Renowned French pianist, RICHARD CLAYDERMAN returns in April to celebrate 40 years of career with the Brazilian audience.
It happened 40 years ago.
Forty years ago, Philippe Pagès was discovered by two producers who gave him the opportunity to start a career as a musician.
Forty years ago, he changed his birth name, Philippe Pagès, to Richard Clayderman.
And so, 40 years ago, Richard Clayderman was born.
His passion has always been the piano.
In 40 years, he has recorded over a thousand titles with his piano and performed more than two thousand five hundred shows across the five continents of the globe.
And to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his musical career, the internationally acclaimed French pianist could not miss the chance to come to Brazil for four concerts as part of his world tour “40th Anniversary Tour.”
"I enjoy playing with musicians who share the same emotions with me," says Richard Clayderman.
"For my concerts in Brazil, I will play a good selection of my original titles, as well as many romantic and classic movie themes.
I look forward to meeting my Brazilian audience, who are true connoisseurs, and we all share the same emotions and sensations."
RICHARD CLAYDERMAN IN NUMBERS
In 40 years of career, Richard Clayderman has:
performed more than 2,500 concerts worldwide.
recorded over 1,200 titles.
sold more than 150 million albums.
won over 340 platinum and gold records.
performed more than 450 concerts in Japan.
flown over 3 million km, which is 70 times around the world or 9 times the distance between Earth and the Moon!
traveled to South America more than 62 times.
been invited to more than 720 TV appearances.
stayed in more than 1,830 different hotels.
performed in concert in front of more than 6 million spectators.
signed more than 70,000 autographs.
played "Ballade pour Adeline" over 9,000 times.
Introduced himself with:
The Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
The Queensland Australia Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
The Symphony Orchestra Beijing from Radio
The Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra
The Shanghai Philharmonic OrchestraHe performed concerts at Korakuen, Tokyo Baseball Stadium and Kunming football stadium in China, for more than 40,000 spectators at each concert.
It is estimated that around 35 million pirated records/cds/dvds have been sold.
