Georges Pludermacher: biography, videos

Biography

Georges Pludermacher is a crusader: an ardent advocate of contemporary music, he has ensured the world premieres of works by Xanakis and Boucourechliev. President of the Arpiano Association, he militates for the revival of the French concert piano. In 1955 Georges Pludermacher began the piano aged three with his aunt and at eleven he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire where he studied brilliantly with Lucette Descaves, Jacques Fevrier and Geneviève Joy and then with Geza Anda in Lucerne. In 1968, he won the International Competition in Lisbon and in 1969, he was awarded an international prize in Leeds. Consecration came in 1979 in Zurich when he won the International Geza Anda Competition’s sole prize.