Clair de Lune François Dumont

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Suite Bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82:
• 1 Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82: I. Prélude 04:40
• 2 Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82: II. Menuet 04:05
• 3 Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82: III. Clair de Lune 04:28
• 4 Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82: IV. Passepied 03:51
• Estampes, L. 100, CD 108:
• 5 Debussy: Estampes, L. 100, CD 108: I. Pagodes 05:07
• 6 Debussy: Estampes, L. 100, CD 108: II. La soirée dans Grenade 05:10
• 7 Debussy: Estampes, L. 100, CD 108: III. Jardins sous la pluie 03:45
• Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119:
• 8 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 02:04
• 9 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119: II. Jimbo's Lullaby 03:31
• 10 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119: III. Serenade of the Doll 02:22
• 11 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119: IV. The Snow Is Dancing 02:27
• 12 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119: V. The Little Shepherd 02:15
• 13 Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, CD 119: VI. Golliwog's Cake-Walk 02:46
• Berceuse héroïque, L. 132a, CD 140a:
• 14 Debussy: Berceuse héroïque, L. 132a, CD 140a 03:38
• La plus que lente, L. 121, CD 128:
• 15 Debussy: La plus que lente, L. 121, CD 128 04:06
• Total Runtime 54:15

Info for Clair de Lune

Debussy is one of the great masters of Impressionism, and his singularity goes far beyond this legitimate label. As a magician of colour, François Dumont does magnificent justice to the shimmering timbres of the composer's work, revealing the thousand faces of this elusive genius.

In this reference recording, in which he plays on a Blüthner piano that once belonged to Debussy, he proves his supreme honesty and humility, marvellously serving this giant of music history.

François Dumont, piano

François Dumont
French pianist François Dumont's international career has been launched by his success in major international piano competitions winning prizes in the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw, Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland, the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan the Montecarlo Piano Masters, the Top of the world competition, Norway and the Cleveland International competition in the United States. In 2011 he has been nominated for the "Victoires de la musique", a major French classical music event. In 2012 he has received the Prix de la Révélation from the Syndicate of Music Critics in France.

François Dumont was fourteen years old when he entered the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Bruno Rigutto's class. He later studied with artists such as Murray Perahia, Leon Fleisher, Dmitri Bashkirov, Menahem Pressler, Andreas Staier and Fou Ts'ong, during masterclasses at the prestigious International Piano Academy Lake Como in Italy and works with William Grant Naboré as a recipient of the Theo Lieven Chair in Lugano Conservatory.

His recordings include the Complete Mozart Sonatas, two Chopin albums, a Wagner/Liszt CD, the complete Ravel piano music as well as the Complete Beethoven Trios.

He appears as a soloist with orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra and the Fortworth Symphony in the United-States, the Mariinsky Theater orchestra in St Petersburg, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (conductor Jesùs Lopez-Cobòs), Belgium National Symphony, Warsaw National Philharmonic (conductor Antoni Wit), Krakow Philharmonic, Montecarlo Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Tokyo Symphony in Japan, Wuhan Philharmonic in China.

Also much in demand as a chamber music partner, he has played with violinist Augustin Dumay, violist Tabea Zimmermann, cellist Henri Demarquette, the Talich Quartet, Quatuor Voce, Quatuor Debussy and Quatuor Sine Nomine. In April 2014 he plays the Complete Brahms Sonatas with Augustin Dumay. François Dumont is a member of the Trio Elégiaque, with Virginie Constant and Philippe Aïche.

Highlights of the 2014-2015 season include a Japan Tour with the Mikhalovsky Theater Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky Concerto n.1, Mozart concerti K.271 and K.466 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne (to be released on CD), as well as the two Ravel Concerti in Lyon, Auditorium, with the Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Leonard Slatkin, which will be recorded for Naxos.

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