Jean Dubé (musician)
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French pianist Jean Dubé (born December 3, 1981 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
) has played the piano from the age of three and started playing concerts at five. As a soloist and chamber musician he appeared on television and radio in France and abroad. At the age of nine he was invited to open the Mozart Bicentenary, playing Mozart’s Concerto No.5 with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
. In the same year he was unanimously awarded first prize in the ‘Jeunes Prodiges Mozart à Paris’ Competition.
Jean Dubé studied with Jacques Rouvier and Jacqueline Robin and followed masterclasses with Dimitri Bashkirov, Lev Naumov
, Oxana Yablonskaya, Rudolf Buchbinder, Vladimir Krainev
, Leslie Howard
and Murray Perahia
.
In 2000 he gained the Yvonne Lefébure Scholarship during the Orléans Twentieth Century International Piano Competition, enabling him to study in Dublin with John O'Conor
at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
.
Dubé, at ten, was the youngest graduate ever in the history of the Conservatory of Nice, and at the age of fourteen he gained the first prize in piano from the National Superior Conservatory of Paris. In international competitions he won first prize in the Francis Poulenc Competition in Brive-La-Gaillarde (1997) and the Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Bucharest (1998), and second prize in the Takasaki Art & Music Competition (2000). In December 2000 he was awarded the Second Grand Prize at the Olivier Messiaen Competition in Paris, where he also won the Yvonne Loriod Prize and the Editions Durand Prize.
In April 2002 Jean Dubé was the undisputed winner of the 6th edition of the prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
of Utrecht. His delicate playing during the Final was also rewarded with the Audience Award. As part of the First Prize Jean Dubé has recorded a CD for the international record label Naxos (released in 2004), and performed up to one hundred concerts in no less than twenty-five different countries.
Œuvres pour piano
Romance, Valse triste, Finlandia Op. 26 No. 7, Petite Sérénade (released 05/2005; label:SYRIUS)
L'œuvre pour piano
Paysage maritime, Maysage champêtre, Poèmes intimes, Danze (released 02/2006; label:SYRIUS)
Ballades, Polonaises, Trois morceaux suisses
Deux Polonaises, Ballade No.1 in D flat major, Ballade No.2 in B minor, Au bord d'une source, Trois morceaux suisses (Catalogue No: 8.557364 ; label:NAXOS)
Les Préludes, La campanella, Sonetto 104 del
Petrarca, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, Les jeux d'eau à la
Villa d'Este, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude,
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (released 10/2003; label:SYRIUS)
Oeuvres & arrangements pour piano
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Prélude, Aria et Final
Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Troisième Choral (released 05/2004; label:SYRIUS)
Beethoven, Glinka, Liszt, Mendelssohn,
Nielsen, Prokofieff, Reinken, Schumann, Villa-Lobos ( Label: SYRIUS ;Catalog number:SYR 141402)
Purcell, Scarlatti, Pasquini, Nägeli, Czerny, Wieck, Schumann, Balakirev, Chaminade, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Khatchatourian, Holst, Poulenc et Ravel(Label:SYRIUS;Cat.number:SYR 141406)
E. Grieg: Sonate opus 6 - Intermezzo ; S.Rachmaninov: Vocalise opus 34 n°14. (released 03/2007; Label: SYRIUS ; Catalog number : SYR-141409)
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) has played the piano from the age of three and started playing concerts at five. As a soloist and chamber musician he appeared on television and radio in France and abroad. At the age of nine he was invited to open the Mozart Bicentenary, playing Mozart’s Concerto No.5 with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France. It specializes in contemporary music and was founded in 1937.- Names of the orchestra :*Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France...
. In the same year he was unanimously awarded first prize in the ‘Jeunes Prodiges Mozart à Paris’ Competition.
Jean Dubé studied with Jacques Rouvier and Jacqueline Robin and followed masterclasses with Dimitri Bashkirov, Lev Naumov
Lev Naumov
Lev Nikolayevich Naumov was a Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russia and was nicknamed the "Godfather of the Russian piano school"....
, Oxana Yablonskaya, Rudolf Buchbinder, Vladimir Krainev
Vladimir Krainev
Vladimir Krainev was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.-Biography:...
, Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard (musician)
Leslie Howard AM is an Australian pianist and composer. He is best known for being the only pianist to have recorded the complete solo piano works of Franz Liszt, a project which included more than 300 premiere recordings...
and Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia KBE is an American concert pianist and conductor.-Early life:Murray Perahia was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to a family of Sephardi Jewish origin. According to the biography on his Mozart piano sonatas CD, his first language was Judaeo-Spanish or, Ladino. The family...
.
In 2000 he gained the Yvonne Lefébure Scholarship during the Orléans Twentieth Century International Piano Competition, enabling him to study in Dublin with John O'Conor
John O'Conor
John O'Conor is an Irish pianist and pedagogue, and former director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He is frequently cited as the greatest living interpreter of the piano music of Beethoven, having recorded his entire repertoire, including the sonatas, concerti, and bagatelles...
at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Royal Irish Academy of Music
The Royal Irish Academy of Music is a linked college of Dublin City University located in Dublin, Ireland.It was founded in 1848 by a group of music enthusiasts and moved to its present address in Westland Row in 1871. The following year it was granted the right to use the title "Royal"...
.
Dubé, at ten, was the youngest graduate ever in the history of the Conservatory of Nice, and at the age of fourteen he gained the first prize in piano from the National Superior Conservatory of Paris. In international competitions he won first prize in the Francis Poulenc Competition in Brive-La-Gaillarde (1997) and the Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Bucharest (1998), and second prize in the Takasaki Art & Music Competition (2000). In December 2000 he was awarded the Second Grand Prize at the Olivier Messiaen Competition in Paris, where he also won the Yvonne Loriod Prize and the Editions Durand Prize.
In April 2002 Jean Dubé was the undisputed winner of the 6th edition of the prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
The International Franz Liszt Piano Competition , a member of WFIMC, is an international piano competition.The Competition is held in Utrecht in the Netherlands. It first took place in 1986, one hundred years after the death of Franz Liszt...
of Utrecht. His delicate playing during the Final was also rewarded with the Audience Award. As part of the First Prize Jean Dubé has recorded a CD for the international record label Naxos (released in 2004), and performed up to one hundred concerts in no less than twenty-five different countries.
Discography
- Jean Dubé - Jean Sibelius
Œuvres pour piano
Romance, Valse triste, Finlandia Op. 26 No. 7, Petite Sérénade (released 05/2005; label:SYRIUS)
- Jean Dubé - Jean Cras
L'œuvre pour piano
Paysage maritime, Maysage champêtre, Poèmes intimes, Danze (released 02/2006; label:SYRIUS)
- Jean Dubé - Franz Liszt
Ballades, Polonaises, Trois morceaux suisses
Deux Polonaises, Ballade No.1 in D flat major, Ballade No.2 in B minor, Au bord d'une source, Trois morceaux suisses (Catalogue No: 8.557364 ; label:NAXOS)
- Jean Dubé - Franz Liszt
Les Préludes, La campanella, Sonetto 104 del
Petrarca, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, Les jeux d'eau à la
Villa d'Este, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude,
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (released 10/2003; label:SYRIUS)
- Jean Dubé - César Franck
Oeuvres & arrangements pour piano
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Prélude, Aria et Final
Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Troisième Choral (released 05/2004; label:SYRIUS)
- Jean Dubé - "Bach...In Nomine"
Beethoven, Glinka, Liszt, Mendelssohn,
Nielsen, Prokofieff, Reinken, Schumann, Villa-Lobos ( Label: SYRIUS ;Catalog number:SYR 141402)
- Jean Dubé - "Toccatas"
Purcell, Scarlatti, Pasquini, Nägeli, Czerny, Wieck, Schumann, Balakirev, Chaminade, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Khatchatourian, Holst, Poulenc et Ravel(Label:SYRIUS;Cat.number:SYR 141406)
- Jean Dubé, piano, with Adrien Frasse-Sombet, cello - "Edvard Grieg, Sergueï Rachmaninov: Sonatas for cello and piano"
E. Grieg: Sonate opus 6 - Intermezzo ; S.Rachmaninov: Vocalise opus 34 n°14. (released 03/2007; Label: SYRIUS ; Catalog number : SYR-141409)