Claire-Marie Le Guay

Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist.

Early life Le Guay was born in Paris, France. She began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon and Bruno Rigutto. Following her education in Paris, Le Guay continued her training with a variety of established teachers, including Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, Claude Frank, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Alicia de Larrocha, William Grant Naboré, Andreas Staier, György Sebők, and Leon Fleisher.

Accomplishments and award Year Award Title Notes 1990 First prize winner International Contest of Chamber Music of Portogruaro Italy 1994 Prize-winner Maria Canals competition Barcelona 1994 First prize winner ARD Munich 1998 Voted France's Young Musician of the Year - -

Le Guay has also been championed by Daniel Barenboim, who invited her to perform with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.

In 2015 Le Guay was selected to participate in the 2nd Women's Leadership Program Eisenhower Fellows.

Current projects Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume Haydn-Mozart series, to be released on the Universal Accord label.

She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001.

Recordings Year Title Composer Notes 2000 Sonatas Bartók-Carter-Dutilleux Universal Accord 2007 Works for piano volume 1 Haydn-Mozart Universal Accord 2007 Works for piano volume 2 Haydn-Mozart Universal Accord - Orchestral Works Thierry Escaich Universal Accord 2012 12 Etudes d'exécution transendante Liszt Universal Accord 2003 Concertos and Légendes Liszt Universal Accord 1997 Kreisleriana op 16; Carnaval op 9 Schumann Universal Accord - Petrushka; Daphnis et Chloé Stravinsky-Ravel Universal Accord