The late sonatas of Schubert in new recordings for Mirare by multi-faceted musician - composer, conductor, teacher, chamber player - Jean-Claude Pennetier.

Beginning his piano studies at three and a half, Pennetier was enrolled at the age of six in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. When he was just ten years old, he was recognised for his extraordinary talent, winning first prizes in piano, chamber music and theory from the Conservatoire. He went on to take the First Prize Gabriel Fauré at 18, First Prize in the International Montréal Competition at 23 and First Prize in the International Geneva Competition at 25. In 2002 he had the great honour of being named a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur.