Pianist Alexandre Tharaud – born in Paris, France on December 9, 1968 - is one
of the most popular concert pianists in Europe and has an impressively wide
repertoire and a comprehensive back catalogue of recorded work. He comes from a
theatrical family, and, at the behest of his parents, he began piano studies at
the age of five and was enrolled into the Conservatory of the 14th
Arrondissement before progressing to the Conservatoire de Paris in his early
teens. After some impressive results in classical music competitions, the young
pianist's international career began to gather ...