Jacques Février

Jacques Février studied at Conservatoire de Paris. Training under Édouard Risler and Marguerite Long is recorded. Claude Coppens, Gabriel Tacchino and Carles Santos are recorded as having studied under Jacques Février. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris.

• Birth Name — Jacques Février • Birthplace — Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France • Born — 26 July 1900 • Education — Conservatoire de Paris • Place of death — Épinal, France • Died — 2 September 1979 (aged 79) • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Piano • Genre — Classical • Awards — Grand Prix de Disque

Jacques Février was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the son of the composer Henry Février and grandson of architect Jules Février. He studied with Édouard Risler and Marguerite Long at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a premier prix in 1921.

In 1932 he and the composer were the soloists in the first performance of Francis Poulenc's Concerto for two pianos. Although Paul Wittgenstein premiered Maurice Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand, Février was expressly chosen by the composer to be the first French pianist to perform the work. When Wittgenstein's exclusive right to play the piece ended in 1937, Février performed it, first in Paris, then secondly in Boston with conductor Sergei Koussevitsky.

He also taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, where his students included Gabriel Tacchino, Alain Planès, and Valerie Tryon. He died in Épinal in September 1979, a few weeks after being struck by a motorcyclist while walking in the countryside.