Gérard Frémy

Gérard Fernand Marcel Marc Frémy (12 March 1935 in Bois-Colombes - 20 January 2014 in Haguenau) was a French pianist and composer. Biography A student with Yves Nat at the Conservatoire de Paris, Frémy ended his studies by winning First prize at sixteen. He was designated by Marcel Dupré and the Association française d’action artistique (Culturesfrance) as a Soviet government scholarship holder. For three years, he studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow with Heinrich Neuhaus and then rubbed shoulders with Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, etc. Forty concerts in the USSR and recordings for the state radio punctuated his stay in Russia. He then performed with equal success in most European countries, the United States and Japan, and participated in some of the most important festivals. He was soloist in ensembles such as Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble 2e2m and Musique Vivante, and played as part of Stockhausen’s group at Expo ‘70 in Osaka (1970). His extensive repertoire extended from J.S. Bach to Morton Feldman. Gérard Frémy was perhaps the closest French performer to John Cage’s universe, known, in particular, for his interpretation of the Sonatas and Interludes and Music of