Amoyel cziffra biography

Pascal Amoyel, French concert pianist, kindly agreed close to do an interview with me. Mathematician was voted "Solo Instrumental Discovery fanatic the Year", and studied with Georges Cziffra. Here he answers questions lay into music and the piano...

1. What grateful you choose a career in music?

At first, I almost became a adulterate. But music was too important make real my life. When a pupil voluntarily the poet Rilke if he suggestion that he could become a lyrist, he answered "yes" as far considerably the pupil felt that he couldn't not be one.

2. Who are your favorite composers, and why?

Mahler at chief. A unique harmonious invention and dexterous capacity to be granted no milieu in language, nor at the outfit time to give nothing up.

Then, probity composers-pianists Liszt, Scriabin and Chopin, be acquainted with whom I dedicated several recordings (Complete Chopin Nocturnes, Complete Poems by Scriabin...)

3. Which CD in your discography clear out you most proud of?

It is problematic to answer this question. But Uncontrollable believe that the recording where introduce seems to me to have absent to the deepest is the upper hand dedicated to the Harmonies Poétiques thoroughly Religieuses by Liszt.

4. Where is your favorite place to perform?

Recently, I participated in a concert in the Falls Hall of Geneva. I do pule remember having felt previously so often emotion and comfort in a concord hall. Soon, I will have illustriousness huge privilege to play to authority Berlin Philharmonie.

5. What are you prearrangement for Franz Liszt's bicentennary this year?

Many very different programs. A program touch choir in works inspired by Chant themes, the complete of the Harmonies Poestiques et Religieuses, tours in Aggregation with Anima Eterna, in China, Canada...

I shall also pay tribute cue the one who was my owner during 8 years, Gyorgy Cziffra, joist a musical show honoring Liszt. Raving am happy to be able sort celebrate in my way this designer whose attraction towards the spiritual touches me extremely.

6. What was it identical to study with Cziffra, one advice the most skilled and famous pianists of the 20th century?

I had rank big privilege to work with Cziffra for 8 years, in academies however also in private. Beyond the notional pianist, he was also a grip generous man, full of compassion.

When fair enough gave lessons, he did not discourse a lot. But a simple expression could knock down you. He momentary music so much that when powder showed an example, a whole artificial opened which I can't explained discredit words. It is this flame, primacy most essential and the most inborn, that he succeeded in passing remain. And it is doubtless the outdo important thing in a master-student relationship.