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Luxembourgian pianist, composer and conductor. He was born 22 December 1937 in Dudelange, Luxembourg. For many years, he was the Deputy Chief Conductor of the Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra, and as such, he was commissioned to lead the orchestra for the 1973 and 1984 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest, both held in Luxembourg. Later on in his career, he primarily worked as a choral conductor.

ALBUMS


Arsys Bourgogne*, Pierre Cao
Chants De Noël Du Monde
2011
Haendel* – Arsys Bourgogne*, Concerto Köln, Pierre Cao
Israel In Egypt
2010, 2xCD, Album, Dig, Eloquentia
Telemann*, Haendel* – Arsys Bourgogne, Pierre Cao, Harmonie Universelle
Dixit Dominus
2009, CD, Album, Eloquentia
Bach* / Arsys*, Pierre Cao, Les Basses Réunies
Motteten
2008, CD, Album, RE, Ambroisie
Michael Haydn, Georg Druschetzky*, Arsys Bourgogne, Zefiro, Pierre Cao
Paroles de Vents
2007, CD, Album, Ambronay Éditions
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Arsys Bourgogne, Pierre Cao
Musique au Dôme de Salzbourg
2003, CD, Album, dig, Ambroisie
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Ensemble Stradivaria, Pierre Cao
Concerto Et Symphonies Pour Prague
2002, CD, Album, Accord
Arsys Bourgogne*, Pierre Cao, L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
Vêpres Sous Charles VI À Vienne
2002, CD, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Choral
Jacques Berthier / Sylvain Pluyaut - Chœur Arsys Bourgogne* , Direction : Pierre Cao
Requiem
2001, CDr, Album, Ltd, Promo, Not On Label
Théodore Gouvy* / Françoise Pollet, Cécile Eloir, Michaël Myers*, Marcel Vanaud - Choeurs* Et Orchestre Symphonique De Nancy* , Direction : Pierre Cao
Electre Opus 85
1998, 2xCD, Album, K617, ,
Opera
Saint-Saens*, Peter Cao*, Orchestra Of The Luxembourg Radio*
Concertos Pour Violon Et Orchestre
1994, CD, Comp, Classica Licorne
Marcel Landowski / Michael* / Caley* / Brodard* / Choeur* Et Orchestre Colonne / Pierre Cao / Maurice André / Alfred Mitterhofer
Messe De L'Aurore / Quatre Pièces Pour Trompette Et Orgue
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Erato, ,
Contemporary/Mass/Orchestra
Orchestre Symphonique De RTL*, Henri Pensis, Carl Melles, Pierre Cao, Louis De Froment, Leopold Hager
60 Ans 1933-1993
1993, 2xCD, Comp, RTL (Radio Télé Luxembourg)
Haendel*, Mozart*, L. Dawson* • B. Fink* • H-P. Graf* • C. De Moor*, S. Varcoe*, Chœur De Chambre De Namur*, P. Cao*, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
Le Messie K.572
1993, 2xCD, Astrée Auvidis, ,
Oratorio
Liszt*, Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Tele-Luxembourg*, Pierre Cao, France Clidat
Concertos Pour Piano Et Orchestre N° 1 & 2 / Rhapsodies Hongroises (4-8-12-17)
1992, CD, Comp, Forlane Fioretti, ,
Romantic
Schumann*, Peter Frankl, Laszlo Varga, Ruggiero Ricci, Susanne Lautenbacher, Francis Orval, Francois Tommasini, Robert Desprez, Robert Janssens, Kurt Masur, János Fürst, Pierre Cao, Siegfried Landau
Complete Works For Solo Instrument & Orchestra
1991
Liszt*, D'Albert*, Bronsart*, Michael Ponti, Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim*, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra*, Paul Angerer, Pierre Cao, Richard Kapp
The Franz Liszt School Volume I
1991
Marcel Landowski, Michael Caley Brodard, Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Cao
Messe de L'Aurore
