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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]1899<\/strong><\/span>
\nBorn in Paris, the eldest of the second generation of the most famous family of French musicians since the Couperins.<\/p>\n

1903<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst piano lessons with his aunt, Rose Casadesus, with whom he studies until his entrance into the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10.<\/p>\n

1913<\/strong><\/span>
\nAfter a year of studies with Louis Di\u00e9mer, a pupil of Liszt, he obtains a first prize in piano.<\/p>\n

1916<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst compositions: Le Voyage imaginaire (10 pieces for piano, op.1)<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst recital at the Salle des Agriculteurs in Paris.<\/p>\n

1918-20<\/strong><\/span>
\nMilitary service.<\/p>\n

1919<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst prize in harmony at the Paris Conservatoire.<\/p>\n

1920<\/strong><\/span>
\nDi\u00e9mer Prize.<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarries Gabrielle l’Hote (Gaby Casadesus), also a pupil of Di\u00e9mer and born into a family of musicians.
\nGives the first performance of Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s Fantaisie, a score he practised with the composer.
\nFirst European concert tour.<\/p>\n

His uncle Francis Casadesus hires him as assistant to piano faculty Isidor Philip at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau. Will remain until 1924.<\/p>\n

1922<\/strong><\/span>
\nMeets Maurice Ravel from whom he will receive valuable indications concerning the interpretation of the piano works.<\/p>\n

1923<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeveral concerts in France, England and Spain with Ravel.<\/p>\n

1924<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn Paris, gives the first recital devoted entirely to the music of Maurice Ravel.<\/p>\n

1925<\/strong><\/span>
\nMeets Albert Roussel who dedicates his last piano work to him.
\nAlso meets Manuel de Falla and Florent Schmitt.<\/p>\n

1926<\/strong><\/span>
\nContinues his European tours, playing in all the major music capitals.<\/p>\n

1927<\/strong><\/span>
\nBirth of his son Jean, who will also become an internationally renowned pianist.<\/p>\n

1928<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe inaugurates the Salle Pleyel, a leading Paris concert hall. First recitals for piano four hands and two pianos with Gaby Casadesus. First recordings for Columbia in Paris.<\/p>\n

1929<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst Russian tour: 15 concerts in Moscow.<\/p>\n

1930<\/strong><\/span>
\nCompletes his String Quartet No.1, Op.13.<\/p>\n

1931<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst tour in South America.<\/p>\n

1932<\/strong><\/span>
\nBirth of his son Guy.
\nPublication of his 24 Preludes for piano, Op. 5 (Eschig).<\/p>\n

1933<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst tour in Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

1934<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst performance of his Concerto for Two Pianos, Op. 17 in Warsaw, with Gaby Casadesus.<\/p>\n

1935<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe succeeds Isidor Philipp as director of the piano classes at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau.
\nDurand, the publisher of Debussy and Ravel, brings out his Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 18.
\nDurand becomes the principal publisher of his works.
\nFirst tour to the United States. Arturo Toscanini invites him to play the Piano Concerto No.2 by Brahms with the New York Philharmonic the following year.<\/p>\n

1936-38<\/strong><\/span>
\nTours in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n

1939<\/strong><\/span>
\nNamed Chevalier of the L\u00e9gion d’Honneur (France) and Officer of the Order of L\u00e9opold (Belgium).<\/p>\n

1940<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe French government sends him to the United States to give a series of concerts and take over the activities of the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, relocated in Newport.
\nHe becomes Albert Einstein\u2019s neighbor in Princeton, New Jersey, where he resides with his family.<\/p>\n

1941<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst recital at New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall, followed by his first recordings in the United States, including the complete piano music of Ravel and Debussy, in collaboration with Goddard Lieberson (Columbia Records).<\/p>\n

1942<\/strong><\/span>
\nBirth of his daughter, Th\u00e9r\u00e8se. Beginning of a long friendship with Zino Francescatti to whom he dedicates his Second Sonata for Piano and Violin, Op. 34.
\nThe American Conservatory in Fontainebleau moves to Great Barrington (Massachusetts). Grant Johannesen, Charles Rosen and his son Jean are amongst the finest students.<\/p>\n

1943-45<\/strong><\/span>
\nDuring these years of exile, he regularly goes on tour in North America, appearing with the leading orchestras.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]1946<\/strong><\/span>
\nReturn to Europe. Named Director of the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau.<\/p>\n

1948<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst performance of his Piano Concerto No.2, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the New York Philharmonic. Named Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

