# Billy Eidi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Billy_Eidi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Billy_Eidi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Eidi > Source revision: 1301280810 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French classical pianist (born 1955)}} '''Billy Eidi''' (born 17 May 1955) is a French classical pianist of Lebanese background. == Biography == Born in Egypt, Eidi completed his first musical studies at the Beirut Conservatory (in the classes of Zafer Dabaghi and Leila Aouad), where he graduated at fifteen. After taking advanced training courses with [Hans Leygraf](/source/Hans_Leygraf) in Salzbourg and [Guido Agosti](/source/Guido_Agosti) in Siena, he moved to Paris and worked with Jacques Coulaud at the {{ill|Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles|fr|3=Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles|lt=Conservatoire de Versailles}} (first prize and honorary prize), then with [Jean Micault](/source/Jean_Micault) at the [École normale de musique de Paris](/source/%C3%89cole_normale_de_musique_de_Paris) (graduated for concert in 1979, first nominated). In 1981, he won second prize in the International Viotti-Valsesia Competition.[http://www.valsesiamusica.com/default_eng.htm Valsesia Music] Official website He is also a laureate of the [Menuhin](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin) foundation, as well as of the "[Francis Poulenc](/source/Francis_Poulenc) International Competition" (prize for melody with baritone [Jean-François Gardeil](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gardeil)). In his concerts throughout the world (France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Sweden, United States, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East), he particularly defends the romantic repertoire and the French music of the twentieth century, striving to discover unknown authors and repertoires. Eidi has created pieces by [Erik Satie](/source/Erik_Satie) (''Sixième Nocturne''), [Henri Sauguet](/source/Henri_Sauguet) (''Ombres sur Venise'' which is dedicated to him), [Maurice Jaubert](/source/Maurice_Jaubert), [Guy Sacre](/source/Guy_Sacre), {{ill|Narcís Bonet|fr}}, [Karol Beffa](/source/Karol_Beffa)... He is also a passionate of the French melody, who works tirelessly for a better knowledge and a renewal of the genre. It is in this spirit that he founded the associations ''Contrechants'' (1991-1995, concerts ''"Piano au Palais-Royal"'', in collaboration with the [Bibliothèque nationale](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale)) and ''Les Donneurs de sérénades'' (1997-1998, melodic cycles at the {{ill|Maison de la Poésie|fr}}), and that he gives, with the composer [Guy Sacre](/source/Guy_Sacre), concerts-conferences centred on musical and literary aesthetic themes, such as ''les musiques de la nuit'', ''la musique et les éléments'', and ''les masques et bergamasques'' which convene [Fauré](/source/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9) and [Debussy](/source/Debussy) around [Verlaine](/source/Paul_Verlaine) and [Watteau](/source/Watteau). These tastes and these concerns are to be found in his records, to this day about fifteen, of which many premières: as well works for piano (Sauguet, Milhaud, Scriabine, Sacre, Satie, Poulenc, Séverac) as melodies (Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Auric, Honegger, Chausson, Delage, Sacre), [Albert Roussel](/source/Albert_Roussel)'s complete work, with [Marie Devellereau](/source/Marie_Devellereau), [Yann Beuron](/source/Yann_Beuron) and [Laurent Naouri](/source/Laurent_Naouri). His version of Poulenc's ''[L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant](/source/L'Histoire_de_Babar%2C_le_petit_%C3%A9l%C3%A9phant)'', with [Hugues Cuénod](/source/Hugues_Cu%C3%A9nod), is now a reference. Among his latest records, his CD devoted to [Déodat de Séverac](/source/D%C3%A9odat_de_S%C3%A9verac)'s piano work was awarded a "[Diapason d'or](/source/Diapason_(magazine))". Eidi