Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer
Birth: 25 Nov 1925 Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: 4 Feb 2001 (aged 75) Louveciennes, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Burial: Cimetière de Louveciennes, Louveciennes, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Memorial #: 225997123
Bio: French pianist. Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer studied under Marguerite Long at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, being awarded her first prize in piano in 1938. The following year, in 1939, she won third prize in the Gabriel Fauré competition in Luxembourg. Ginette Doyen was the second prize winner and Georges Farago, about whom I know nothing, took first prize.
Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer began her concert career after WWII. In 1958 she married an admiral of the French Navy, himself a nephew of the renowned Albert Schweitzer, and on his mother's side of the great conductor Charles Munch with whom she performed often. From 1970 she taught at the conservatories of Brussels and Liège in Belgium.
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Jean-Jacques Schweitzer 1920-1993
Created by: Neil Funkhouser (46781068)
Added: 24 Apr 2021
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225997123/nicole-henriot-schweitzer
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