Idil Biret manifested an outstanding gift for music at the age of three and was trained at the Paris Conservatory under the tutelage of Nadia Boulanger. She graduated at the age of fifteen with three first

Idil Biret first toured the then USSR in 1960 upon the invitation of the great Russian pianist Emil Gilels giving sixteen concerts. Over the years she made many more visits performing nearly 100 concerts

Idil Biret reviews Critical acclaim Wilhelm Kempff (Germany) "My favourite disciple Idil Biret... This genius pianist belongs to the class of elect musicians of our time." Igor Kipnis (USA) "The complete

           Idil Biret recordings The Art of Idil Biret, Works of Bach - Brahms - Chopin - Debussy - Kempff Liszt/Berlioz - Rachmaninov - Schumann -