Claire-Marie Le Guay with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Le Guay has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall. Le Guay is currently recording her final two installments of the four-volume "Haydn-Mozart" series, to be released on the Universal Accord label. She has also worked as an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris Conservatoire since 2001. Claire-Marie Le Guay Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 13 June 1974) is a French classical pianist. Le Guay was born in Paris, France. She began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with
Claire Mackay Claire Mackay Claire Mackay (December 21, 1930 - August 11, 2013) was a Canadian writer of eleven books for children and young-adult fiction and non-fiction. Mackay was born Claire Lorraine Bacchus. She was raised in Toronto, Ontario. Mackay received a scholarship to the University of Toronto, where she earned an honors BA in Political Science. Mackay began her writing career by writing newsletter, newspaper and magazine articles. She was motivated to write her first children's book when she found that there was a lack of books about mini-bikes for her son to read. She wrote "Mini-Bike Hero" in 1979, which