is an academic at the {{ill|Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris|fr}}, the [Schola Cantorum de Paris](/source/Schola_Cantorum_de_Paris),[https://www.schola-cantorum.com/index.php/fr/professeurs/piano/87-eidi-billy Billy Eidi] on the webwite of the Schola Cantorum de Paris as well as at the [Académie internationale d'été de Nice](/source/%3Afr%3AAcad%C3%A9mie_internationale_d'%C3%A9t%C3%A9_de_Nice) and [Nancy](/source/Nancy_(France)). He is regularly invited for [master class](/source/master_class)es, both in France and abroad (notably in Spain, China, Japan and South Korea). == Discography == (selection) * [Maurice Delage](/source/Maurice_Delage): ''mélodies'' with [Sandrine Piau](/source/Sandrine_Piau), [Jean-Paul Fouchécourt](/source/Jean-Paul_Fouch%C3%A9court) and Jean-François Gardeil * Guy Sacre: ''Œuvres pour piano'' (Timpani) * [Déodat de Séverac](/source/D%C3%A9odat_de_S%C3%A9verac): ''Baigneuses au soleil'', ''Cerdana'', ''Sous les lauriers roses'', ''Les Naïades'' and ''le Faune indiscret'' (Pionovox) * Erik Satie: ''Socrate'' - ''6 Nocturnes'' - with [Jean Belliard](/source/Jean_Belliard) * Guy Sacre - ''Mélodies'' with [Florence Katz](/source/Florence_Katz) and Jean-François Gardeil * Guy Sacre - ''24 Préludes'' for piano (Timpani) * Ravel/Poulenc: ''Mélodies'' with Jean-François Gardeil * Gabriel Fauré: ''Mélodies'' with [Yann Beuron](/source/Yann_Beuron) * [Arthur Honegger](/source/Arthur_Honegger): ''Les Mélodies'' with [Brigitte Balleys](/source/Brigitte_Balleys) and Jean-François Gardeil (Timpani) * [Henri Sauguet](/source/Henri_Sauguet): Mélodies with Jean-François Gardeil (Timpani) * [Darius Milhaud](/source/Darius_Milhaud): ''Première Sonate''; ''Printemps''; ''L'Automne''; ''Quatre Sketches''; ''Sonatine'' * Claude Debussy / Albert Roussel: ''Les mélodies'' with Jean-François Gardeil (Adda) * Gabriel Fauré: ''treize Barcarolles'' and the 3rd collection of melodies (with tenor [Yann Beuron](/source/Yann_Beuron)) == Awards == * 1981: Second Prize of the Concours international Viotti-Valsesia. * 1985: Best Piano Singing Team Award at the "Francis Poulenc International Competition" (with baritone Jean-François Gardeil). * Laureate of the [Menuhin](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin) Foundation * 1993: Grand Prix of the [Académie Charles-Cros](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_Charles-Cros) and Grand Prix of the "Nouvelle Académie du Disque français". == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.musicalsummer.eu/billy-eidi.html Billy Eidi] * [http://www.resmusica.com/2015/01/23/nouvelle-version-du-rossignol-eperdu-de-r-hahn-par-billy-eidi/ ''Nouvelle version du Rossignol éperdu de R. Hahn par Billy Eidi''] (ResMusica) * [https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/361813-Billy-Eidi Billy Eidi's discography] ([Discogs](/source/Discogs)) * [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/billy-eidi-mn0002176987/discography Discography] (AllMusic) * [https://www.agendaculturel.com/Musique_Billy+Eidi_C_est_a_Beyrouth_que_j_ai_dcouvert_la_musique_classique Billy Eidi: ''C'est à Beyrouth que j'ai découvert la musique classique''] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqgVzhKmsoY Ravel - Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques (Jean-François Gardeil & Billy Eidi)] (YouTube) {{Authority control}} {{Portal bar|Music|classical music|France}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eidi, Billy}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century French male classical pianists Category:21st-century French classical pianists Category:20th-century French male classical pianists Category:20th-century French classical pianists Category:École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni Category:Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Billy Eidi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Eidi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Eidi?action=history)). 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