Jacqueline Blancard (6 April 1909 – 25 November 1994) was a French and Swiss classical pianist.
Life edit
Born in Paris, Blancard, the daughter of two comedians, first studied at the Lausanne Conservatory[1] then attended the Conservatoire de Paris. She later worked with Isidor Philipp and won a first prize in his class in 1926. Blancard pursued her training with Alfred Cortot, mastering both the German repertoire and the modern French school.[2] She was highly regarded as a Schumann specialist and made the first recording of Debussy's two sets of Études. In 1938, she became the first pianist to make a recording of Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand, under Charles Munch. She also performed three piano concertos by Mozart in New York.[3][4]
She was married to Doctor Ami Miège from Geneva, Switzerland.[5]
Blancard mainly recorded for the Decca Records label.
Blancard died in Geneva aged 85.
References edit
- ^ JACQUELINE BLANCARD (1909-1994)
- ^ Life of Jacqueline Blancard
- ^ Jacqueline Blancard, une courte esquisse de sa biographie on Notre Histoire
- ^ Blancard, Jacqueline (1909—1994)
- ^ V., H. (7 April 1976). "Docteur Ami Miège". Journal de Genève (82): 17. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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