Preston Minster is extremely delighted to present international piano recitalist, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who will giving a performance on Friday 22 January 2016.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has achieved acclaim for a variety of disparate repertory, but particularly for his complete cycles of music by Haydn, Debussy, Ravel, Bartók, and Prokofiev. He has recorded the complete solo piano outputs of Ravel and Debussy, the three concertos of Bartók, and from 2010 he launched a cycle of the complete Haydn sonatas. He has also played the five Prokofiev piano concertos in live concerts over a two-day period. Bavouzet’s repertory extends to individual works by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Pierné, and contemporary composer Bruno Mantovani. Bavouzet has concertized throughout Europe, the U.K., U.S., and Asia, and has appeared with many of the leading conductors, including Gergiev, Ashkenazy, Boulez, and Gianandrea Noseda. Bavouzet has recorded for Chandos, Naïve, and MD&G.

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet was born in Lannion, France, in 1962. He studied music at the Paris Conservatory where his most important teacher was Pierre Sancan. In 1986 Bavouzet won the Beethoven International Competition in Cologne. Three years later he was given the Steven de Groote Memorial Award for best chamber music performance at the Van Cliburn Competition.

For more about Jean-Efflam Bavouzet you can view the website here.

Performance:
Friday 22 January 2016, 7.30pm
Tickets are £20 and can be booked by calling 01772 901313

For email enquiries office@prestonminster.org

Venue:
Preston Minster
Church Street
Preston
PR1 3BT