After the huge success of his concert in 2008, the romantic pianist will once again delight his fans in Bulgaria. At the invitation of Cantus Firmus, Clayderman will be a guest at this year’s edition of the European Music Festival. He will play with the talented musicians from the Classic FM M-Tel Orchestra on April 14, 2010 in Hall 1 of the NDK.
From January 18, 2010, the sale of tickets for the concert begins at the “Cantus Firmus” box office in the “Bulgaria” hall, as well as in the Ticket Center of the National Palace of Culture.
Richard Clayderman has done what no other French artist has done – he has built an international career as a best-selling musician and concert performer.
Born Philippe Pages on December 28, 1953, he met the piano early in his life. It is said that a six-year-old R. Clayderman could read sheet music better than he could in his native French. At the age of 12 he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire, where at the age of 16 he won first prize. They predicted a promising career as a classical pianist. But soon after, to everyone’s surprise, he put aside his classical training and turned to contemporary music – forming a rock band. The turning point in his life came in 1976, when he received a phone call from Olivier Toussaint – a famous French music producer who, together with his partner Paul de Senneville, was looking for a pianist to record a gentle piano ballad. Senneville composed this ballad in honor of his newborn daughter Adeline. Twenty-three-year-old Philippe Paget auditioned along with 20 other candidates and, to his surprise, got the job. The single shot to the top, selling a staggering 22 million copies in 38 countries. The music is entitled “Ballad of Adeline”. Thus began a highly successful career, and since then Richard Clayderman’s signature piano style has brought him superstardom around the world. Today he has 1,200 songs under his belt, and in the words of a German journalist, “he has certainly done more to popularize the piano in the world than anyone since Beethoven.”
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