annum. In Great Britain, it recorded many emissions for the BBC of which an integral of the music of Chopin. It gives its concert of good-bye on May 7th, 1993 to Geneva, two days after being appointed large officer of the Légion of honor. It died out on September 4th, 2002 at the 98 years age.

Its style

Admittedly Vlado Perlemuter is initially famous for its single interpretation of works of Ravel, but he was also a famous interpreter of works of Chopin (he was besides member of the jury of the international Concours of piano Frederic-Chopin). He also interpreted more modern works with brilliance. Thus he was the first pianist to play the third Concerto of Prokofiev, after the type-setter had given up the exlusivity of the interpretation of his work. However he preferred to remain in a more traditional register and chooses to look further into his interpretation of Ravel, Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, Fauré, Schumann, Liszt and Mozart. The quality of its interpretations is exceptional, Vlado Perlemuter having a rare talent to emphasize the Polyphonie and the broad outline of the works which he interpreted.

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