LORIOD, Yvonne
(*1924)> CONCERT PIANIST · ONDES MARTENOT PLAYER · LECTURER · COMPOSER
LORIOD, Yvonne French concert pianist, ondes Martenot player, lecturer and composer. Houilles, Seine-et-Oise, January 20, 1924. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire under L. Levy (piano), O. Messiaen (composition) and Caussade, Calvet and M. Ciampi and won eight first prizes. She toured Europe in 1948 and Africa and the United States in 1949. Well known as an international concert pianist, she gave first performances of Schoenberg’s compositions. She participated in the Darmstadt summer…