THE COMPLETE TRIOS OF BEETHOVEN BY XAVIER PHILLIPS, FRANCOIS-FREDERIC GUY ET TEDI PAPAVRAMI

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March 13-15, 2020 at the Cité Musicale in Metz In 2020, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven: an excellent reason to dedicate a highlight. After Haydn, the Cité musicale-Metz programs a composer who might seem so familiar that interpreting it could…

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VICTOR JULIEN-LAFERRIERE AT THE THEATRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES ON FEBRUARY 22, 2020

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“A weekend of total immersion in the rich, warm sound of the cello in all its guises from Bach to the present day. The second concert features Victor Julien-Laferrière, one of the finest young cellists of the French school with a programme in four sections….

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FLORIAN NOACK NEWS

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The pianist Florian Noack has been named “Young Musician of the Year 2017″ by the Union of the Belgian Music Press. This prestigious prize will be awarded to him on the occasion of a concert that he will give at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in…

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NEW ALBUM RELEASE: FANNY CLAMAGIRAND | BEETHOVEN & VASKS

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Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is so familiar to us today that it is hard to imagine how the first listeners were confused when they discovered the piece at the time. Quite the opposite of Far Light, the first of two violin concertos by Latvian Pēteris Vasks:…

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Xavier Phillips performs Offenbach in Paris (Salle Gaveau)

Anne Gastinel et Xavier Philipps/ Dolce Volta

Sometimes we forget that the future composer of La Vie Parisienne and Orphée aux Enfers was an amazing virtuoso of an instrument he had studied in Germany. Nicknamed the “Liszt cello”, Offenbach, during his early years in Paris, was famous in the salons and participated…

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