Composer · 1813 - 1888
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Biography
Charles-Valentin Alkan (b Paris, 30 Nov 1813; d Paris, 29 March 1888). French pianist and composer. His real name was Morhange.
He was one of the leading piano virtuosos of the 19th century and one of its most unusual composers, remarkable in both technique and imagination, yet largely ignored by his own and succeeding generations.