Yvonne Hubert

Yvonne Hubert ( born May 28, 1895 in Mouscron, Belgium, † June 8, 1988 in Montreal) was a Canadian music teacher and pianist.

Hubert attended the Conservatory of Lille and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1906 with Marguerite Long and from 1908 with Alfred Cortot piano, as well as music theory with Maurice Emmanuel and chamber music with Camille Chevillard. Funded by Gabriel Fauré, she launched a career as a solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist of her brother Marcel Hubert in France, Belgium, Canada and the United States.

In 1926 she settled in Montreal, where she 1929, the École de piano Alfred Cortot - founded. From 1945 to 1970 she taught at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec, where Michel Dussault, Serge Garant, Gilles Manny, William Stevens, Natalie Pépin, Janina Fialkowska and Ronald Turini were among her students. She also taught at the École Vincent- d'Indy (1952-1979) and other institutions, and prepared pianist Henri Brassard, Réjean Coallier, Marc Durand, Janina Fialkowska, Marc- André Hamelin, Claude Labelle, André Laplante, Louis Lortie and William step forward on national and international competitions.

Hubert was in 1979 awarded the Canadian Music Council Medal and an honorary diploma from the Canadian Conference of the Arts and in 1987 received the Prix de musique Calixa Lavallée -.

  • Classic pianist
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1895
  • Died in 1988
  • Woman
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