Tanguy de Williencourt Essentials

An impeccably trained conductor, France's Tanguy de Williencourt is best known as a pianist, bringing craft and charm to a broad array of classics. He imparts clear-eyed elegance to Beethoven’s bagatelles, dexterous verve to Schubert’s "Arpeggione Sonata" (translated to cello by musical partner Bruno Philippe), and emotional depth to Debussy’s late piano music. His 2021 album A Concert at the Time of Proust with violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte offers conceptual brio, recreating a 1907 concert Marcel Proust hosted to honor composer Gabriel Fauré, whose work is complemented by pieces from Schumann and Couperin.