Anne Queffélec

Anne Queffélec is among the most popular French pianists of her time. She is especially noted for her elegant readings of music by Satie, Mozart, and contemporary French music. Queffélec was born in Paris on January 17, 1948. Her father was the writer Henri Queffélec, and her two brothers are, respectively, a mathematician and musician. Queffélec loved literature as a child but settled on music as a career and enrolled at the Paris Conservatory. She graduated after earning first prizes in both piano and chamber music and then traveled to Vienna for further studies with the cr...