Alexandre Tharaud. Not only was he featured on its soundtrack but he also appeared as himself onscreen in the Academy Award-winning film Amour. In 2012 he was featured on the soundtrack for the Academy Award-winning film Amour performing the works of Bach Beethoven and Schubert.
Alexandre Tharaud himself plays on nearly all the tracks not just piano but also electronic organ and keyboards celesta and bells. Alexandre Tharauds mother taught dance at the Paris Opera his father directed and performed operettas and his grandfather played violin. This and next seasons highlights include recitals at the Philharmonie de Paris Wigmore Hall Muziekgebouw Amsterdam Frankfurt Alte Oper Teatro Colon Buenos Aires Sala Sao Paulo and extensive touring in Japan China and Korea.
He had previously co-authored Piano Intime with journalist Nicolas Southon.
In 2012 he was featured on the soundtrack for the Academy Award-winning film Amour performing the works of Bach Beethoven and Schubert. Not only was he featured on its soundtrack but he also appeared as himself onscreen in the Academy Award-winning film Amour. The French pianist Alexandre Tharaud graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and started his international career in earnest when he won the 2nd Prize at the ARD Competition in Munich. Warner Classics and Erato present artists from Maria Callas to Joyce DiDonato Mstislav Rostropovich to Gautier Capuçon.
