Born in Paris, Oehmichen is First Grand Prize winner of the 1989 International Piano Competition
Milosz Magin and in 1993 Laureate of the Foundation
Georges Cziffra. Isabelle Oehmichen was destined for classical dance, her passion, but after a broken ankle, she really started playing the piano at 17. She began as a pianist at the
Paris Opera and accompanied the
danseurs étoile ,
Patrick Dupond, and . After years of hard work, Isabelle Oehmichen plays as a soloist throughout Europe and particularly in Central Europe. Every year she gives numerous recitals, concerts in
chamber music or with orchestra. She often participates in radio and television programs (recitals filmed in
Żelazowa Wola, the native home of
Chopin and
Saint-Saëns's 2nd concerto at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest live on Bartók Radio). Isabelle Oehmichen has already recorded several CDs of works by Chopin, Magin, Sauguet, Collet, Liszt, concertos with orchestra by Weiner, Wissmer, Mozart, Dohnanyi. She is also
artistic director of the A.M.F.H. (Association Musicale Franco-Hongroise) in Paris. Very attached to teaching amateur adults, she created with the Hungarian conductor an International Summer Academy of Chamber Music in Budapest, open to all. Isabelle Oehmichen also founded the
Trio Primavera, Franco-Hungarian trio (piano, violin and cello) which performs regularly in France and Hungary in particular. From 24 to 26 September 2009, Isabelle Oehmichen recorded at the 4'33" studio in Ivry-sur-Seine a set of
nocturnes by
Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (
Éditions Hortus, 2010). == References ==