JOEY CALDERAZZO

PETRONEL MALAN

ALEXANDER PALEY

CLEMENS UNTERREINER

OVIDIO DE FERRARI

MIKHAIL PLETNEV

 

Her interpretations, aided by irreproachable technique and personal involvement, have thereby allowed audiences to become familiarised with composers such as Abel Decaux, Charles Tournemire, Paul le Flem, Vincent d'Indy, Maurice Emmanuel, Louis Aubert and Gabriel Dupont, as well as English composers Arnold Bax and York Bowen, without for all that neglecting the major Classical and Romantic repertoires in which she excels, as her discs of Chopin, Rachmaninov, Weber and Mendelssohn attest. Regurlarly invited by leading festivals in France (Bagatelle Chopin festival, Nohant) and abroad ( Husum in Germany, devoted to rare music for piano), she frequently participates in radio broadcasts on French radio.

Her discography, which includes some thirty releases, is impressive for the large number of world premiere recordings. The Diapason d'Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique and 10 de Répertoire, have rewarded her musical choices that are as original as they personal: here, Pierre Octave Ferroud and Gabriel Dupont rub shoulders with Manuel Rosenthal and Gustav Samazeuilh. She has twice received the Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français: for her interpretation of the sonatas of Georges Auric, Henri Dutilleux and André Jolivet, then for the complete sonatinas of Maurice Emmanuel. Finally, her recording devoted to Arthur Lourié was awarded the Gran Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros. Concert artist and teacher, Marie Catherine Girod is also the director of a conservatory in Paris area. In all her public appearances, made by passion, enthusiasm and sensibility, Marie-Catherine Girod carries the evidence of her art to the highest levels.

Historical Composers & Artists

"After my coffee and cigar we went to one of the recording rooms where they had a Blüthner piano Well, this Blüthner had the most beautiful singing tone I had ever found. I became quite enthusiastic and decided to play my beloved Barcarolle of Chopin. The piano inspired me. I don’t think I ever played better in my life.“

Arthur Rubinstein 

„My Many Years“ (page 281)

 

„In das Exil nach Amerika begleiteten mich nur zwei Wesen von Bedeutung: meine Frau Natalja und mein kostbarer Blüthner.“

“There are only two important things which I took with me on my way to America. My wife Natalia and my precious Blüthner.”

Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

 “Almost in the middle of the room, the black Blüthner grand stood, free of music, book or photographs. Debussy was proud of his grand piano, and before I played he showed me a new device invented by Blüthner: an extra string set on top of the others. Although not touched by the hammers, it caught the overtones, thus increasing the vibrations and enriching the sonority. This was a piano he had rented during a stay in Bournemouth, and liked so well that he had bought it and had it shipped to Paris.” “He played a number of passages and the tone he extracted from the Blüthner was the loveliest, the most elusive and ethereal I have ever heard”. 

letter from Maurice Dumesnil, friend

Claude Debussy

Debussy's Blüthner at the Musée Labenche