Geneviève Joy (1919-2009) was a French pianist, admired as a soloist and chamber musician. She formed an important piano duo with Jacqueline Bonneau and was also closely linked with the music of Henri Dutilleux, her husband.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Milhaud’s Quatre Saisons and Saudades de Printemps, conducted by the composer.

Joy’s musicianship was clear, elegant and alert to French colour and texture. Duo and ensemble work require the kind of precision that can sparkle without showing its gears.

Her page is justified by repertory, identity and musical standing. Joy brings a refined French keyboard glint to the Milhaud shelf.