Nicholas Angelich was one of the most talented pianists of his generation. Fascinated by the music of Mozart and Beethoven, Angelich was also very comfortable with romantic repertoire and contemporary music. It was his mother who introduced Nicholas Angelich to the piano at a very young age. A child prodigy, he gave his first concert at the age of 7. In his adolescence, he left the United States for France and joined the National Superior Conservatory of Paris, where he studied under Aldo Ciccolini, Yvonne Loriod, and Michel Beroff.
Nicholas Angelich was passionate about various repertoires, including classical, romantic, and contemporary music. He played works by Messiaen, Stockhausen, Boulez, Eric Tanguy, and Pierre Henry, for whom he premiered the “Concerto without orchestra for piano.” A great lover of chamber music, he found perfect partners in the Capuçon brothers.
Angelich received multiple awards and honors throughout his career, such as the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1994 and the Best Young Talent Award at the Ruhr International Piano Festival in 2002. In 2013, he was named the “instrumental soloist of the year” at the Victoires de la Musique Classique.
He performed with prestigious ensembles like Myung-Whun Chung, Marc Minkowski, and Sir Colin Davis.
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