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Arielle Beck, the new piano sensation

She is only 15 years old, but has already established herself as one of the most sought-after talents of the very young generation. René Martin, who has followed her since her beginnings, sees in her “better than one more child prodigy. She is an artist with a real personality, who composes, like more and more young French pianists for whom transcription, composition or improvisation are no longer taboos, and who expresses very beautiful musicality.” It must be said that Claire Désert’s student at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris (which she joined last school year) already enjoys a reputation forged by a leonine keyboard figure: Martha Argerich. The immense pianist, who discovered the young Frenchwoman at the Chopin competition in Martigny in 2018, immediately took her under his wing. Touched by the depth of his playing. His science of sound planes. And the astonishing maturity of his interpretations.

To the point of recommending it…