Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Pierre-Laurent Aimard is the pianist I'd point to when someone claims contemporary classical music is unapproachable. A Frenchman from Lyon, he's spent his career championing living and modern composers, the kind of repertoire many soloists treat as a duty rather than a calling. To me that's the whole appeal: he chooses the hard, less-flattering path on purpose. The 2017 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, sometimes called the Nobel of music, confirms the field sees him as more than a specialist curiosity. I admire performers who use their command of the instrument to widen what audiences are willing to hear, and that's exactly his lane.

Name (English)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Name (Japanese)

ピエール＝ローラン・エマール

Reading

ぴえーる＝ろーらん・えまーる

Born

September 9, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

3rd arrondissement of Lyon, Rhône, France

Occupation

pianist / music educator / university teacher

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/pierrelaurentaimard/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Rhône
• pianist
• music educator
• university teacher

Last updated

2026-06-02

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