CONCERT PIANIST AND TEACHER, PHILIPPE GUEIT WAS BORN IN MARSEILLE. AFTER A DOUBLE SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY COURSE, HE TRAINED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AIX-MARSEILLE I (BACHELOR OF MUSICOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR WITH ANDRÉ BOUCOURECHLIEV), WHILE CONTINUING HIS PIANISTIC STUDIES AT THE LYCÉE MUSICAL DE MARSEILLE IN THE CLASS OF MARCEL MARQUESTE, WHERE HE UNANIMOUSLY OBTAINED A FIRST GRAND PRIZE (1978) THEN A CONCERT LICENSE (1980). A DECISION-MAKING MEETING WITH ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN MARKS HIS COURSE.
HE COMPLETES HIS TRAINING IN ORCHESTRA DIRECTING AT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE CONSERVATORY (GOLD MEDAL, CLASS OF PIERRE VILLETTE), THEN AT THE GENEVA CONSERVATORY WITH ARPAD GERECZ, DEVELOPING A MUSICAL APPROACH COMBINING SENSE OF ARCHITECTURE AND EXPRESSIVITY.
GUEST IN RECITAL AND WITH ORCHESTRA, HE PERFORMS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GEORGES SÉBASTIAN, POL MULE, HENRI GALLOIS OR TETSURO BAN, AND IN CHAMBER MUSIC WITH THE ZEMLINSKY QUARTET FROM PRAGUE. HE ALSO EXISTS HIMSELF IN CONTEMPORARY CREATION, WITH MANY PREMIERES AT THE CITÉ DES ARTS, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN PARIS, ON RADIO FRANCE OR AT IRCAM.
HIS ACTIVITY INCLUDES RECORDINGS FOR FRANCE CULTURE AND FRANCE MUSIQUE, AS WELL AS SEVERAL MARKET CYCLES, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN AND MOZART SONATAS. WINNER OF A GOLDEN DIAPASON (HARMONIA MUNDI), HE COLLABORATES WITH DIFFERENT LABELS, INCLUDING L'IMPRINT DIGITALE, PHILIPS AND DECCA.
SINCE 1992, HE HAS BEEN A PROFESSOR AT THE MARSEILLE CONSERVATORY. HE IS ALSO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CONCERTS DE SAINTE-ANNE IN MARSEILLE AND DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUT MUSICAL CLASSIQUE DE PROVENCE (IMCP).
AT THE CROSSROAD OF THE REPERTOIRE AND THE STAGE, PHILIPPE GUEIT CONCEIVES THE PIANO AS A PLACE OF MUSICAL TRANSFORMATION, WHERE WORKS AND STYLES DIALOGUE AND SHAPES. FROM THE LARGE REPERTOIRE TO THEMATIC PROGRAMS, IT DEVELOPS AN APPROACH WHICH COMBINES STYLISTIC REQUIREMENTS, READIBILITY AND FREEDOM OF INTERPRETATION.
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CONCERT PIANIST AND TEACHER, PHILIPPE GUEIT WAS BORN IN MARSEILLE. AFTER A DOUBLE SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY COURSE, HE TRAINED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AIX-MARSEILLE I (BACHELOR OF MUSICOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR WITH ANDRÉ BOUCOURECHLIEV), WHILE CONTINUING HIS PIANISTIC STUDIES AT THE LYCÉE MUSICAL DE MARSEILLE IN THE CLASS OF MARCEL MARQUESTE, WHERE HE UNANIMOUSLY OBTAINED A FIRST GRAND PRIZE (1978) THEN A CONCERT LICENSE (1980). A DECISION-MAKING MEETING WITH ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN MARKS HIS COURSE.
HE COMPLETES HIS TRAINING IN ORCHESTRA DIRECTING AT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE CONSERVATORY (GOLD MEDAL, CLASS OF PIERRE VILLETTE), THEN AT THE GENEVA CONSERVATORY WITH ARPAD GERECZ, DEVELOPING A MUSICAL APPROACH COMBINING SENSE OF ARCHITECTURE AND EXPRESSIVITY.
GUEST IN RECITAL AND WITH ORCHESTRA, HE PERFORMS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GEORGES SÉBASTIAN, POL MULE, HENRI GALLOIS OR TETSURO BAN, AND IN CHAMBER MUSIC WITH THE ZEMLINSKY QUARTET FROM PRAGUE. HE ALSO EXISTS HIMSELF IN CONTEMPORARY CREATION, WITH MANY PREMIERES AT THE CITÉ DES ARTS, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN PARIS, ON RADIO FRANCE OR AT IRCAM.
HIS ACTIVITY INCLUDES RECORDINGS FOR FRANCE CULTURE AND FRANCE MUSIQUE, AS WELL AS SEVERAL MARKET CYCLES, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN AND MOZART SONATAS. WINNER OF A GOLDEN DIAPASON (HARMONIA MUNDI), HE COLLABORATES WITH DIFFERENT LABELS, INCLUDING L'IMPRINT DIGITALE, PHILIPS AND DECCA.
SINCE 1992, HE HAS BEEN A PROFESSOR AT THE MARSEILLE CONSERVATORY. HE IS ALSO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CONCERTS DE SAINTE-ANNE IN MARSEILLE AND DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUT MUSICAL CLASSIQUE DE PROVENCE (IMCP).
AT THE CROSSROAD OF THE REPERTOIRE AND THE STAGE, PHILIPPE GUEIT CONCEIVES THE PIANO AS A PLACE OF MUSICAL TRANSFORMATION, WHERE WORKS AND STYLES DIALOGUE AND SHAPES. FROM THE LARGE REPERTOIRE TO THEMATIC PROGRAMS, IT DEVELOPS AN APPROACH WHICH COMBINES STYLISTIC REQUIREMENTS, READIBILITY AND FREEDOM OF INTERPRETATION.
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