French pianist Bernard Ringeissen (1934-2025) has died at the age of 90. After his graduation, Ringeissen began special studies with Marguerite Long and later with Jacques Février. He embarked on a concert career in France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria.
In 1953, on the advice of his teachers, Ringeissen interrupted his public appearances to prepare for international music competitions. He achieved a second prize (together with Sergio Scopelliti) and won the Aldo Ciccolino Prize at the Alfredo Casella Competition in Naples. He won first prizes in 1954 at the music competition in Geneva and in 1955 at the 4th and 5th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and at the Grand Prix Francis Salabert in Paris. In 1962 he won first prize at the Heitor Villa-Lobos Competition in Rio de Janeiro, which was initiated and organized by Aleksander Sienkiewicz, a pupil of Paderewski. In 1989, Ringeissen was awarded the Robert Schumann Prize of the city of Zwickau.
After these successes, Ringeissen restarted his career as a concert and a recording artist.
