Concerto in G major with MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis in Luxembourg and Munich; and the Ravel Concerto and Mozart's Piano Concerto K466 on tour in Germany with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša, as well as recitals in North America featuring repertoire from Memory. Critical reception Critics have praised Grimaud's willingness to reinterpret works and take chances, and compared her to Glenn Gould: Grimaud doesn't sound like most pianists: she is a rubato artist, a reinventor of phrasings, a taker of chances. "A wrong note that is played out of élan, you hear it differently than one that is played out of fear," she says. She admires the "more extreme players . . . people who wouldn't be afraid to play their conception to the end." Her two overriding characteristics are independence and drive, and her performances attempt, whenever possible, to shake up conventional pianistic wisdom. Brian Levine, the executive director of the Glenn Gould Foundation, sees in Grimaud a resemblance to Gould: "She has this willingness to take a piece of music apart and free herself from the general body of practice that has grown up around it." Personal life In 1991, at age 21, Grimaud moved to Tallahassee, Florida. In 1997, she settled in Westchester County, north of New York City. After some time spent in Berlin, she took up residence in Weggis, near Luzern, Switzerland. She has a passion for wolves and wolf conservation. She now divides her time between her musical career and the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York. Grimaud lives with her partner, the German photographer Mat Hennek, in California and Upstate New York. Honours Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2002). National Order of Merit (France) (16 May 2008). Legion of Honour (3 April 2015). Discography On Denon Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2, Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 (1986) Chopin Ballade No. 1, Liszt Après une Lecture de Dante, Schumann Sonata for Piano (1987) Schumann Kreisleriana, Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 (1989) Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3, Klavierstücke (1992) Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Ravel Piano Concerto (1993) On Erato Schumann Piano Concerto, Richard Strauss Burleske (1995) Brahms Piano Pieces Op. 116–119 (1996) Gershwin Piano Concerto, Ravel Piano Concerto in G (1997) Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 (1998) On Teldec Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, Piano Sonata No. 30, Piano Sonata No. 31 (1999) Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Prelude Op. 32/12, Études-Tableaux