Anne Queffélec

Anne Bénédicte Jeanne Queffélec is a French classical pianist.

Biography

Born in Paris in 1948, Queffélec was the daughter of writer Henri Queffélec. Her brother Yann followed their father's profession; their brother Hervé is a mathematician.
She attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. Despite an early passion for literature, she chose a life in music at a young age. She started playing piano at the age of five. In 1964, she enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire. She won the first prize for piano in 1965 and the first prize for chamber music in 1966. She continued her education with Paul Badura-Skoda and Jörg Demus, and went on to study in Vienna with Alfred Brendel. She won the first prize at the Munich competition in 1968, and in 1969, was a prize-winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition. Since then, she has enjoyed an international career.
She is not only famous as a solo concert pianist, but is also well known for her chamber music playing in cooperation with artists such as Catherine Collard, Pierre Amoyal, Frédéric Lodéon, and Imogen Cooper.

In 1990, she was awarded the French prize of Victoires de la musique classique.
On 6 January 2004, she was made 'Officier' of l'Ordre national du Mérite.
She was promoted to 'Commandeur' de l'ordre national du Mérite on 14 November 2011.

1976: – Ravel, Les deux concertos pour piano
1977: Mendelssohn: Anne Queffélec, Pierre Amoyal, Frédéric Lodéon – Les Deux Trios Pour Piano, Violon & Violoncelle
1978: Fauré, sonates pour piano et violon
1979: Franz Schubert, Œuvres pour piano à 4 mains
1988: Erik Satie
1995: Scarlatti: 13 Sonatas
1996: Dutilleux: The Works for Piano
1998: Ravel: Piano Works
1999: Schubert: Sonata D. 894; Fantasy D. 940; Sonata D. 959; Four Impromtus D.899
2000: Schubert: Works for Piano Four Hands
2000: Satie: Works for solo piano & piano 4 hands
2001: Ravel: Piano Concertos; Debussy: Fantasie for Piano & Orchestra
2001: Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands
2002: Serenity: Satie
2002: Mozart: Anne Queffélec
2003: The works for solo piano volume 1
*The works for solo piano volume 2
2004: Beethoven: Lettre à Élise
2004: Satie, Ravel: Piano Works
2004: Satie: Gnossiennes; Gymnopédies; Piano Works
2006: Haendel: Suites HWV430, 431, 433 & 436
2006: Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes
2007: Domenico Scarlatti, Sonate pour piano
2008: Satie: Gymnopédies; Gnossiennes; Sports and Divertissements
2009: Johann Sebastian Bach: Contemplation
2009: Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands
2009: Haydn, Sonates et variations
2010: Chopin, De l'enfance à la plénitude
2013: Satie & Compagnie
2014: Ombre et lumière D. Scarlatti 18 sonates pour clavier