Born: May 5, 1975 - France

The French pianist, Cédric Tiberghien, started playing the piano at the age of five. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de la Musique in Paris with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Fremy and was awarded the Premier Prix in 1992, aged just 16. After a further period of study he won several major awards at international competitions: Bremen (2nd prize 1993 - no 1st prize awarded), Dublin (2nd prize 1994), Tel Aviv (Rubinstein Competition 6th prize 1995), Geneva (3rd prize 1996 - no 1st prize awarded), Milan (U. Micheli, semi finalist 1997). In December 1998 he was awarded 1er Grand Prix at the Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris, along with 5 special prizes including the Public Prize and the Orchestra Prize.
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