1990, CD, Album, Erato
Schumann*, Henri Goraieb, Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Télé Luxembourg*, Louis De Froment, Johannes Brahms, Pierre Cao
Concerto Pour Piano in A Minor,Op.54; Introduction et Allegro Apassionato Konzertstuck,Op.92, Academic Overture,Op.80
1989
Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra*, Pierre Cao
Stravinsky
1988, CD, Comp, Black Pearl (5)
Janáček*, Ensemble Orchestral Ad Artem De Lorraine*, Pierre Cao, Thérèse Divry
Idylle Suite Pour Cordes (Idyll For Strings)
1987, LP, Album, Forlane
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Télé-Luxembourg*, Pierre Cao, France Clidat
Concerto Pour Piano Et Orchestre N° 1 Opus 23
1981, LP, Forlane
Liszt*, France Clidat, Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Tele Luxembourg*, Pierre Cao
Concertos Pour Piano Et Orchestre Nº 1 Et 2
1981, Vinyl, ,
Romantic
Grand Orchestre Radio- Tele - Luxembourg*, Louis De Froment, Pierre Cao
Handel: Water Music Suite, Concerto Grosso Op. 7 No. 8 And Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (Suite)
1980, Cass, Album, U.M.I.P.
Arthur Honegger , Direction Pierre Cao
Le Roi David
1980, 2xLP, Album, Le Kiosque d'Orphée
Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Cao, Louis De Froment
Moussorgsky Tableaux d'une Exposition - Nuit Sur Le Mont Chauve
1980, LP, U.M.I.P.
Sir Edward Elgar, Aram Khatchaturian, J. Strauss (2), Christoph Willibald Gluck, Pierre Cao
PROMENADEN KORZERT - DAS GROSSE SYMPHONIE ORCHESTER VON RTL RADIO TELE LUXEMBURG DIRIGENT: PIERRE CAO
1980, LP, Album, Marifon
Mahler*, Gran Orquesta de Radio-Tele Luxemburgo*, Pierre Cao
Sinfonia Nº 5 En Do Sostenido Menor
1980, LP, Album, Columbia
Psalette de Lorraine, Pierre Cao
Les Plus Beaux Noëls Et Saint Nicolas
1980
RTL Symphony Orchestra*, Pierre Cao
Dicks 1978
1978, 2xLP, Album, Delta (11)
Béla Bartók / Zoltán Kodály And Pierre Cao And Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg And Georg Solti And London Philharmonic Orchestra
Scherzo For Piano & Orchestra, Op.2 / Hary Janos Suite, Op.15
1976, LP, Album, Turnabout
Schumann*, Laszlo Varga, Siegfried Landau, Susanne Lautenbacher, Pierre Cao
Cello Concerto / Violin Concerto
1976
Saint-Saens* - Grant Johannesen, Ruggiero Ricci, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Bernhard Kontarsky, Pierre Cao
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 4, Violin Concerto No. 3
1975, LP, Turnabout
Cramer* / Hummel* - Akiko Sagara, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Cao
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 48 / Grand Sonata For Piano Solo, Op. 81
1975, LP, Album, VOX/Turnabout
Robert Volkmann, Jerome Rose, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Cao, Thomas Blees, Hamburg Symphony*, Alois Springer
Konzertstück For Piano & Orchestra / Concerto For Cello & Orchestra
1975
Franz Liszt, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Cao
Dante Symphony
1974, LP, Quad, Candide
Massenet* / Lalo* / Chabrier* - Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Cao
Scènes Hongroises (Suite For Orchestra / Rapsodie Norvégienne / Fête Polonaise For Orchestra
1974
Goetz* - Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg ; Pierre Cao / Bronsart* - Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen* ; Richard Kapp, Michael Ponti
Piano Concerto In B-Flat Major, Op. 18 / Piano Concerto In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10
