CASADESUS, Robert  (1899-1972)

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Casadesus, Robert, eminent French pianist and composer; b. Paris, April 7,1899; d. there, Sept. 19, 1972. A scion of a remarkable musical family, he absorbed music at home from his earliest childhood. His uncles were Henri, Marius, and Francois Casadesus; another uncle, Marcel Louis Lucien (1882—1917), was a cellist, and his aunt Rose was a pianist. He received his formal musical education studying piano with Diémer and composition with Leroux at the Paris Cons. In 1922 he embarked on a wide-ranging tour as a concert pianist; after the outbreak of World War II he went to the U.S.; taught classes at various schools. After the war he taught at the American Cons. at Fontainebleau. He was a prolific composer; wrote 7 syms., of which the last was performed posth. in N.Y. on Nov. 8,1972. He appeared with his wife, Gaby Casadesus, in his Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orch. with the N.Y. Phil. on Nov. 25, 1950. He also wrote a Concerto for 3 Pianos and String Orch., which he performed for the 1st time with his wife and his son Jean in N.Y., July 24, 1965. As a pianist, Casadesus was distinguished for his Gallic sense of balance and fine gradation of tonal dynamics.