Michel Béroff
Michel Béroff (born 9 May 1950) is a French pianist and conductor of Bulgarian origin.
Also recorded as Michel Beroff
Michel Béroff
- Born
- 1950 · Épinal.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- pianist · conductor · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris · Conservatoire Régional du Grand Nancy
- Teachers
- Pierre Sancan
- Honours
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Languages
- French
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Michel Béroff (born 9 May 1950) is a French pianist and conductor of Bulgarian origin.
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Michel Béroff (born 1950) is a conductor, musician and pianist, of French nationality. The conductor was born in Épinal.
Michel Béroff was educated at Conservatoire de Paris and Conservatoire Régional du Grand Nancy. The conductor worked for Conservatoire de Paris.
The work spans classical music. Languages used include French. Honours include Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
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Background and education
Michel Béroff studied at Conservatoire de Paris and Conservatoire Régional du Grand Nancy. Training under Pierre Sancan is recorded. Simon Ghraichy and Adam Laloum are recorded as having studied under Michel Béroff. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
Béroff was born at Épinal, and trained at the Nancy Conservatory, winning the 1st prize in 1962 and the prize of excellence in 1963. He completed his studies at the Paris Conservatory with Pierre Sancan, winning the 1st prize in 1966.
Career
Career
In 1967 he made his Paris debut and won 1st prize in the Messiaen competition in Royan. Thereafter he toured extensively internationally and performed with most of the major orchestras and as a recitalist. He has recorded extensively for EMI in works by Liszt, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, J.S. Bach, Debussy, Bartók and Messiaen. He has also turned to conducting.
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• Seong-Jin Cho
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- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians, N. Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, 1997
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