Philippe Bianconi is a French pianist. Philippe Bianconi studied at the Nice conservatoire with Simone Delbert-F�vrier and later with Gaby Casadesus in Paris and Vitalij Margulis in Freiburg. At the age of 17 he won first prize at the Jeunesses musicales competition in Belgrade; he went on to win first prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition and, in 1985, the Silver Medal in the Van Cliburn Competition. Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1987 he has performed in major concert halls and festivals around the world. Apart from solo recitals and chamber music, he has performed with many leading orchestras and conductors. The Washington Post has described him as an artist whose playing is "always close to the soul of the music, filling the space with poetry and life". He has recently been appointed as the new director of The Conservatoire Am�ricain de Fontainebleau. 

March 27th, 1960 in Nice (Age 64)