Frédérique Fontanarosa

Frédérique Fontanarosa (13 May 1944 - 14 January 2020) was a French pianist.

Life
Frédérique Fontanarosa was born on 13 May 1944, in Paris. She studied at the École Normale de Musique de Paris with Charlotte Causeret. She entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1959, where she studied with Lucette Descaves. She won a first prize in piano in 1964. She studied with Pierre Pasquier also won a first prize in chamber music, in 1965.

She also worked with Joseph Calvet. She appeared from 1961 as pianist in the Fontanarosa Trio, which she formed with her brothers Patrice Fontanarosa on violin and Renaud Fontanarosa on cello.

In addition to her career as a chamber musician, Frédérique Fontanarosa was a teacher and taught at the Maisons-Alfort Conservatory between 1968 and 1978, and at the Suresnes Conservatory from 1975  .

She also participated in shows combining theater and music, some of which she directed herself, as well as in a few films, notably The Bride Was in Black by François Truffaut (1968)  .

Frédérique Fontanarosa died on 14 January 2020 in Rueil-Malmaison.