Geneviève Joy
Geneviève Joy | |
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| Born | 4 October 1919 |
| Died | 27 November 2009 (aged 90) |
| Instrument | piano |
Geneviève Joy (French: [ʒənvjɛv ʒwa]; 4 October 1919 – 27 November 2009)[1][2] was a French classical and modernist pianist who, at the end of World War II in 1945, formed a critically acclaimed duo-piano partnership[3] with Jacqueline Robin which lasted for forty-five years, until 1990. The composer Henri Dutilleux, whom she married in 1946, dedicated his Piano Sonata to her, which she recorded for Erato Records in 1988.
A native of the small commune of Bernaville in the Somme department in Northern France region of Picardy,[4] she was the daughter of Lina Breton from Bernaville and her Irish husband Charles Joy who served with the British Army during World War I.[5] Geneviève Joy was a piano child prodigy who was accepted to the world-renowned Conservatoire de Paris in 1932 at the age of 12.
In 1982, she served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition.[6]
She died in her sleep at a Paris hospital eight weeks after her 90th birthday.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Agence France-Presse (28 November 2009). "La pianiste française Geneviève Joy décède à l'âge de 90 ans". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (28 November 2009). "Mort de la pianiste Geneviève Joy". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 88 notes pour piano solo, "Solo de duo", Neva Editions, 2015, p.97. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
- ^ "Les éphémérides / 4 October 1936" (in French). Radio France. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "Geneviève Joy/ 15 December 2009". Daily Telegraph. London. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition “Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests”
External links
[edit]- 1955 recording on YouTube of Gabriel Fauré's Dolly Suite, together with Jacqueline Robin.
- "Henri Dutilleux". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- Genevieve Joy – Daily Telegraph obituary
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