Yvette Grimaud
French composer and pianist, ethnomusicologist
About Yvette Grimaud
Lived 1920 – 2012 (aged 92). Yvette Grimaud was a French classical composer, pianist, ethnographer, composer and musicologist.
Yvette Jeanne Grimaud (29 January 1920 – 19 February 2012) was a French pianist, composer and ethnomusicologist.
Born in Algeria, she moved to Paris in the 1940s, where she was a student of Olivier Messiaen and gave the first performances of early works for piano by Pierre Boulez. She later gave up her career as a pianist to focus on ethnomusicology, specialising in the traditional music of Georgia.
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Who was Yvette Grimaud?
French composer and pianist, ethnomusicologist
When was Yvette Grimaud born?
Yvette Grimaud was born on 29 January 1920 in Algiers.
When did Yvette Grimaud die?
Yvette Grimaud died on 19 February 2012 in Villiers-le-Bel.
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Yvette Grimaud was a classical composer, pianist, ethnographer, composer and musicologist.
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Yvette Grimaud was French.
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