Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a specialist in contemporary music and in its relationship to the traditional repertory. Emerging from the circle of Olivier Messiaen, he has focused on the music of the European avant-garde of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Aimard has often recorded for major labels and has had a notable level of success in bringing contemporary music to their catalogs. In 2024, he issued an album of Schubert's Ländler. Aimard was born in Lyon on September 9, 1957. He studied at the Conservatoire de Lyon and then moved on to the Conservatoire de Pari...