Pierre de Groote
Pierre was born in
Brussels, Belgium. Pierre's father is <Unknown> and his mother is <Unknown>. He has a brother named
Lucien.
General Notes
Emigrated from Belgium
Mr. Steven De Groote was born to a family of professional musicians in Cape Town, where his father, Pierre, is conductor of the Cape Town University Symphony. He received advanced training at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels (his parents had emigrated from Belgium to South Africa) and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Among his teachers were Rudolf Serkin, Mieczylaw Horszowski and Seymour Lipkin. His Cliburn victory was preceded by one in the Young Concert Artists International Auditions competition in 1977 and by a finalist's place in the Leventritt International Competition in 1976, both in New York City. Concerts and Teaching