Claire Désert

A regular at prestigious festivals in France (Festival de la Roque-d'Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Lille Piano Festival, Festival de Radio France Montpellier, etc.), Claire Désert also performs on international stages (Wigmore Hall in London, Kennedy Center in New York, Japan, Brazil, Germany, etc.).) and appears as soloist with major symphony orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Philharmonique de Radio-France, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Prague, Québec, Japan... She has performed under the direction of Marek Janowski, Jiří Bělohlávek, Lawrence Foster...

Claire Désert entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of 14, where she was unanimously awarded first prize in the piano class of Ventsislav Yankoff, and first prize in chamber music in the class of Jean Hubeau. She was then admitted to the advanced cycle in both disciplines (Roland Pidoux's chamber music class). Noticed by pianist and teacher Evgeny Malinin, he invited her to continue her studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

Claire Désert is an exceptional chamber musician. Her preferred collaborators include Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman, Philippe Graffin, Régis Pasquier, the Quatuor Sine Nomine, and the Quintette Moraguès.

Her extensive discography includes, among others, a CD of Schumann's Novelettes (awarded a "10" by Réper-toire), a recording of Scriabin and Dvořák Concertos with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, which re-ceived a Victoire de la Musique award in 1997, and several recordings made with Emmanuel Strosser, Anne Gas-tinel, and Gary Hoffman. Three other discs dedicated to Schumann have also been released by Mirare. The latest was awarded a rating of ffff by Télérama as well as a Choc by Classica magazine.

Claire Désert is a piano and chamber music professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and received the Interpretation Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2020.