Throughout her long life, Yvonne LEFÉBURE, born at the turn of the century, divided her career between performing and teaching. A child prodigy, at the age of 14 she won a First Prize in piano in the class of Alfred CORTOT. Linked to the great musicians of her time (FAURÉ, RAVEL, DUKAS...), she became their favourite interpreter when not performing with such conductors as FURTWÄNGLER, BOULT and MARKEVITCH, or appearing with CASALS. Hers was an inquisitive mind, interested in everything, and she counted the painter Raoul DUFY and the philosopher ALAIN amongst her friends. Her passion for teaching took her from the École Normale to the Paris
For the last ten years of her life, up until her death in 1986, she entrusted SOLSTICE-MUSIC with recording the essentials of her artistic message.
Book: " La Leçon de Musique d'Yvonne LEFÉBURE "
French 20th-century music is studded with men and women who forged its identity and originality. Long, to mention only them, are some of those composers, instrumentalists and great teachers, amongst whom Yvonne LEFÉBURE occupies an important place, having marked French musical thinking with her exceptional intelligence, coupled with a lively, generous personality.
In this book, Yvette CARBOU, who had the privilege of working with Yvonne LEFÉBURE during her last recordings at the end of her life, has selected the finest writings from the pianist's famous interpretation classes and radio and television broadcasts. This unique testimony will be of precious help for all music lovers and interpreters who will thus be able to better apprehend the spirit of the French school of piano interpretation and teaching.
La Leçon de Musique d'Yvonne LEFEBURE by Yvette CARBOU
Collection "Les Maîtres de Musique" - éditions Van de VELDEE)
Pierre COCHEREAU
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