Olivier Chauzu
Olivier Chauzu is a Franco-Spanish classical pianist.Biography
Chauzu studied at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux, then at the Conservatoire de Paris in Gabriel Tacchino's class, then Théodore Paraskivesco's, as well as Jean-Claude Pennetier's and Christian Ivaldi's. After he won his two first prizes, he followed the cycle of perfection, worked with Dimitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher and began to perform in concerts in France and abroad. He went to Canada to study at the Banff Center with György Sebők, Paul Badura-Skoda, Anton Kuerti. The international Yvonne Lefébure competition followed by a prize at the Maria Canals International Competition immediately made him known as a performer of Debussy.
He obtained a doctorate in Spanish literature from the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, where he participated in the Romance Language Laboratory, and frequently gave Enrique Granados' Goyescas and Isaac Albéniz's suite Iberia in concert, for which he won the Diapason d'or. He then recorded Paul Dukas's complete music for piano, including the grand sonata in E-flat minor, Robert Schumann's festival, then a recording dedicated to Beethoven's sonatas. Committed to contemporary creation, he also records Philippe Forget's cinq regards pour piano and Lucien Guérinel's trios. In Toronto, he premiered Fragments de soleil by Philippe Forget, as well as Pablo Neruda's poems by Omar Daniel.
He has played with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra with Marco Parisotto, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy with Jérôme Kaltenbach, the Capella Istropolitana of Bratislava with Christian Benda, with Michel Tabachnik, the and performed with Raphaël Perraud, Pierre Amoyal, Staffan Mårtensson, Roland Daugareil, Nicholas Angelich, François Leleux, Jean-Pierre Armengaud, with whom he signed the complete work for four hands by Debussy for the Naxos label. He travels the world, Spain, France, Portugal, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, America, Middle and Far East.Discography
- Isaac Albéniz, Iberia
- Paul Dukas' Complete work for piano: Piano Sonata, Variations Interlude et Finale, Prélude élégiaque, La plainte, au loin, du faune.
- Schumann's Toccata, Davidsbündlertänze, Humoreske.
- Beethoven's sonata Op 101 and 106.
- Schumann's piano sonatas
- Samazeuilh's work for piano
- Debussy, Music for piano with four hands - with Jean-Pierre Armengaud.
- Chausson and Cras, Trios for piano, violin, cello - Trio des Aulnes: Jean-François Corvaisier, violin; Laurent Lagarde, cello; Olivier Chauzu, piano
- Mendelssohn's Trios for piano, violin, cello - Trio des Aulnes
- Guérinel's Trios nº1 and 2.
- Forget's chamber music: Canaa et Cinq regards pour piano
- Schumann's Variations on a theme by Beethoven, Geistervariationen, Variations on a theme by Schubert.
- Kalomíris's works for piano.
