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Jean-Philippe Collard

ジャン＝フィリップ・コラール　/　じゃん＝ふぃりっぷ・こらーる

Pianist from France

January 27, 1948 (age 78)　・　Mareuil-sur-Ay, Marne, France

Marne
pianist

My Take

What draws me to Collard is his refusal to chase spectacle. Born in the Champagne country of Marne, he built a life around Faure and Saint-Saens, repertoire that rewards patience over flash, and he polished it for decades. The Legion of Honour and the Arts and Letters honours sit lightly on a musician who clearly serves the score before serving himself. There is a quiet, almost monastic dignity to a pianist who keeps returning to the same intimate corner of the French canon and finds new light there. That kind of disciplined devotion is, to me, the real measure of an artist.

Overview

Jean-Philippe Henri Collard (born 27 January 1948) is a French pianist known for his interpretations of the works of Gabriel Fauré and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jean-Philippe Collard
Name (Japanese): ジャン＝フィリップ・コラール
Reading: じゃん＝ふぃりっぷ・こらーる
Born: January 27, 1948 (age 78)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rat
Origin: Mareuil-sur-Ay, Marne, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Knight of the Legion of Honour
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
1995 Knight of the National Order of Merit

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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