Claude Kahn

Claude Kahn (9 November 1935 – 17 November 2023) was a French classical pianist, internationally known for his interpretations of especially the music of Chopin, but also of French music (Debussy, Fauré, Ravel) as soloist or accompanied by great orchestras in the world. He founded and directed a piano competition in 1970, to become international as the Concours International de Piano Claude Kahn. He founded the conservatoire of Antibes in 1971 and directed it until 1991.

Biography Born in Marseille,

Recordings Kahn recorded more than 25 albums, especially of works by Chopin, his favourite composer,

They include: Ravel: Piano Concerto and Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georges Tzipine (1978) Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Preludes, with the NDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Rößler (1978) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Sabine Diaz (2005) Debussy: 24 Préludes (1979) Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy, NDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Rößler, Grand galop chromatique, Piano Sonata in B minor (1979). Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, Fauré: Thème et variations (1980) Les Bis, works by composers from Bach to Scriabin (1984) Debussy: 24 Préludes (1998)