Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 2

Starring: Idil Biret, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 4th November, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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İdil Biret, born 1941 in Istanbul, Turkey is a Turkish pianist of classical music. Biret was educated at the Paris Conservatory in France under the tutelage of Nadia Boulanger & graduated with three prizes at the age of 15. She accomplished her education with Alfred Cortot & was a lifelong disciple of Wilhelm Kempff. Since her age of 16, Biret played in the most important international concert halls with orchestras including the London Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Leningrad Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of France & the Sydney Symphony. She collaborated with the eminent conductors such as Hermann Scherchen, Pierre Monteux, Eric Leinsdorf, Rudolf Kempe, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Aaron Copland, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Charles Mackerras, Jean Fournet, Moshe Atzmon & Hiroyuki Iwaki. Biret gave also concerts at the festivals of Berlin, Montreal, Istanbul, Dubrovnik, Montpellier, Nohant, Royan & Athens.

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