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Stéphanie Elbaz

French pianist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ2038180 ↗
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Stéphanie Elbaz is a contemporary French concert pianist. She has performed at the Mozarteum concert hall in Salzburg, the De Doelen in Rotterdam, the salle Alfred Cortot in Paris, the Palazzo Ducale in Tuscany, the Essaouira festival in Morocco, etc.

Biography

Born in Casablanca, Morocco, she is the niece of the painter André Elbaz. She first studied the guitar, and at the age of twelve she studied piano at the conservatory of Perpignan, then at the conservatories of Montpellier, Toulouse, Marseille and Paris. She has always had male teachers.

She obtained her Postmaster, Master and Degree of piano with the High Distinctions in great European conservatories. She also spent three cycles of professional development in three different Conservatoire à rayonnement régional. She won two piano gold medals with the congratulations of the jury unanimously in two different CNR. Stéphanie Elbaz has also participated in numerous master classes in Europe.

In 2017 in Prague, she performed the Concerto for solo piano by Charles-Valentin Alkan, reputed to be one of the most difficult works in the pianistic repertoire.

In August 2023, she gave a recital as part of the Classical Music Festival of La Llagonne during which, alongside works by Frédéric Chopin, Franz Schubert and Isaac Albéniz, she gave the French premiere performance of the three pieces Romantic Young Ladies by Corentin Boissier.

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