Yvonne Loriod obituary

Outstanding interpreter of contemporary piano music - above all the work of her husband Olivier MessiaenThe French pianist Yvonne Loriod, who has died aged 86, was for half a century the inspirer and accredited interpreter of the piano music of Olivier Messiaen, and for three decades his devoted wife. She was also a dedicated champion of the piano works of Pierre Boulez, André Jolivet, Jean Barraqué and Arnold Schoenberg, and an influential teacher.Born in Houilles, on the north-western outski...

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