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Encyclopedia > Yvonne Loriod

Yvonne Loriod is a French pianist who became the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Olivier Messiaen (IPA: or ; December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. ...


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Among Messiaen's early students at the Conservatoire were composer Pierre Boulez and pianist Yvonne Loriod.
In 1943 Messiaen wrote Visions de l'Amen ("Visions of the Amen") for two pianos for Loriod and himself to perform, and shortly afterwards composed the enormous solo piano cycle Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus ("Twenty gazes on the child Jesus") for her.
Although a considerable pianist himself, he was undoubtedly assisted by Yvonne Loriod's formidable piano technique and ability to convey complex rhythms and rhythmic combinations; in his piano writing from Visions de l'Amen onwards he had her in mind.
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