"Laure Favre-Kahn is an artist whose commitment to the piano matches her sensitivity in life. She is an ardent and fragile woman: this can be heard in her music, both in her bold attacks and in her subtle rubato, in her moving flexions and in her flawless virtuosity. The fire of her beautiful soul reflects in her appearance, as expressed in the title of one of her albums, 'Towards the Flame.'
— Alain Duault
After studying at the Conservatory of Avignon, Laure Favre-Kahn won a first prize in piano unanimously at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris at the age of 17, in Bruno Rigutto's class.
A laureate of the ADAMI Classical Revelations in 1999, she recorded her first album dedicated to Schumann at the age of 20, followed by a Chopin album, for the Arion label. Since then, she has regularly performed in France and abroad, invited by numerous orchestras and playing at the greatest festivals.
In 2001, she won the first prize at the International Propiano Competition in New York and gave a recital at Carnegie Weill Hall the same year. After this concert, she was named ProPiano Artist of the Year and recorded a Reynaldo Hahn album, praised by the New York Times.
Since 2003, Laure Favre-Kahn has recorded 8 live albums for the Transart label; the concertos of Schumann, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky, three Chopin recitals, a program dedicated to Rachmaninoff, and Gottschalk, as well as a CD on the theme of Dance.
Since 2005, she has given numerous concerts worldwide with violinist Nemanja Radulovic. In 2018, Laure participated in his latest album "Baïka" released by Deutsche Grammophon, where they recorded the trio by Khachaturian with clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer.
In 2013, Laure Favre-Kahn created her own show at the Avignon Festival, "Chopin Confidences," where, alone on stage, she pays tribute to the composer, with the voice of Charles Berling.
In 2017, her album "Vers la flamme," released by Naïve, was unanimously praised by the press.
In September 2024, her 13th album "Dédicaces" will be released, an original program in which 14 personalities have chosen a piece that Laure has recorded.
Since 2004, she has been the godmother of the Chameleon association, which protects abused children in France and the Philippines."
Language spoken: French
Photo credit: Salomé Gaeta