Aldo Ciccolini

French pianist, born August 15, 1925 in Naples, Italy, died February 1, 2015 in Asnières-sur-Seine, France.

Ciccolini was most appreciated for his interpretations of [a=Maurice Ravel], [a=Claude Debussy] and [a=Erik Satie]. But also for his performances from less-known composers such as [a=Déodat De Séverac], [a=Jules Massenet], [a=Charles-Valentin Alkan] and Alexis de Castillon. He's also well known for his [a=Franz Liszt] performances.

Aldo Ciccolini made a lot of recordings for [l=Pathé Marconi EMI], including the complete piano works of [a=Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart], [a=Ludwig Van Beethoven] and [a=Erik Satie].

He was awarded the Diapason d'Or for his recording of [a=Leoš Janáček]'s complete piano work for Abeille Music and [a=Robert Schumann]'s piano work on [l=Cascavelle].