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Conquering the world at the age of less than 20:
Born in Cherbourg, France in 1988, Lise de la Salle was surrounded by music from her earliest childhood. She began studying the piano at the age of four and gave her first concert at nine in a live broadcast on Radio-France. At 13, she made her concerto debut with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in Avignon, and her Paris recital debut at the Louvre before going on tour with the Orchestre National d’Ile de France playing Haydn’s Concerto in D Major.
After receiving special permission to enter the Paris Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique, studying with Pierre Réach, at the age of eleven, Ms. de la Salle graduated in 2001.
Ms. de la Salle’s most recent recording of works by Bach and Liszt was selected as The Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for August 2005. Her first recording of works by Ravel and Rachmaninov also received critical acclaim.
Watch the video for an abstract of the documentary “Lise de la Salle Majeure!” directed by Jean-Philippe Perrot.
