Charles-Valentin Alkan

Charles-Valentin Alkan ( French: [ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃] ; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt , among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life.

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