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İdil Biret is a Turkish pianist and music arranger born in Ankara in 1941. She performs classical music and has recorded for the Naxos record label. Her native language is Turkish, which she also speaks and writes.
Biret studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Nadia Boulanger, Mithat Fenmen, Alfred Cortot, and Wilhelm Kempff. Her career began in 1943. She has received the Zasłużony Działacz Kultury award.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Idil Biret
- Preludes
- Chopin -- 19 of His Most Popular Piano Selections
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1941
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,369
- Total plays
- 68,696
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Idil Biret (born 1941 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist. She manifested an outstanding gift for music at the age of three and was trained at the Paris Conservatory under the tutelage of Nadia Boulanger. She graduated at the age of fifteen with three first prizes. She studied piano with Alfred Cortot and was a lifelong disciple of Wilhelm Kempff who considered her as his best student. Since the age of sixteen Idil Biret has given concerts throughout the world with major orchestras including the Lo
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-11-21 ) November 21, 1941 (age 84) , Ankara , Turkey
- Genres
- Classical music
- Occupation
- Concert pianist
- Instrument
- Piano
- Spouse
- Şefik Büyükyüksel
- Website
- idilbiret .eu
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Ankara
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Student of
- Wilhelm Kempff
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Naxos
- Official website
- idilbiret.eu
- Image
- İdil Biret (7092905573).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-11-21
- Commons category
- İdil Biret
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- name in native language
- İdil Biret
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Encyclopedic overview
İdil Biret (born 21 November 1941) is a Turkish concert pianist.
Education
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