Yvonne Lefébure
Yvonne Lefébure(29 June 1898,Ermont– 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher.
Born in Ermont, she studied withAlfred Cortotat theConservatoire de Paris,taking apremier prixin piano and numerous other subjects. She performed with theOrchestre des Concerts Lamoureuxand theOrchestre des Concerts Colonneand in recital. She performed at the first Prades Festival in 1950. She taught at theÉcole Normale de Musique,Conservatoire de Paris and Conservatoire Européen, and gave masterclasses at her own festival inSaint-Germain-en-Laye.Among her pupils wereDinu Lipatti,Samson François,Imogen Cooper,Janina Fialkowska,André Laplante,Branka Musulin,Catherine Collard,Michaël Levinas,Françoise Thinat,Jean-Marc Savelli,Évelyne Crochet,István Kassai,Hélène Boschi,Martin Hughes,Denise Roger,andAvi Schönfeld.
In 1947 she married French musicologistFred Goldbeck.
Sources
[edit]- Carbou, Yvette,La leçon de musique d’Yvonne Lefébure,1995 (with discography).
- Timbrell, Charles,French Pianism: A Historical Perspective,2nd ed. (Portland, 1999)
- Moritz von Bredow:Klang gewordener Geist.Branka Musulin zum 100. Geburtstag. Eine Hommage. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung v. 14. August 2017, S. 10.
External links
[edit]- 1898 births
- 1986 deaths
- People from Ermont
- 20th-century French women classical pianists
- 20th-century French classical pianists
- Conservatoire de Paris alumni
- Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris
- Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
- French music educators
- French women music educators
- French pianists
- French women pianists