Erik Berchot

Erik Berchot born 14 February 1958 is a French classical pianist Born in Paris Berchot entered at a very young age at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won 1st prize in piano and chamber music in Yvonne Loriods class He later became a soloist for Radio France Berchot has won numerous international competitions LongThibaudCrespin Competition France Viotti Italy Maria Canals International Music Competition Spain Young Concert Artists New York and 6th prize at the X International Chopin Piano Competition Poland Berchot is the pianistactor of Claude Lelouchs feature film Partir revenir 1985 in which he interprets Sergei Rachmaninoffs 2nd concerto as well as a concert movement by Michel Legrand specially composed for this film Michel Legrand who regularly shares the stage with Berchot transcribed The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Yentl and The Windmills of Your Mind for him version for two pianos His recordings include discs devoted to Chopin Rachmaninoff SaintSaëns and Debussy Since 2007 he has been Charles Aznavours solo pianist at the Palais des congrès in Paris and during tours in France Egypt Portugal South and North America and Moscow From 2013 he began a tour with Aznavour in Montreal London Tel Aviv Amsterdam Yerevan Berlin Frankfurt Warsaw where he received the Frédéric Chopin Prize Barcelona Rome Los Angeles New York Moscow Antwerp Geneva St Petersburg Recife Porto Alegre Rio de Janeiro and other cities Berchot is regularly invited by the Société Chopin in Paris for the Bagatelle festival Berchot is the pianist of Claudy Malherbes radio opera La Cantatrice commissioned by Radio France September 2008 On 28 September 2009 in Paris Berchot received the insignia of Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite from the hands of composer Michel Legrand on behalf of the President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy Source Article Erik Berchot from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30