David Kadouch (born 7 December 1985)[1] is a French pianist and chamber musician. His international career began early when, at age 13, he was in concert with Itzhak Perlman in New York. A finalist in several competitions, he was named Young Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2011. He has performed and recorded with a focus on chamber music and contemporary music.

David Kadouch
David Kadouch in 2008
Born (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985 (age 38)
Nice, France
Education
OccupationClassical pianist
Awards

Life and career

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Born in Nice, Kadouch began his piano training at the Conservatoire de Nice and continued studies at the age of 14 with Jacques Rouvier at the Conservatoire de Paris. He then moved to the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, where he studied piano with Dmitri Bashkirov and chamber music with Márta Gulyás and Ralf Gothóni.[2] He has also attended master classes with Daniel Barenboim, Murray Perahia, Maria João Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Stephen Kovacevich and Eliso Virsaladze.[3]

At the age of 13, Kadouch won the Young Talents Competition in Milan and was subsequently invited by Itzhak Perlman to give a joint concert in New York.[4][5] In 2005 he came third at the Telekom Beethoven Competition [de],[4][6] as well as at the Kissinger Klavierolymp in 2007. He came fourth at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2009. Kadouch was Young Artist of the Year at the Victoires de la musique classique in 2010. That year, he played a solo recital at Metropolitan Hall in New York City.[1] He was named Young Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2011.[4]

His repertoire includes not only the usual classical and romantic piano works from Bach to Beethoven and Mendelssohn to Saint-Saëns, but also less frequently performed music, for example Arvo Pärt's Lamentate,[7] Guillaume Connesson's 2009 piano concerto The Shining One,[8] and Sergei Taneyev's Prelude and Fuge, Op. 29.[9]

Kadouch has played at international music festivals such as the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, the Jerusalem Festival,[6] Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Verbier Festival, Colmar Festival [fr], Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron and at La Folle Journée Nantes. He has worked with conductors Gábor Takács-Nagy, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Charles Dutoit and Chung Myung-whun.[10] His chamber music partners include for example the Quatuor Ébène, the Modigliani Quartet, Edgar Moreau, Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon.[11]

Recordings

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Kadouch's recordings include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Manheim, James. "David Kadouch / Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "David Kadouch". Verbier Festival. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ David Kadouch (in French) France Musique
  4. ^ a b c "Winners 2011 / Special awards". International Classical Music Awards. 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Skyline Piano Artist Series – David Kadouch, piano". Wvanston Now. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021. An invitation by Itzhak Perlman to perform at age 13 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art jump-started his award-winning international solo career
  6. ^ a b "David Kadouch". Telecom Beethoven Competition. 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ Radcliffe, Philip (13 July 2013). "Martha Argerich, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester / A standing ovation for the great pianist's return to Manchester for the first time since 1965". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ Musique Symphonique francaise / Salle Pleyel et theate des Champ-Elysees (in French) journal-laterrasse.fr 17 December 2012
  9. ^ Piano recital live from the Verbier Festival classical-music.com 25 July 2012
  10. ^ Pianist / David Kadouch (in German) Symphoniker Hamburg
  11. ^ David Kadouch / Klavier (in German) sommets-musicaux.com
  12. ^ Briggs, Bob (December 2010). "Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) / Twenty Four Preludes op.34 (1932/1933) / Piano Quintet in A minor op.57". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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