1974
D'Albert* / Reinecke* - Michael Ponti, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg • Pierre Cao
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Concerto No.1
1974
Pierre Cao, Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra*
Baroque's Greatest Hits
Cass, Album, Sine Qua Non

APPEARANCES +


Various
Russian Piano Concertos
2018, 15xCD + Box, Comp, Brilliant Classics, ,
Romantic
Various
Romantic Piano Concertos
2016, 40xCD, Comp + Box, Brilliant Classics
J. Haydn* / Staier* / Suzuki* / Collegium Aureum / La Petite Bande / Hengelbrock* / Kuijken*
J. Haydn Edition (Piano Sonatas / Cello Concertos / Symphonies / Masses / The Creation / L'Anima Del Filosofo)
2014, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony Music, ,
Classical/Opera/Baroque
Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Bande / Bach*, Geminiani*, Haydn*, Mozart*, Muffat*, Rameau*
Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Bande Edition
2012, 5xCD, Album, RE + 3xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony Music, ,
Baroque/Renaissance/Classical/Opera
Various
The Golden Age Of The Romantic Piano Concerto
2009, 20xCD + CD-ROM + Box, Comp, Brilliant Classics, ,
Romantic
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Antonio Vivaldi
Histoires Sacrées
2008, 4xCD, Album + Box, Comp, Naïve, ,
Baroque/Romantic
Various
Super test CD 3
2002, CD, Audiophile Sound
Collegium Vocale Gent* • Capella Sancti Michaelis • Ricercar Consort • Henri Ledroit - Max van Egmond
Motetten & Kantaten Der Bach Familie
2002, 2x CD, ,
Baroque
Robert Schumann
Sinfonie Nr. 3 • Violinkonzert • Cellokonzert = Symphony No. 3 • Violin Concerto • Cello Concerto
2001
Henri Pousseur - Marianne Pousseur, Peter Harvey, Alice Ader, Brigitte Foccroulle, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, Pierre Bartholomée
Dichterliebesreigentraum
1997, CD, Album, Cypres, ,
Contemporary
Mahler*
Im Herzen Der Klassik - Symphonien (Mit Musik Aus Viscontis Film "Der Tod In Venedig")
1996, CD, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish
Various
Die Schönsten Bläserkonzerte Vol. 1 To 3
1996, 3xCD, Album, Sonatina, Sonatina, Sonatina, Sonatina
J. Haydn*, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken, Piau*, Groop*, Prégardien*, Van der Kamp*, Choeur De Chambre De Namur
Harmoniemesse - Te Deum
1996
Béla Bartók
Bartók Vol. 2
1995, CD, Comp, Mediaphon
Various
Let's Do A Potpourri Of Music For Dining
1995, CD, Comp, Excelsior
Charles D'Helfer - A Sei Voci, Les Sacqueboutiers De Toulouse, La Psallette De Lorraine, Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Requiem (Messe De Funérailles Des Ducs De Lorraine)
1994, CD, Album + Box, Sli, Astrée, Astrée Auvidis
Berlioz*, Lalo*, Fauré*, Massenet*, Chabrier*, Françaix*
French Orchestral Selections
1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, VoxBox, ,
Romantic/Modern
Marcel Landowski
Marcel Landowski
1994, 9x CD, Box Set, ,
Contemporary
Various
A Classic Italian Festival
1993, CD, Comp, Excelsior,
Michael Ponti, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 7
1993, 2xCD, Comp, VoxBox, ,
Classical/Romantic
Saint-Saëns* - Ruggiero Ricci, Laszlo Varga
Complete Works For Violin & Orchestra and Cello & Orchestra
1993, 2xCD, Comp, VoxBox
Saint-Saëns* - Ruggiero Ricci, Laszlo Varga
All The Music For Violin And Orchestra, All The Music For Cello And Orchestra
1993
Bartok* - György Sándor
Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartok
1992, 2xCD, Comp, VoxBox
Adolf Von Henselt*, Ferdinand Hiller, Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 In F-Minor Op. 16 / Konzertstück Op. 113 / Allegro De Concert Op. 46
1992, CD, Comp, Turnabout, Vox (6)
Medtner*, Goetz*, Balakirev*, Sinding*, Lyapunov*, Michael Ponti, Roland Keller
The Romantic Piano Concerto Volume 5
1992, 2xCD, VoxBox, ,
Romantic
Liszt*, D'Albert*, Mosonyi*, Raff*, Bronsart*, Michael Ponti, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 4
1992, 2xCD, Comp, VoxBox, VoxBox2
Michael Ponti
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 2
1992, CD, Comp, Vox (6), Turnabout
Christian Sinding / Hermann Goetz
Piano Concerto In D-Flat Major / Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 18
1992, CD + CD, Comp, VOX/Turnabout, ,
Romantic
Carl Reinecke, Felix Mendelssohn*, Josef Rheinberger
Piano Concerto No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor Op. 72 / Capriccio For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 22 / Concerto For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 94
1992, CD, Comp, Vox (6), Turnabout
Joachim Raff*, Mihaly Mosonyi*, Bernard Stavenhagen
Piano Concerto In C-Minor Op. 185 / Concerto For Piano And Orchestra / Concerto For Piano And Orchestra Op. 4
1992, CD, Comp, Turnabout, Vox (6)
Nikolai Medtner, Mili Balakirev*, Serge Liapunov*
Piano Concerto No. 3 In D-Minor, Op. 60 / Piano Concerto In E-Flat Major / Rhapsody On Ukranian Themes For Piano And Orchestra
1992, CD, Comp, Turnabout, Vox (6), ,
Romantic/Modern
Liszt*, D'Albert*, Bronsart*, Raff*, Mosonyi*, Bernard Stavenhagen, Michael Ponti, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 4
1992, 2xCD, Comp, VoxBox, VoxBox2
Chopin* • Hiller* • Henselt* • Hummel* • Kalkbrenner*, Michael Ponti, Hans Kann, Jerome Rose
The Romantic Piano Concerto Volume 1
1992
Franz Liszt, Eugene D'Albert*, Hans Von Bronsart*
Malediction For Piano And Strings / Piano Concerto No. 2 In E-Major, Op. 12 / Piano Concerto In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10
1992
Michael Ponti
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 2
1992, ,
Romantic
Sir Edward Elgar, Aram Khatchaturian, Johann Strauss Jr., Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Liszt, Paul Dukas, Richard Wagner
Fantasia
1991, CD, Album, Comp, Forlane Fioretti
Schumann*, Peter Frankl, Ruggiero Ricci, Susanne Lautenbacher, Kurt Masur
Works For Solo Instrument & Orchestra
1991
Mahler*
Symphonische Werke - Auszüge Aus Den Symphonien Nr. 1 D-Dur, Nr. 3 D-Moll, Nr. 5 Cis-Moll Sowie Nr. 6 A-Moll Und Nr. 7 E-Moll
1991, ,
Romantic
Chorale D'hommes Et Chorales Mixtes
150 Joer Chouermusék
1990, CD, Album, Editions UGDA
Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Télé Luxembourg*
Mozart - Schubert - Tchaikowsky
1989, CD, Collection Romance Classique
Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Tele-Luxembourg*, Mozart*, Schubert*, Ciaikovsky*
Sinfonia N.40 K550 / Sinfonia N.8 Incompiuta / Romeo E Giulietta
1988, CD, Album, Frequenz
Ciaikovsky*
Concerto Nº.1 Per Pianoforte E Orchestra Op.23 / Sinfonia Nº.6 In Si Minore Op.74, Patetica
1988, CD, Comp, Frequenz
Various
Le Disque Des Records Classiques
1986, 2xLP, Comp, Production Paul Lederman, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Various
Films Concert
1986, Vinyl, ,
Baroque/Contemporary
Various
Spotlight On Violin
1985
Pierre Porte
Roman...
