Thérèse Dussaut (France)

Thérèse Dussaut, a former student of the professors Marguerite Long, Pierre Sancan in France, Vladimir Horbowski in Germany, and a daughter of the composers Robert Dussaut and Hélène Covatti, received her first awards – first prizes – and postgraduated at the Paris conservatory and in the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.

1^st Prize at the Munich International Competition, soloist of symphony orchestras, giving recitals in the entire world, she created such modern pieces as: Charles Chaynes piano concerto, Leon Mouravieff “Strophe, Antistrophe, Epode”. In France, as artistic director, she created the Festival en Cèvennes (1987-1996), the Rameau international competition (1991), a Summer university (1988-2000).

She records CDs, serves as juror of grand international competitions (Tchaikovsky, Munich…), participates in master-classes organized by some Universities, Conservatories and Summer academies (US, Germany, Russia, Ukraine) and leads a Master-Class program in France at the Toulouse Conservatory.