Lucien Wurmser founded his own music school in Paris in 1905, with several branches across France.
Performer Biography
Nicola Giosmin, the pianist on this album, combines his piano performance with musicological and philosophical expertise, focusing on lesser-known repertoires.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lucien Wurmser, though a product of the Third Republic, continued to compose in a post-Debussian or post-Ravelian impressionist style into the 1950s and 60s, even during the era of integral Serialism.
Composer Biography
Lucien Wurmser was a virtuoso pianist and conductor who premiered works by Debussy and Saint-Saëns and was well-integrated into the Parisian musical scene.
Critical Reception
Lucien Wurmser's music was not widely disseminated due to a lack of major publishers, and many smaller publishing houses of his time saw their catalogues disappear.
Composer Biography
Lucien Wurmser, the composer, began studying piano at age six and entered the Paris Conservatory at nine, winning his Premier Prix at sixteen.
Composer Biography
Lucien Wurmser's famous 1926 tour as a conductor with Anna Pavlova, a renowned Russian prima ballerina, in Australia is still remembered.
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