Samuel Ducommun
Born in Peseux (Neuchâtel), Samuel Ducommun, a composer from Neuchâtel, studied organ first with Louis Kelterborn then Charles Faller, harmony with Charles Humbert, counterpoint and composition with Paul Benner. He later became a disciple of..
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CPE Bach
C. P. E. Bach and his keyboards für Kenner und Liebhaber allow us to enter into a forgotten world of sound where various keyboard instruments, especially those strings that are struck, mix and mingle, revealing new colours..
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Bartók
Pianist Cheng Zhang first received international recognition in 2011 by winning both the only Haskil prize and public prize at the prestigious Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey Switzerland..
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Xavier Dayer
This CD reflects 20 years of companionship. Since 1999, when the Swiss Chamber Concerts were created, I have commissioned eight new works from Xavier Dayer, ranging from solo to camerata. Five of them, with evocative titles, are..
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Gli Amori di Teolinda
Berliner by birth, from a wealthy family who gave him a complete education, piano prodigy, Giacomo Meyerbeer remained in the history of music thanks to his great French operas, premiered at the Paris Opera in the 1830s and 1860s, such as...
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Francesco Mancini
The exceptionalism of eighteenth-century society marked every sector of contemporary culture, promoting not solely the liberation of humanity, but also profoundly affecting science, literature, philosophy, politics, and..
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COUP DE COEUR CLASSICA
"Véritable cauchemar pour les preneurs de son, la Sonate pour deux pianos et percussion, enregistrée ici à la salle de La Chaux-de-Fonds,
bénéficie d’une des restitutions acoustiques les plus optimales depuis le duo Karl-Hermann Mrongovius et Begoña Uriarte (Wergo).
Des roulements sourds du début aux déflagrations des cymbales, en passant par les gémissements anxiogènes des timbales, la prestation
des deux percussionnistes est renversante de clarté (mixage des timbres) et de précision (attaque). Le duo Zhang-Kitamura répond par une
articulation sans rudesse (trilles) et une accentuation que l’on pourra trouver un peu édulcorée, comparée au duo Martha Argerich et
Stephen Kovacevich (Philips) ou aux soeurs Labèque (Warner), mais ne leur font défaut ni le sens du mouvement (finale renversant) ni la
cohésion des différents plans.
Dans les deux chefs-d’oeuvre pour piano seul de Bartók, Cheng Zhang, premier Chinois lauréat du Concours international de piano Clara-Haskil
en 2011, tamise l’âpreté des agrégats, fait moins ressortir l’écriture moderniste que les tournures folkloriques dans ce qu’elles peuvent avoir
de plus avenant aux niveaux mélodique et rythmique. Le programme se clôt sur une rareté : la transcription par le compositeur de la Suite de danses
pour orchestre. Son jeu décontracté s’accorde parfaitement à la teneur rhapsodique du discours, traversé de moments tendres et impétueux."
Jérémie Bigorie, Classica Magazine, octobre 2020
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The most well-known venues have already hosted the young musician: Paris Philharmonic, Musikverein in Vienna, KKL Luzern, Basel Casino, Dijon Opera, Flagey in Brussels, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Kennedy Center Washington....
The recording made in 2016 by the Claves Records label and dedicated to Gabriel Fauré, Francis Poulenc and Komitas was greatly acclaimed by critics, including the Musica Prize. She obtained a “coup de coeur” by the French-speaking Belgian Radio-Television during the 2017 Queen Elisabeth competition.
Since making the decision to establish his own trio with bassist Werner Spies and drummer Hugo Radyn in 2006, Charl du Plessis has alerted audiences to the complexities and capabilities of combining jazz and classic music. The creative possibilities of this musical unit have offered him the means to produce a wide range of music not confined by any style or genre.
One of Ireland's most successful musicians, Dubliner Finghin Collins was born in 1977 and studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O'Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. Winner of the RTÉ Musician of the Future Competition in 1994 and the Classical Category at the National Entertainment Awards in Ireland in1998, he went on to achieve major international success by taking first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has developed a flourishing international career that takes him all over Europe, the United States and the Far East.
The multi-talented musician was appointed the youngest principal flutist at the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra and at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with additional conducting responsibilities. It followed a period of full time opera and symphonic conducting.
