Yves Henry

Yves Henry (born 1959) is a French pianist.

He debuted at 13 performing Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. A graduate from the Conservatoire de Paris (where he teaches nowadays), he was the first Western European pianist to win the Robert Schumann Competition (1981) and was subsequently prized at the Casadesus Competition (1985). He has performed and recorded at an international level.

Yves Henry is also a music transcriber and a composer, known for his music tale Tubulin. He has been decorated the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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