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Concerto no.2 op.22 pour piano et orchestre
Camille Saint-Saens / Arr. Adam Laussel
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Adam Laussel arranger
date of birth: 30.07.1845
date of death: 28.02.1893
Adam Laussel (July 30, 1845, Clermont-l'Hérault February 28, 1893, Saint-Florentin) was a French pianist, organist, and composer.
He studied at the École Niedermeyer in Paris, where Camille Saint-Saëns was his teacher. He continued to maintain a close relationship with his teacher: in particular, Saint-Saëns' second piano concerto was first published in 1868 in Laussel's arrangement for two pianos, and Saint-Saëns played Laussel's mazurka in one of his concerts that same year. He taught piano at his alma mater, where André Messager, among others, studied with him. In 1877, he was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Composers' Society competition for his cantata Maguelone, which was inspired by the island of the same name near his hometown; five years later, he repeated this success with his fantasy for piano. From 1882 to 1892, he lived and worked in Nice.
He studied at the École Niedermeyer in Paris, where Camille Saint-Saëns was his teacher. He continued to maintain a close relationship with his teacher: in particular, Saint-Saëns' second piano concerto was first published in 1868 in Laussel's arrangement for two pianos, and Saint-Saëns played Laussel's mazurka in one of his concerts that same year. He taught piano at his alma mater, where André Messager, among others, studied with him. In 1877, he was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Composers' Society competition for his cantata Maguelone, which was inspired by the island of the same name near his hometown; five years later, he repeated this success with his fantasy for piano. From 1882 to 1892, he lived and worked in Nice.