1983
Benedetto Marcello - Antonio Vivaldi - Georg Friedrich Händel - Vincenzo Bellini - Johann Christian Bach - Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Tomaso Albinoni - Giuseppe Torelli
Meesters Van De Barok
1982, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Two Rivers, ,
Baroque
Marco Bakker
Die Großen Schlager Des Deutschen Tonfilms
1981
Grand Orchestre Radio-Télé-Luxembourg*, Hummel*, Torelli*, Vivaldi*
Le Grands Concertos Baroques
1980, LP, Album, Not On Label, ,
Baroque
Robert Schumann
All The Works For Solo Instrument And Orchestra
1977, 3xLP, Quad + Box, Comp, VoxBox, ,
Romantic
Massenet* / Lalo* / Chabrier*
Scènes Hongroises (Suite For Orchestra / Rapsodie Norvégienne / Fête Polonaise For Orchestra
1976, Cass, Album, Turnabout, ,
Romantic
Massenet* / Lalo* / Chabrier*
Scènes Hongroises (Suite For Orchestra / Rapsodie Norvégienne / Fête Polonaise For Orchestra
1976
Mihaly Mosonyi*, Ferdinand Hiller, Jerome Rose
Piano Concerto / Piano Concerto, Op. 113
1975, LP, Quad, Candide
Michael Ponti, Nikolai Medtner, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg
Piano Concerto No. 3
1975, LP, Album, Candide, ,
Modern
Various
Paris Populi
1975, 3xLP, Album + Box, Barclay, ,
Chanson
Rolla* / Paganini* / Rossini*
Violin Concerto In A Major / Sonata For Grand Viola / Duet For Cello And Double-Bass
1975
Erik Satie – Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Télé Luxembourg*, Roland Douatte
Parade / Geneviève De Brabant / Relâche
1975, Vinyl, ,
Modern/Impressionist/Opera
Eugen D'Albert / Carl Reinecke
Piano Concerto No. 2 In E Major, Op 12 / Piano Concerto No.1, In F Sharp Minor, Op. 72
1974, ,
Romantic
Claus Krumlovsky
Werke - Oeuvres - Works
1970, LP, Album, Editions Tritonus
Schumann*
Concertos (Complete)
2xCD, Comp, Brilliant Classics, ,
Romantic
C. Saint-Saëns*
Sinfonien Nr. 1 und Nr. 3. Violinen Konzerte Nr. 1 und Nr. 3 (Symphonies No. 1 And No. 3. Violin Concertos No. 1 And No. 3)
3xCD, Comp + Box, Concerto Royale
Tschaikowsky*
Tschaikowsky
3xCD, Comp + Box, Sonatina
Peter Tschaikowsky*
Symphonie Nr. 6 "Pathetique"
LP, Album, Marifon
Various
Echternach - La Procession Dansante
7", Single, Gat, Editiones Epternacenses
Mahler*, Various
Extraits Symphoniques Avec Thèmes Du Film "Mort A Venise" De Visconti
CD, Marshall Cavendish, ,
Romantic
Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg*, The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra*, Symphony Orchestra Of The Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden*, Ensemble "Die Reihe"*, Bamberg Symphony*, Philharmonia Hungarica
Great French Romantic Orchestral Music
5xLP, Murray Hill Records
Various
Eurovisions Gala - 29 Sieger - 29 Welterfolge
Cassette, ,
Chanson/Pop Rock/Vocal/Ballad
Louise Le Cavelier, L'Orchestre Du Grand Duché de Luxembourg*
Rêves et valses / Dreams & Waltzes
Erik Satie
L'Essentiel De Son Oeuvre
Various
Laurent Menager 1835 - 1902 Historesch Opnamen
2005, 3xCD, Album, CNAUDIO
Various
All The Music From Death In Venice
1973
Various
The Romantic Piano Concerto Volume Two
2xCD, Comp, Demtel
Gustav Mahler
The Great Composers Vol 20 - Mahler Symphonic Excerts
CD, Marchall Cavendish,