ANDERSEN belongs to the famous Austrian-Hungarian piano school, having been the pupil of the marvellous CHOPIN and MOZART player, Stefan ASKENASE, himself pupil of Emil SAUER who was a student of Franz LISZT. On the other hand, a long partnership and numerous concerts with AndrŽ GERTLER, friend and duo partner of BŽla BARTOK, has brought a real authenticity to her interpretations of the works by the great Master.

Denijs DILLE, founder of the “BARTOK ARCHIVUM” Budapest, a personal friend and biographer of BARTOK, wrote about ANDERSEN’s solo BARTOK CD that “... this being really the interpretation of BARTOK that agrees with the spirit and technique of BARTOK himself.”
ANDERSEN has played in famous venues such as Victoria Hall (Geneva), Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), Liszt Ferenc Zeneakademia-(Budapest), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro della Fenice (Venice), Carnegie Hall (New York) and also at St. Martin-in-the-Fields where her last March recital was a "triumphant….and memorable event"! (ILAMS' Newsletter n°19)
Her career has been influenced by personal contacts and artistic collaborations with some of the most important musical personalities of the twentieth century. She played MOZART with SAWALLISCH conducting (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande), BERG with BOULEZ and MADERNA (Brussels and RAI Roma) , piano duo pieces by TANSMAN with TANSMAN himself (Belgian Radio and Television Orchestra).. Adding to that her personal contacts with KODALY and his wife Emma GRUBER, Igor MARKEVITCH, Alexandre TANSMAN and Madeleine MILHAUD.

Diane ANDERSEN has been touring through the world, playing with famous orchestras and conductors. Besides the traditional repertoire, her passion has always been to bring to the public unknown masterpieces from renowned composers and/or also simply discovering the forgotten ones. No musician even knew the name of BIARENT a few years ago. Andersen released already four CD highly praised by the international press. The latest got the "International Classical Music Award" in Cannes (2003).
Latest CD's are famous Belgian composer Joseph JONGEN's complete piano works (5 CD's), Ernst TOCH 2d Pianoconcerto and Piano Quintett and Dianne GOOLKASIAN-RAHBEE, Piano Concerto and solo piano pieces dedicated to Diane ANDERSEN.
The discography of Diane ANDERSEN is really very impressive, with works for solo piano, piano and orchestra, piano quintet, piano duo, violin-piano, cello-piano, voice-piano.
ANDERSEN is a very sought after teacher and after a successful career at the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles” she is frequently invited for master classes and conferences the world over.
Is currently required as a jury member of important international piano competitions.

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