BIOGRAPHY

Stéphanie Elbaz is recognized as one of the most outstanding rising stars on the international piano scene, especially for her ability to provide highly poetical and technically impressive renditions.

Her natural musical sensitivity combined to a life spent dedicating to technical mastering of piano allow her to express her emotion and passion in a very broad repertoire, which ranges from the great classics of the three previous centuries to the most prominent composers of today.

The fascination arising from her technical and interpretation virtuosity makes her to be continuously praised with standing ovations in the venues she performs.

Her “breathtaking performances, where technical brilliance, virtuosity, charm and sensitivity are all brought together”, has already captured the attention of audiences from more than 40 countries throughout the world.

EDUCATION

Stéphanie Elbaz has spent many years in perfecting the broadest and richest possible range of sound colors through an extensively large academic program, both geographically and substantively.

In particular, she has not only refined her skills in six amongst the most prestigious French conservatories since her childhood, but also studied for several years in prestigious, leading higher conservatories in Belgium, the Netherland and Austria.

This very valuable learning has resulted in Stéphanie Elbaz being academically rewarded by inter alia Bachelor’s, Master’s and Postmaster’s degrees in piano, two gold medals of piano, as well as three degrees of post-specialization, each time with highest honors.

Still avid for technical and musical perfection, Stéphanie Elbaz has regularly traveled in Germany and Austria over these last years, where she has been in full immersion in the cradles of prominent composers and concretized these unique experiences through concerts and recordings.

CAREER

Stéphanie Elbaz has spent many years in perfecting the broadest and richest possible range of sound colors through an extensively large academic program, both geographically and substantively.

In particular, she has not only refined her skills in six amongst the most prestigious French conservatories since her childhood, but also studied for several years in prestigious, leading higher conservatories in Belgium, the Netherland and Austria.

This very valuable learning has resulted in Stéphanie Elbaz being academically rewarded by inter alia Bachelor’s, Master’s and Postmaster’s degrees in piano, two gold medals of piano, as well as three degrees of post-specialization, each time with highest honors.

Still avid for technical and musical perfection, Stéphanie Elbaz has regularly traveled in Germany and Austria over these last years, where she has been in full immersion in the cradles of prominent composers and concretized these unique experiences through concerts and recordings.

DISTINCTIONS

Although her career has been consciously orientated toward multiplying concert performances and focusing on intensive studies, Stéphanie has nevertheless really enjoyed participating to a reduced number of thoroughly-selected international competitions, where she has always reached the top places, if not won. These international competitions include those of Ile de France and Jean Françaix in Paris area, as well as the Franz Liszt in the Netherlands.

Stéphanie Elbaz’s career has reached new dimensions after an outstanding live performance of the monumental Alkan’s concerto for solo piano in Prague. This 50-minute, high-wire piece requires unprecedented levels of technical ability and physical stamina, which make it almost never performed in live. Her achievement in wrapping this formidable technical challenge with high amounts of poesy and romanticism has made her unanimously acclaimed by the public and critics. Her impressive performance has been referenced by ClassicFM and CMuse in their respective listings of the hardest pieces ever written for the piano. Stéphanie Elbaz’s performances of most of these listed pieces are available on her YouTube channel.

Also sensitive to the design and aesthetic inventiveness of the piano. She collaborates with luxury piano brands that she represents around the world such as the French piano brand Gary Pons and the fabulous Danish brand PH piano designed by Poul Henningsen.