Liszt pioneer dies

May 18, 2012 by Norman Lebrecht

Another loss on a gloomy day…. The trail-blazing Liszt specialist France Clidat has died, aged 79.

05/18/12 6:53 PM | filed under: main |

Comments

Joep Bronkhorst says:

May 18, 2012 at 8:08 pm

For a moment I thought it was Joyce Hatto
Mathieu says:

May 20, 2012 at 10:24 pm

A wonderful musician. She was a juror for my piano diploma, and I was so nervous to know she was there that I played awfully (and god knows i am a bad pianist).

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