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Robert Casadesus (April 7, 1899 – September 19, 1972) was a French piano player & composer.

He was innate within Paris and studied at a Conservatoire there with Louis Diémer, taking the premier prix within 1913 and the Prix Diémer around 1920. From either 1922 he collaborated with Ravel on a task to produce soft rolls of a total of works besides when sharing concert platforms by using the composer within France, Spain & England.

As a soloist he toured widely & appeared in 5 continents & he often performed using his married woman, a piano player Gaby Casadesus, whom he married in 1921. His pupils include Claude Helffer and Monique Haas. From either 1935 he taught at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau and he spent the Second World War years in the United States.

His style of swimming was authoritative & restrained. Among his extremely-regarded recordings come people of the music of Ravel, and a Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Zino Francescatti (of which the Kreutzer Sonata was filmed & has been freed in DVD).

Casadesus was joined by his married woman Gaby & their boy Jean within exemplary performances of Mozart's Concertos for Two & Three pianos. It recorded these works by using a Columbia Symphony and Cleveland Orchestras conducted by George Szell as well as by having a Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.

Robert Casadesus' complete discography may be encountered at: http://www.robertcasadesus.com/encydisco.php?search_flag=off

Casadesus, Robert Marcel
Musical biography emphasizing more his pianistic abilities and showing others of his musical family. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.

Robert Casadesus
Biographical information focusing on the interrelationship between his keyboard virtuosity and his compositional skills from Eroica Classical Recordings.

Robert Casadesus
CD review including biographical outline and musical overview from March 2002 MusicWeb(UK).

Robert Casadesus
Chronological biography and musical overview with photographs, honors and awards, works list, discography, and bibliography.


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