Amoyel cziffra biography

amoyel cziffra biography

Pascal Amoyel Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mo... | AllMusic

    Discover how Gyorgy Cziffra inspired pianist Pascal Amoyel's artistic endeavors and career development.
Amoyel was born in Rozay-en-Brie, France, on 2 January 1971.
Amoyel is now fully in the skin of his master, and presents a virtuoso improvisation worthy of Cziffra: in addition to the hits of the 1940s, he plays Happy Birthday in the style of Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Schoenberg, or ragtime, recalling his master’s encounters with American jazz musicians.
Pascal Amoyel was born in 1971.

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  • Cziffra sat at the piano and played Chopin, and to Amoyel, “it was more than just being there to listen to music.

    • Pascal Amoyel nous emporte - Paris Match

      A special theatrical performance in Paris pays tribute to Hungarian pianist György Cziffra () by his former pupil, the internationally renowned French virtuoso Pascal Amoyel.

    Pascal Amoyel | harmonia mundi

      Pascal Amoyel was born in 1971.

    Interview with Pascal Amoyel, Concerto Pianist


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


    1. What made you choose a career in music?

    At first, I almost became a doctor. But music was too important in my life. When a pupil asked the poet Rilke if he thought that he could become a poet, he answered "yes" as far as the pupil felt that he couldn't not be one.

    2. Who are your favorite composers, and why?

    Mahler at first. A unique harmonious invention and a capacity to be granted no limits in language, nor at the same time to give nothing up.

    Then, the composers-pianists Liszt, Scriabin and Chopin, to whom I dedicated several recordings (Complete Chopin Nocturnes, Complete Poems by Scriabin...)

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

    It is difficult to answer this question.

    Le jour où j’ai rencontré Franz Liszt Pascal Amoyel

    Pascal AMOYEL (Piano - France)

      He came to the attention of György Cziffra, with whom he studied in France and Hungary, and was a pupil of Jacques Rouvier and Pascal Devoyon at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was awarded Premiers Prix in piano and chamber music.

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  • Pascal Amoyel performs works by Alkan, Chopin, and Liszt, and the world premiere of a new work by Nimrod Borenstein at Westminster Cathedral Hall.

    • Nicole Bertin Infos: Pascal Amoyel, Georges Cziffra sont des ...

  • Pascal Amoyel nous raconte György Cziffra, un virtuose hongrois naturalisé français en 1968.

    • "Le pianiste aux 50 doigts" - Pascal Amoyel - "The 50 fingers ...

  • Le pianiste Pascal Amoyel racontait en musique la vie du grand György Cziffra (), qui fut son maître.