Photo: Guy Vivien

François-Frédéric Guy, piano

'Liszt's Benediction was sheer revelation, the music's shimmering, airy textures outlined with the delicacy that Monet conveyed in his pink and blue views of the Rouen Cathedral. Guy turned Schumann's wretched suffering into a paean of consolation. Even in the seething stretches, the pianist never let Schumann's string of variations lose their rapturous theme.'
Washington Post

'This 37-year-old French pianist captures the audaciousness and wild flights of the score and plays brilliantly. Yet there is remarkable clarity and poise in his performance. Textures are clear; every note speaks; no detail is fudged.'

New York Times

'... his innate direction of unity and contrast involves us in the mystery of the works of Beethoven - Guy is the music and above the music.'
Le Monde

François-Frédéric Guy's latest CD on Naïve features Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 5 with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Philippe Jordan