It consisted of the Belgian Patrick Crommelynck and his Japanese-born wife Taeko Kuwata.
[2] They achieved considerable praise and recognition and were considered one of the world's leading piano duos.
They recorded music by Auric, Bizet, Brahms, Debussy, Dvořák, Fauré, Messager, Milhaud, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert, Smetana, Johann Strauss II,[5] and Tchaikovsky.
Their three-disc set of the four-hand piano works of Schubert won a Grand Prix du Disque from the Académie Charles Cros.
During the weekend of 9–10 July 1994, at the height of their joint careers, they took their own lives in Brussels[3] after an apparent crisis in their relationship.