Francesco Tristano Schlimé
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Francesco Tristano Schlimé (born 1981) is a Luxembourg
classical and modern jazz pianist who also plays the clarinet. He composes both classical music and jazz.
, Schlimé studied at conservatories in Luxembourg, Brussels, Riga and Paris before graduating in music at New York's Juilliard School
where his teachers were Jerome Lowenthal
, Bruce Brubaker
and Jacob Lateiner
. He has also studied with Emile Naoumoff
, Rosalyn Tureck
and Mikhail Pletnev
.
, with which he recorded Sergey Prokofiev's 5th Piano Concerto
and Maurice Ravel
's Piano Concerto years later. In 2004 he presented and conducted, at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
and the Beaux-Arts in Brussels, an original transcription/adaptation for piano and strings of Antonio Vivaldi
's The Four Seasons. He was nominated by the Philharmonie Luxembourg
for the 2008 European Concert Hall Organization's Carnegie Hall
Rising Stars series.
He is a specialist in Baroque music
. In 2001, Schlimé founded The New Bach Players ensemble, with which he recorded Johann Sebastian Bach
's complete cycle of Keyboard concertos
for Accord. He has also recorded the Goldberg Variations
and the French Suites, as well as Girolamo Frescobaldi
's 1st book of Toccatas. Very involved in Contemporary music too, he has recorded Luciano Berio
's complete piano works and collaborated with electronic music
artists such as Carl Craig
and Murcof
. He won the 2004 Concours International de piano XXe siècle d'Orléans.
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
classical and modern jazz pianist who also plays the clarinet. He composes both classical music and jazz.
Education
Born on 16 September 1981 in Luxembourg CityLuxembourg (city)
The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg...
, Schlimé studied at conservatories in Luxembourg, Brussels, Riga and Paris before graduating in music at New York's Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
where his teachers were Jerome Lowenthal
Jerome Lowenthal
Jerome Lowenthal is an American classical pianist. He is a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was also chair of the piano department. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.He made his debut at 13 with the...
, Bruce Brubaker
Bruce Brubaker
Bruce Ellsworth Brubaker Jr was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in two Major League games, one for the Los Angeles Dodgers in and one for the Milwaukee Brewers in...
and Jacob Lateiner
Jacob Lateiner
Jacob Lateiner, was a Cuban-American pianist. He was actually born on March 31, 1928, but his father did not get around to registering his birth until May 31 the same year.He was the brother of violinist Isidor Lateiner....
. He has also studied with Emile Naoumoff
Emile Naoumoff
Emile Naoumoff revealed himself a musical prodigy at age five, taking up study of the piano and adding composition to his studies a year later. At the age of eight, after a fateful meeting in Paris, he became the last disciple of Nadia Boulanger, who referred to him as "the gift of my old age"...
, Rosalyn Tureck
Rosalyn Tureck
Rosalyn Tureck was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach...
and Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer.-Life and career:Pletnev was born into a very musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union; his father played and taught the bayan, and his mother the piano...
.
Career
He debuted in 2000 with the Russian National OrchestraRussian National Orchestra
The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....
, with which he recorded Sergey Prokofiev's 5th Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev)
The last complete piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, dates from 1932.-Background:Prokofiev's last piano concerto dates from 1932, a year after he finished the fourth piano concerto, whose solo part is for left hand only...
and Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
's Piano Concerto years later. In 2004 he presented and conducted, at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, underwent renovation work in 2002–2003 resulting in substantial improvements to the stage technology, acoustics and lighting facilities...
and the Beaux-Arts in Brussels, an original transcription/adaptation for piano and strings of Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
's The Four Seasons. He was nominated by the Philharmonie Luxembourg
Philharmonie Luxembourg
The Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte Concert Hall is a concert hall located on the Kirchberg plateau in the City of Luxembourg. Opened in 2005, it now plays host to 400 performances each year and is one of the main concert halls in Europe.-Origins:...
for the 2008 European Concert Hall Organization's Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
Rising Stars series.
He is a specialist in Baroque music
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
. In 2001, Schlimé founded The New Bach Players ensemble, with which he recorded Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
's complete cycle of Keyboard concertos
Harpsichord concertos (J. S. Bach)
The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052-1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven complete concertos for a single harpsichord, , three concertos for 2 harpsichords , two concertos for 3 harpsichords , and one concerto for 4 harpsichords,...
for Accord. He has also recorded the Goldberg Variations
Goldberg Variations
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form...
and the French Suites, as well as Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi was a musician from Ferrara, one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. A child prodigy, Frescobaldi studied under Luzzasco Luzzaschi in Ferrara, but was influenced by a large number of composers, including Ascanio...
's 1st book of Toccatas. Very involved in Contemporary music too, he has recorded Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
's complete piano works and collaborated with electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
artists such as Carl Craig
Carl Craig
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs...
and Murcof
Murcof
Murcof is the performing and recording name of Mexican electronica artist Fernando Corona.Corona was born in 1970 in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in Ensenada. He was for a time a member of the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective of electronic musicians under the Terrestre project name...
. He won the 2004 Concours International de piano XXe siècle d'Orléans.