After recording 36 LP\u2019s with Scriabin, Liszt, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Romantic Waltzes, etc. Thiollier has now over 40 CD\u2019s:<\/span> Fran\u00e7ois-Jo\u00ebl Thiollier was named \u201cOfficier des Arts et Lettres\u201d by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n Website: http:\/\/www.fjthiollier.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fran\u00e7ois-Jo\u00ebl Thiollier Fran\u00e7ois-Jo\u00ebl Thiollier is one of today\u2019s most complete pianists and musicians. Franco-American by birth he has assimilated the best of several cultures: born in Paris, he played his first concert at the age of five in New York. As a child, he studied in France with Robert Casadesus and distinguished teachers of the … Continue reading Fran\u00e7ois-Joel Thiollier<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bacchini.net\/masnew_y\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/thiollier.jpg\")
Fran\u00e7ois-Jo\u00ebl Thiollier is one of today\u2019s most complete pianists and musicians. Franco-American by birth he has assimilated the best of several cultures: born in Paris, he played his first concert at the age of five in New York. As a child, he studied in France with Robert Casadesus and distinguished teachers of the Paris Conservatoire. Subsequently, he studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki at the Juilliard School of Music where he obtained both Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees at the record ages of eighteen and nineteen; with top honors and awards in all subjects, both academic and musical.
\nFran\u00e7ois-Jo\u00ebl Thiollier went on to win eight “Grands Prix” in international piano competitions, notably the Brussels Queen Elizabeth and the Moscow Tchaikowsky Prizes.<\/span>
\nThiollier\u2019s enormous repertoire (80 concerti), his exceptional musical culture and his extraordinary pianistic command are the key to his international success. He now concertizes in over 40 countries with the leading orchestras, such as the Moscow and Leningrad Philharmonic, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Hague Residentie Orkest, l\u2019Orchestre de Paris, l\u2019Orchestre National de France, l\u2019Orchestre Philharmonique, the Italian Rai, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra etc. He played in famous concert halls, among which the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es and Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Teatro Real and the New Auditorium in Madrid, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Milan Scala, the Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.<\/span>
\nGuest of the Berlin Philharmonie, his interpretation of the Busoni Concerto was hailed by the Berliner Morgenpost: \u00abThiollier, a pianist absolutely beyond compare, stunned and fascinated his audience with his incredible technique, polished elegance, impeccable sensitivity of sonorities and last but not least, consummate unstinting musicianship\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFor Thesis-RCA: Rachmaninoff\u2019s Complete Piano Works, republished by RCA-BMG.<\/span>
\nFor Thesis: Rachmaninoff\u2019s Second Concerto – Gershwin\u2019s Works for Piano, Liszt (3 CDs) – Russian Anthology and Live Recital.<\/span>
\nFor Kontrapunkt: BUSONI: Piano Concerto.<\/span>
\nFor Black Horse: a Video cassette \u00ab The Viennese Waltz \u00bb<\/span>
\nFor Naxos: Ravel\u2019s Complete Piano Works, and Concertos; Falla, Nights in the Gardens of Spain;<\/span>
\nD\u2019Indy, Symphony on a French Mountain Air; Faur\u00e9, Ballade op. 19; Franck, Symphonic Variations, and \u00ab Les Djinns \u00bb, and, with Maria Kliegel, Saint-Sa\u00ebns: Works for piano and cello. <\/span>
\nFor Grave: in Gershwin’s centennial (1998) the Complete Piano Works, and Beethoven’s very rare and early works.<\/span>
\nFor Naxos: Debussy: Complete Piano Works. The Volume 5, \u00ab Etudes \u00bb, was hailed by a \u00abChoc de la Musique \u00bb from Le Monde de la Musique. The same distinction was given to \u201cViennese Waltzes \u00bb published by Saphir. <\/span>
\nFor K 617: two world premi\u00e8re (Th\u00e9odore Gouvy: Complete Works for piano and violin, and Max d\u2019Ollone: Fantasy for piano and orchestra) received a \u00abChoc de la Musique \u00bb from Le Monde de la Musique and a \u201cDiapason d\u2019or d\u00e9couverte\u201d from the review Diapason.<\/span>
\nFor Multigram and Venice Channel: in high definition television, two DVDs with Mozart’s Kammerkonzerte K. 413, K. 414, K. 449, and Gershwin: Complete piano Works.<\/span>
\nFor Polymnie he has registered Onslow\u2019s Quintet with the Quatuor Monsolo and for P & Y Productions Widor and Saint-Sa\u00ebns quintets.<\/span><\/p>\n