1949<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Polish government asks him to give a Chopin recital at Albert Hall in London to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the famous composer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

1950<\/strong><\/span>
\nNamed Officer of the L\u00e9gion d’Honneur. Dimitri Mitropoulos asks him to play Bach\u2019s Concerto for Three Pianos with Gaby and Jean Casadesus on the occasion of 200th anniversary of the composer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst performance of his Suite for Orchestra, by the New York Philharmonic.<\/p>\n

1955<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst recordings with Zino Francescatti of Beethoven\u2019s ten Violin Sonatas. He is appointed Director General of the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, where his son Jean and Nadia Boulanger teach. Receives the Grand Prix de l’Acad\u00e9mie Charles Cros and the Grand Prix de l’Acad\u00e9mie du disque for his recording of the complete piano music of Maurice Ravel.<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong><\/span>
\nReceives the Brahms Medal in Hamburg and the Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris.<\/p>\n

1959<\/strong><\/span>
\nRecords his Nonetto, Op. 45 and Sextet, Op. 58.<\/p>\n

1960<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Art of Robert Casadesus, by Sacha Stookes, is published in London.
\nThe New York Philharmonic plays his Three Dances for Orchestra, Op.54 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his American debut.<\/p>\n

1963<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst tour in Japan.<\/p>\n

1964<\/strong><\/span>
\nNamed Commander of the L\u00e9gion d’Honneur.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong><\/span>
\nAwarded the Edison Prize of the Netherlands for the body of his recordings.
\nFirst performance of his Concerto for Three Pianos at Lincoln Center in New York.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe\u00a0Bell Telephone Hour<\/i>\u00a0devotes a one-hour television broadcast to him, entitled \u2018The First Family of the Piano\u2019, with Gaby and Jean Casadesus.<\/p>\n

200th concert with the New York Philharmonic.<\/p>\n

1969<\/strong><\/span>
\nOn the occasion of his 70th birthday, Steinway & Sons presents him with a collection of letters written by the most famous conductors.<\/p>\n

1970<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe plays Beethoven\u2019s Fourth Concerto at the Bonn Festival on the occasion of Beethoven\u2019s bicentennial.<\/p>\n

1971<\/strong><\/span>
\n50th anniversary of his concert career, representing 3,000 concerts and 100 recordings.
\nNamed Commander of the Order of L\u00e9opold in the presence of Queen Fabiola of Belgium.<\/p>\n

1972<\/strong><\/span>
\nHis son Jean dies in an automobile accident in Canada.
\nDuring the summer, he gives his final concerts at the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Prades.
\nDies in Paris, 19th September, after a brief illness.<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong><\/span>
\nFirst Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition in Cleveland, OH (until 1993).<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong><\/span>
\nPublication by Buchet-Chastel of Gaby Casadesus \u201cMes Noces Musicales\u201d, My Musical Marriage, reminiscing about her joint career with her husband.<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Comprehensive Exhibit in Montmartre featuring the entire Casadesus \u201ctribe\u201d<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong><\/span>
\nLille International Piano rounds sponsored by Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor of the Lille National\u00a0 <\/span>Orchestra (until 2005)<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong><\/span>
\nDeath of his wife Gaby Casadesus.<\/p>\n

1999\/2000<\/strong><\/span>
\nVarious celebrations on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Robert\u2019s birth: publication of Jean Roy\u2019s book with CD of Robert\u2019s works, symposium at the Sorbonne in Paris presided by Henri Dutilleux, Performance of Robert Casadesus\u2019 Two piano concerto with Philippe Bianconi and Alain Jacquon at the Th\u00e9atre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es, , Tribute concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong><\/span>
\nGr\u00e9co Casadesus creates the label Opus Mill\u00e9sime, to produce unpublished works by Robert Casadesus, his first cousin, and for which he undertakes the production of recordings, editions of scores, as well as the creation of a reference site for the works.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong><\/span>
\nCreation of RobertCasadesus.com by Gr\u00e9co and Guy Casadesus.<\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/span>
\nRelaunch of RobertCasadesus.com<\/p>\n

Publication of Les Ecoles d\u2019Art Am\u00e9ricaines\/Fontainebleau Schools of Music and Fine Arts [1921-2021] which includes many texts and photos pertaining to Robert, Gaby and Jean.<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/span>
\nConcerts and events to commemorate\u00a0 <\/span>the 50th<\/sup><\/span> anniversary of his death.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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