RENEÉ FLORIGNY
Renée
Florigny was a celebrated French pianist and recording artist who was active in
the early 20th century. She was known for performing classical music and was a
popular vaudeville act in the United States and on a world tour in 1935. She
was described in the press as the “feminine Paderewski,” referring to the
famous Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Paderewski.
In 1896, when
she was eleven years old, Renée Florigny won the highest honors bestowed by the
Conservatory of Bordeaux, her native city. She was then sent to Paris, where
she studied for four years at the Paris Conservatory under the personal
guidance of the great pianist and teacher Raoul Pugno. In 1900 she won the
Grand Prize in the exacting examinations of that institution.
In the
following years she developed into a concert soloist and virtuoso of high rank,
touring successfully in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Egypt, and the
United States. Her interpretations reveal an artist of superior qualifications,
“possessed of an exceptionally large and varied repertoire.
TRACKLIST
5570 DUO-ART
DEBUSSY – Arabesque No. l, E
5571 DUO-ART
GRIEG – Berceuse (Cradle Song) Op. 38, No. l “Lyric Pieces”
5572 DUO-ART
RAFF – La Fileuse (The Spinner) Etude, Op. 157, No. 2, F#
