Hélène Boschi
| Hélène Boschi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 August 1917 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Died | 9 July 1990 (aged 72) Strasbourg, France |
| Citizenship | Swiss, French |
| Alma mater | École Normale de Musique de Paris |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Awards | (1975) Grand Prix du disque 1952 (Académie Charles Cros) |
Hélène Boschi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈboski]) (1917–1990) was a Franco-Swiss pianist, born in Lausanne. She studied with Yvonne Lefébure and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole normale de musique in Paris. Throughout her life she led a dual career as a teacher and as a performer.
She was the first pianist to record the Sonatas of Padre Antonio Soler (1952, Grand Prix du disque) and the complete works for piano and chamber music of Clara Schumann (with Annie Jodry and Roland Pidoux). She played the music of the 20th Century, Bartok, Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Janáček or Martinu. Luigi Dallapiccola dedicated his Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera (created in 1952), Fernando Lopes-Graça his 3rd Sonata (created in 1954) and Claude Ballif his 4th Sonata (created in 1963). She also gave the first performance of Karel Husa's Piano Concertino in Brussels (1954) which was dedicated to her.
Hélène Boschi performed Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin, Gabriel Fauré, Franck, Joseph Haydn, W-A Mozart, Robert Schumann. Rameau, K-M von Weber. Among his chamber music partners are Armand Angster, Gerard Caussé, Michel Debost, Irène Joachim, Annie Jodry, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Étienne Péclard, Peter Rybar, Milos Sadlo. Hélène Boschi also formed with pianist Germaine Mounier, a duo with a vast repertoire, recording works by Mozart, Clementi, Debussy and Busoni.
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