Frédéric Aguessy

Frédéric Aguessy (born 3 April 1956), is a French pianist and conductor.

Born in Paris, Aguessy was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire in 1968, he studied with Monique La Bruchollerie, Yvonne Lefebure, Pierre Barbizet and Geneviève Joy.

He taught at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique of Paris (where one of his students was Cédric Tiberghien[1][2]), and now teaches at Fontainebleau,[3] and is a professor at the Rouen Conservatory.

French music repertoire is important for him; he has commissioned several works (e.g. "Piano Etudes" Anthony Girard, "Concerto for piano and orchestra" by Max Pinchard).

He has also recorded the piano works by Jehan Alain for Disque Lyrinx - Éloge du Piano Français, transcriptions and paraphrases by Franz Liszt for Disque Ligia Digital, the sonatas for violin and piano of Ernest Bloch, with Alexis Galpérine for Disque Accord, and a Mozart Brahms Ravel 'Concert à deux pianos' CD with Cédric Tiberghien.