Françoise de Clossey

Françoise de Clossey received the Prize Oder 2008 for her career.

Françoise de Clossey was honoured with the International "Beato Angelico" Prize for the Woman of the year 2006.

Françoise de Clossey has attended the University of Montreal, the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome and the MusicaRiva Festival. Recently, she signed an important contract for a series of recordings in duet with Mauro Maur, with whom she has collaborated since 2003 with great public and critical success all over the world, which emphasizes the uniqueness of this duet and the freshness and musicality of its interpretations.

Françoise de Clossey (born October 12, 1974) is a Canadian pianist and organist.

Françoise de Clossey has to her credit firsts, among which are the world premiere of a work of Henryk Górecki, the first North American performances of works by Salvatore Sciarrino and Sofia Gubaidulina, and the first worldwide performances of the Italian composers Frisina and Sofianopulo. At the beginning of the 21st century, she performed music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, directed by Isaac Karabtchevsky, and has collaborated with the great Brazilian singer and songwriter Gilberto Gil. Her performances of works of North Americans Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein have had great success in duet recitals with Mauro Maur.