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Patrick Dheur is one of the world’s most renowned Belgian pianists. He explores his creativity through the many facets of musical art.
His career as a concert pianist began after completing his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège (Belgium), his hometown. He has won numerous international competitions and awards, including first prize at the Szymanowski Competition.
The United States played a significant role in his early career. Selected by Leon Fleisher to attend the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, he spent considerable time there, giving numerous concerts, including a remarkable recital debut at Lincoln Center in New York City.
He is an internationally renowned soloist with numerous orchestras (the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists with Yuri Bashmet, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Liège, Grenoble, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, and Caraca, the Springfield Symphony, the Norfolk Symphony, the G. Enescu Orchestra of Bucharest, the Wiener Sinfonietta, the Camerata de Lausanne with Pierre Amoyal, and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, among others).
His discography is growing, and his catalog includes more than twenty CDs.
He is regularly invited to serve as a juror at major international competitions. He is the curator of the Grétry Museum in Liège.
Patrick Dheur is known for his commitment to the musical culture of the city of Liège. His complete piano works by César Franck (3 CDs) are a prime example. He is also dedicated to promoting the masterpieces of Liège composers. Appointed by the As a member of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation of Belgium, and commissioned to oversee the bicentennial commemorations of composer André-Modeste Grétry’s death, he discovered the unpublished and unperformed original manuscript of the opera “L’Officier de la Fortune” (The Officer of Fortune), dating from 1770. He then undertook the study and adaptation, enabling its premiere by the Royal Opera of Liège.
Patrick Dheur is also a talented and published composer and writer.
His output as a composer includes some thirty works (symphonic piano pieces, chamber music, concertos, cantatas, songs, etc.).
Patrick Dheur’s literary work, “La musique au bout des doigts” (Music at Your Fingertips), published by Luc Pire, was recently translated into Chinese to support his Asian tours. His 2016 season took him to Italy, Norway, France, and the United States, culminating in a concert at Carnegie Hall. New York, November 16.