Yvonne Lefébure, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yvonne Lefébure

French musician

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Ermont, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1986

Profession: pianist, music pedagogue

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898, Ermont – 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a premier prix in piano and numerous other subjects.
She performed with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne and in recital.
She performed at the first Prades Festival in 1950.
She taught at the École Normale de Musique, Conservatoire de Paris and Conservatoire Européen, and gave masterclasses at her own festival in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Among her pupils were Dinu Lipatti, Samson François, Imogen Cooper, Janina Fialkowska, André Laplante, Branka Musulin, Catherine Collard, Michaël Levinas, Françoise Thinat, Jean-Marc Savelli, Évelyne Crochet, István Kassai, Hélène Boschi, Martin Hughes and Avi Schönfeld. In 1947 she married French musicologist Fred Goldbeck.