Patrice Carpentier began playing the piano at the age of 2. At the age of 4, he had the first encounter that would mark his musical history: Francis Poulenc noticed him and encouraged his very young vocation. In 1962, the second decisive encounter of his career occurred. He entered the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris in the class of Serge Petitgirard who would be his teacher and Master for many years. At the age of twenty, helped by the composer Jean Wiener, Patrice Carpentier prepared his first concert.

At the request of his students, he created the Ecole de Piano Carpentier de la Salle Pleyel in 1988. At the same time, his friend Geneviève Martigny and eminent pianists such as Aldo Ciccolini, Pierre Sancan and Ghéza Duma encouraged his concert career.

Numerous recitals, in France and abroad, established his reputation.

1. When and how did you realize that your whole life would be linked to music?

When I was 16, my first teacher entrusted me with two of his students, and immediately took a liking to them.

2. Which composer has most influenced your musical imagination?

Schubert because he has the genius to write, with the same quality, for the human voice, the piano and the orchestra.

3. What is your main creative motto?

The emotion triggered by the quality of the sound.

4. What would you like to express during your performance at the festival? What will your program consist of and why this choice?

The human expression of these creators: Shostakovich for his humanity, Jacques Ibert for his musical eloquence and the simplicity of his sentences… Erik Satie for his humor (cold!!)… Spanish composer Joaquin Turina because he brings me closer to my family origins.

5. What goals do you set for yourself, what projects do you have on the horizon?

I hope to return to Kyiv. Very nice memory…

6. How do you see the future of piano music?

Very great future, it is the King instrument, because it is sufficient in itself.

7. What does Paris represent for you, do you have a special relationship with this city and why did you accept the invitation to participate in the festival?

I was born there!…Under the pleasure..

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