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{{Short description|French pianist and composer (1882–1964)}}
[[image:Bmr 92 prix louis diemer Lazare Levy.jpg|thumb|Lazare Lévy]]
'''Lazare Lévy''', also hyphenated as '''Lazare-Lévy''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/jan06/lazare_levy_tah556558.htm|title=
==Biography==
Lazare Lévy was born of French parents in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. After early lessons with an English piano teacher there,<ref>{{cite book|author=George Grove|editor=Eric Blom|title=Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians|edition=5th|volume=V|year=1954|publisher=Macmillan|page=155}}</ref> he entered the [[Conservatoire de Paris|Paris Conservatoire]] at age 12 in 1894. He studied under [[Louis Diémer]], [[André Gedalge]], and [[Albert Lavignac]]. His fellow musicians and friends included [[Jacques Thibaud]], [[Alfredo Casella]], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Alfred Cortot]], [[George Enescu]], and [[Pierre Monteux]]. In 1898, he was awarded a Premier Prix.<ref name="Evans">{{cite web|url=http://arbiterrecords.org/catalog/masters-of-the-french-piano-tradition/|title=Masters of the French Piano Tradition: Francis Planté and his peers|author1=Allan Evans|author2=Frédéric Gaussin|year=2007|website=Arbiter Records|location=Flushing, New York}}</ref>
He was conducted by [[Édouard Colonne]] at his début récital at the age twenty. He played [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]'s [[Piano Concerto (Schumann)|A minor Piano Concerto]] at the [[Concerts Colonne]]. [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], who saw him at one of his early recitals, considered him to possess "that rare union of technical perfection and musicality."<ref name="Evans" />
In 1911, he played Book I of "[[Iberia (Albéniz)|Iberia]]" by [[Isaac Albéniz]], whom he admired. He also supported French composers [[Darius Milhaud]] and [[Paul Dukas]] early in their careers by playing their works.<ref name="Evans" /> Having an interest in new music, he also championed the careers of several of his students.<ref name="Haskins" />
He co-wrote ''Méthode Supérieure for piano'' when he was 25. He became an assistant of Diémer, who published the piece.<ref name="Evans" /> Beginning in 1914, he became a temporary teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. He became a professor in 1923 and taught there until 1953, except for the period during the war<ref name="Evans" /> when the Germans had dismissed him.<ref name="BC" /> However, his position has been given to [[Marcel Ciampi]] and although he was reappointed in 1944, he did not get the same position after the war.<ref name="Evans" />▼
▲He co-wrote ''Méthode Supérieure for piano'' when he was 25. He became an assistant of Diémer, who published the piece.<ref name="Evans" /> Beginning in 1914, he became a temporary teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. He became a professor in 1923 and taught there until 1953, except for the period during the war<ref name="Evans" /> when the Germans had dismissed him because he was a Jew holding an official position.<ref name="BC" /><ref name="Forte">{{cite book|author=Madeleine Forte|title=Simply Madeleine: The Memoir of a Post–World War II French Pianist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfK94v4QdNYC&pg=PA112|date=22 September 2011|publisher=Author House|isbn=978-1-4634-3385-7|page=112}}</ref> However, his position has been given to [[Marcel Ciampi]] and although he was reappointed in 1944, he did not get the same position after the war.<ref name="Evans" /> He was a leading performer and influential teacher, along with [[Alfred Cortot]], [[Isidor Philipp]], and [[Marguerite Long]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Timbrell|title=French Pianism: A Historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=taB23mJdp_0C&pg=PA78|year=1999|publisher=Amadeus Press|isbn=978-1-57467-045-5|page=78}}</ref>
Among his pupils were [[Agnelle Bundervoët]],<ref name="BC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Bundervoet-Agnelle.htm|title=Agnelle Bundervoët |website=Bach Cantatas|accessdate=15 June 2017 }}</ref> [[Jean Langlais]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Ann Labounsky|title=Jean Langlais: The Man and His Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sx1t2RePS5gC&pg=PA60|year=2000|publisher=Amadeus Press|isbn=978-1-57467-054-7|page=60}}</ref> [[Clara Haskil]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Siek|title=A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXQ1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA69|date=10 November 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-8880-7|pages=69–70}}</ref> [[Lukas Foss]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Jonathan D. Green|title=A Conductor's Guide to Choral-orchestral Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIfhsSoI-9YC&pg=PA113|year=2003|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-4720-0|page=113}}</ref> [[Solomon (pianist)|Solomon]], [[John Cage]], and [[Monique Haas]].<ref name="Haskins">{{cite book|author=Rob Haskins|title=John Cage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=id7zFYTtEfQC&pg=PA22|date=15 February 2013|publisher=Reaktion Books|isbn=978-1-86189-943-9|page=22}}</ref> {{See LMST|Lazare|Lévy}}
Lazare Lévy died in 1964,<ref name="Evans" /> aged 82.
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|author=Charles Timbrell|title=French Pianism: A Historical Perspective|year=1999|publisher=Amadeus Press|isbn=978-1-57467-045-5|pages=112–118, + many other pages}}
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