Jacques Rouvier

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Jacques Rouvier
Born	(1947-01-18) January 18, 1947 Marseille, France
Occupations	Musician Professor
Instruments	Classical piano
Years active	1967–present

Jacques Rouvier (born on January 18, 1947 in Marseille) is a French pianist. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Hubeau, Vlado Perlemuter, and Pierre Sancan.^[1]^[2] He won two Premiers Prix (first prizes): in piano performance (1965) and in chamber music (1967).

Rouvier was remarkably successful at piano competitions in his youth. He won the Grand prize at the Concours des Jeunesses musicales in Montreal in 1965.^[2]He took first prize at both the Viotti International Music Competition in Vercelli and the Barcelona Competition in 1967. He then took third prize at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition^[1] (ex-aequo with Vladimir Viardo) in Paris in 1971, securing an international career.

In 1970 he founded a piano trio with Jean-Jacques Kantorow and Philippe Muller with whom he continues to perform. His recording of the complete works for piano by Maurice Ravel won the Grand Prix du disque.

Pedagogue

In addition to his performing activities, Rouvier is a teacher at the Paris Conservatory, where he has instructed as a tenured professor since the age of 28. His former students include:

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
Hélène Grimaud Denis Pascal (fr) Claire-Marie Le Guay Arcadi Volodos Philippe Giusiano	Vahan Mardirossian (fr) Romain Descharmes Lidija Bizjak David Kadouch (fr) David Fray Mika Akiyama Lydie Solomon Yin Zheng	Sanja Bizjak Juliana Steinbach Mladen Čolić Stéphan Aubé Anastasya Terenkova	Guillaume Vincent

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Pulver, Jonas (18 November 2010). "Jacques Rouvier, le façonneur de pianistes". letemps.ch. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Bergeron, Steve (16 July 2008). "Jacques Rouvier n'oubliera pas Perlemuter de sitôt". La Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 39563158 LCCN: n82216190 ISNI: 0000 0000 8118 7620 GND: 134503295 BNF: cb13899237w

Persondata
Name	Rouvier, Jacques
Alternative names
Short description	French musician
Date of birth	January 18, 1947
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Date of death
Place of death

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