User:Nikos.salingaros/Georges Pludermacher

=Georges Pludermacher=

Vita
Georges Pludermacher is a french pianist, widely known in Europe but less so in the USA. Pludermacher began playing the piano at the age of 3, and went on to study with the eminent piano teachers in France of his day. He has performed with noted conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, and Moshe Atzmon. He was for many years the piano partner of the great violinist [Nathan_Milstein]. At the same time as his solo career, Pludermacher has also pursued a teaching role.

Teaching
Georges Pludermacher teaches piano at the CNSM (Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse) in Paris.

Recordings
Georges Pludermacher records for the french Transart Live label. He has recorded a complete set of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas, live at the Reims Festival of 1999, then the complete Schubert Piano Sonatas in 2003. Among many other recordings, he has released the piano music of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

Portrait of Pludermacher by Serge Gainsbourg
A historical curiosity: the french singer/composer [Serge_Gainsbourg] (born Lucien Ginsburg) spent time as a young man with Georges Pludermacher and Pludermacher's father, Serge. There exists a portrait sketch of the young boy Georges Pludermacher by Gainsbourg.