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Hélène Grimaud
Hélène Grimaud – born in Aix-en-Provence, France on November 7, 1969 - is a
classical pianist who now resides in Switzerland. During her childhood in
Aix-en-Provence, she began learning the piano and, at the age of 13, was
accepted into the Conservatoire de Paris under the tutelage of Jacques Rouvier.
Three years later, Hélène Grimaud won first prize at the Conservatory and a
Grand Prix du Disque for her 1986 recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2.
She has an unusual style and is classified as a rubato artist, which is to say
she has an expressive style whereby she doesn'...
