Jean Casadesus
Jean Casadesus ( born July 17, 1927 in Paris as Jean Claude Casadesus Michel, † January 20, 1972 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada) was a French pianist, music teacher and composer. He was the son of the famous pianist Robert Casadesus and Gaby, and great-nephew of Henri Casadesus and Marius Casadesus.
Life and work
Jean Casadesus was born in Paris in 1927. He was accompanied by his parents, Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) and Gaby Casadesus taught early to play piano.
Later Casadesus studied at the " Conservatoire de Paris " at the Paris Conservatoire before 1939 went to the United States to continue his studies at Princeton University. He made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy in 1947, was a laureate of the Concours de Genève and then enjoyed great success as a concert pianist, among others at Carnegie Hall as well as a piano teacher, especially at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau. His students include Robert D. Levin, the American composer Michael Convertino or. With his parents Robert Casadesus Gaby Casadesus, Jean Casadesus and concerted often sechshändig. Jean and his parents played Mozart Concertos for 2 and 3 pianos. They took these works with the Columbia Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Eugene Ormandy.
In 1953 he married Evie Girard, the daughter of the painter André Girard. Jean Casadesus and Evie had one child, a daughter Agnes.
Jean Casadesus died in a winter in a car accident in Canada beginning in 1972. His father Robert died in the same year in Paris.