ALBUMRavel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Boléro, Ma mère l'Oye, Le Tombeau de CouperinMyung-Whun Chung, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Roger Muraro
ALBUMStep Right UpRoger Muraro, Gulbenkian Orchestra & Benjamìn Shwartz
ALBUMDebussy: Etudes - Messiaen: Fauvettes de l'Hérault - Concert des garriguesRoger Muraro
ALBUMLiszt: The Piano of Tomorrow (Bonus Track Version)Roger Muraro
ALBUMRavel: Concerto pour la main gauche, Boléro, Ma mère l'Oye, Le tombeau de CouperinRoger Muraro, Myung-Whun Chung & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
ALBUMLiszt: Les années de pélerinage - Première année: Suisse - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Transcription Piano par Liszt)Roger Muraro
ALBUMRefletsRoger Muraro, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Myung-Whun Chung
ALBUMChopin-Récital (Exclusive digital album)Roger Muraro
ALBUMLe petit ménestrel: Tchaikovski raconté aux enfantsEmmanuelle Riva, Francis Huster, Gaetan Jor, Magali Clement, Roger Muraro, Gintaras Rinkevicius & Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMLiszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieusesRoger Muraro
ALBUMRavel: L'oeuvre pour pianoRoger Muraro
ALBUMJolivet: L'Oeuvre pour flûte (Intégrale)Pierre Andre Valade, Philippe Cambreling, Orchestre De Chalon - Bourgogne, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Michel Arrignon, Miguel DaSilva, Elisabeth Glab, Pascal Zavarro, Jean Geoffroy, Vincent Limouzin, Florent Jodelet, Henri Lescouret & Roger Muraro
ALBUMOliver Messiaen: Des Canyons Aux Étoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars)Myung-Whun Chung, Roger Muraro & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Concerto pour Piano et orchestre No. 1 - Moussorgsky: Les tableaux d'une expositionGintaras Rinkevicius, Roger Muraro & Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMIntégrale Piano SeulRoger Muraro
ALBUMMessiaen: Petites esquisses, Etudes de rythmes, Canteyodjaya, Hommage P. Dukas, Prelude 1964Roger Muraro
ALBUMMessiaen: Préludes & Fauvette des jardinsRoger Muraro
ALBUMMessiaen: Catalogue d'oiseauxRoger Muraro
ALBUMAlbéniz: IbériaRoger Muraro
ALBUMChopin: 8 PolonaisesRoger Muraro
ALBUMMessiaen: Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-JésusRoger Muraro
ALBUMRavel: Concertos pour piano & Le tombeau de CouperinHubert Soudant, Roger Muraro & Orchestre Symphonique De Bale
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The French pianist Roger Muraro has emerged as an important, almost official interpreter of the piano music of Olivier Messiaen, having studied with the composer's wife, Yvonne Loriod. He has also been noted as a performer of Liszt and Ravel, combining virtuoso skills with a deep, almost personal connection to the music.
Muraro was born in Lyon, France, on May 13, 1959 to parents from the Venice region in Italy. He grew up in a small town near Lyon and tried to join a local football (soccer) team, but, turned down, was enrolled by his parents in a band instead, taking up the saxophone. At age 11 he enrolled at the school program of the Lyon Conservatory as a saxophonist, but he also studied the piano on his own and made enough progress that his saxophone teacher suggested he take formal lessons. He auditioned at the Paris Conservatory and did not succeed in the regular competition but was noticed by Loriod, who invited him to join her class. Muraro made rapid progress, winning several prizes at the Conservatory while financing his education by teaching saxophone at a local school. Muraro also studied with Eliane Richepin. He placed fourth in the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition and went on to a busy career as a recitalist and concerto soloist. At first he was especially identified with Messiaen's music, especially after the composer raved about his performance of the Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, but he has also performed the music of most of the Romantic virtuosi: not only Liszt and Ravel, but also Rachmaninov, Schumann, Beethoven, Albéniz, Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy. He has appeared as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, and many French orchestras. Muraro recorded the Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus twice in the 1990s and by the late 2010s had issued about 20 albums, mostly on the Musidisc and Accord labels. A notable feature of his recording career is that some of his recorded performances were plagiarized and issued under the name of British pianist Joyce Hatto, under still-disputed circumstances; his playing earned critical praise in that form. In 2018 Muraro issued an album combining Debussy's 12 Etudes with a reconstruction of a Messiaen work, Fauvettes de l'Hérault - Concert des garrigues. ~ James Manheim
Hometown
Lyon, France
Genre
Classical
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