Alfred Cortot (Piano, Conducor, Arranger) - Short Biography Alfred Cortot Biography (AMG) Alfred Cortot (Wikipedia) Alfred Cortot (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Cortot, Alfred (1877-1962) Alfred Cortot (Jimbob) http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cortot-Alfred.htm
Extractions: In 1896 Alfred Cortot made his debut the same year in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto . Soon he became widely acclaimed as a performer of Beethoven concertos, appearing as a soloist in two prominent Parisian concert series. In 1898 he went to Bayreuth to study Wagner's music and was hired as a choral coach and then as an assistant conductor. Cortot brought Wagner to Paris, leading the first Paris performance of (May 1902), and a remarkable performance of Tristan und Isolde the next month. Also in 1902 he established his own concert series, the Association des Concerts A. Cortot. Although it lasted only two years, it did a lot towards breaking down the conservative French resistance to Wagner, particularly with a concert performance of Parsifal, and even the first French performances of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and Johannes Brahms Requiem . He also served contemporary French music by premiering works of Roussel, Magnard, and others.
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