Vincent Larderet

Pianist Vincent Larderet specializes in the music of Ravel, also recording works of lesser-known composers. His training had roots in a tradition stretching back to Ravel's own circle. Larderet grew up around music but not around musical performance. His father was a musicologist and a member of the faculty at the University of Lyon II in France, and he was taught to listen to recordings and follow them with printed scores. He took up the piano at the age of about eight, at first dedicating himself purely to improvisation. Larderet also studied composition, writing pieces in ...