Pianist. A leading exponent of the work of 20th Century French composers, particularly that of her husband Henri Dutilleux. A child progidy, she played the piano from age four and entered the Conservatoire de Paris at 12; there she won first prizes in a number of disciplines, including that for piano in the class of 1941. Joy was soon appointed professor of accompaniment at the Conservatoire, later adding the chair of chamber music. In 1942, she met composer Henri Dutilleux, whom she married in 1946; over the years, she was to give the premieres of all of his works for piano, and to record many of them, mostly for the Erato label. Her 45-year piano duet partnership with Jacqueline Robin-Bonneau (1917-2007) began in 1945; the pair played the works of Dutilleux, Ohana, Pierre Boulez, Germaine Tailleferre, and others. In the studio, Joy was to couple her husband's piano sonata with Maurice Ohana's "Sonatine monodique", record all of Schubert's compositions for violin and piano with Michele Auclair, and preserve Milhaud's First Concerto, as well as works by Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Bizet, and others. She was to premiere the concertos of Jean River, Henri Barraud, and Marius Constant; a sometimes visitor to England, she gave a noted rendering of Igor Stravinsky's "Capriccio" in 1961, played several times at The Proms, and appeared in a series of Wigmore Hall recitals sponsored by the French Embassy. Essentially never retiring, she continued playing and teaching until shortly before her death.
Pianist. A leading exponent of the work of 20th Century French composers, particularly that of her husband Henri Dutilleux. A child progidy, she played the piano from age four and entered the Conservatoire de Paris at 12; there she won first prizes in a number of disciplines, including that for piano in the class of 1941. Joy was soon appointed professor of accompaniment at the Conservatoire, later adding the chair of chamber music. In 1942, she met composer Henri Dutilleux, whom she married in 1946; over the years, she was to give the premieres of all of his works for piano, and to record many of them, mostly for the Erato label. Her 45-year piano duet partnership with Jacqueline Robin-Bonneau (1917-2007) began in 1945; the pair played the works of Dutilleux, Ohana, Pierre Boulez, Germaine Tailleferre, and others. In the studio, Joy was to couple her husband's piano sonata with Maurice Ohana's "Sonatine monodique", record all of Schubert's compositions for violin and piano with Michele Auclair, and preserve Milhaud's First Concerto, as well as works by Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Bizet, and others. She was to premiere the concertos of Jean River, Henri Barraud, and Marius Constant; a sometimes visitor to England, she gave a noted rendering of Igor Stravinsky's "Capriccio" in 1961, played several times at The Proms, and appeared in a series of Wigmore Hall recitals sponsored by the French Embassy. Essentially never retiring, she continued playing and teaching until shortly before her death.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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