Marcelle Meyer

Marcelle Meyer was a "pianist's pianist," the favorite pianist of Les Six and a principal interpreter of Baroque music on the piano. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, studying with Alfred Cortot and Marguerite Long and taking the Premier Prix at age 16. In the years to follow, she studied Ravel with Ricardo Viñes and Spanish literature with José Iturbi and gave the first all-Debussy recital in history in the presence of the ailing composer, premiering his etudes. Meyer also became Erik Satie's favorite pianist and premiered Francis Poulenc's Sonata for piano four-...