Stéphane Blet

Stéphane Blet (9 March 1969 – 7 January 2022) was a French classical pianist and composer. Life and career Born in Paris, France, Blet was a disciple of the great American pianist Byron Janis who discovered an exceptional talent in him and invited him to New York. He was also a young assistant of Vladimir Horowitz. In 1986, he began an international concert career. His recitals at the Salle Gaveau and at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées earned him the adulation of the public, as during his “Franz Liszt marathon” in February 1987 where he was applauded for more than thirty minutes, which made the music critic Pierre Petit say: “Stéphane Blet is more than just piano, it’s the music itself.” At the age of fifteen, he recorded his first album, exclusively devoted to Franz Liszt. He was also a concert performer from the age of fifteen. One year later he signed with Philips Classics, for whom he recorded two new CDs, still dedicated to the Hungarian composer, including the Piano Sonata in B minor, selection of the meilleurs CD Diapason 1989, who led André Boucourechliev to write: “From his body to body with the work is born a superb architecture, chanted in turn by majesty and the most int