Prof. Michel Beroff

Born in France, Michel Beroff started his studies at the Nancy Conservatoire and then went on to the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize. He made his debut in Paris as a recitalist and was highly acclaimed. He then became the top-prize winner at the Olivier Messiaen International Piano Competition.

Michel Beroff has become one of the most highly regarded pianists performing the work of Messiaen, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok, Prokofiev, Mozart, Debussy, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Schumann and Schubert. Michel Beroff has performed throughout the world with world-renown conductors including Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Dorati, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yutaka Sado, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Georg Solti and Tennstedt.