Anne Queffélec
French classical pianist, music pedagogue
Anne Bénédicte Jeanne Queffélec (born 17 January 1948) is a French classical pianist.
Biography
Born in Paris in 1948, Queffélec was the daughter of writer Henri Queffélec. Her brother Yann followed their father's profession; their brother Hervé is a mathematician.
She attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. Despite an early passion for literature, she chose a life in music at a young age. She started playing piano at the age of five. In 1964, she enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire. She won the first prize for piano in 1965 and the first prize for chamber music in 1966. She continued her education with Paul Badura-Skoda and Jörg Demus, and went on to study in Vienna with Alfred Brendel. She won the first prize at the Munich competition in 1968, and in 1969, was a prize-winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition.
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