Best known as an interpreter of Romantic piano music, French pianist has recorded works by , , and Clara Schumann, as well as modern repertoire by , , , and . began taking lessons early on in harp and piano, and was urged by to study piano at the Conservatoire de Paris, where she enrolled at 13. Her teachers there included for piano and for chamber music, and she earned her concert license for harp at the École normale de musique de Paris. In 1989, was a finalist at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, and in 1995 she won the Victoire de la musique classique "Nouveaux Talents." In 2012, she began teaching at the Conservatoire de Lyon, then took a position with the Conservatoire de Paris in 2016. She has been recording for Lyrinx since 1993, concentrating on the complete works of , sonatas by , and 's nocturnes, as well as making recordings of little known music by Jean Huré and for the label. She also recorded a transcription of 's Symphonie fantastique with her colleague on Harmonia Mundi, playing a 1928 Pleyel vis-à-vis piano from the Philharmonie de Paris’ Musée de la musique.

Marie-Josephe Jude

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