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Berlioz et Mahler subtils à Bozar par le BNO, Michael Schønwandt et Véronique Gens

Michael Schønwandt
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By Patrice Lieberman, 20 April 2026
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“c’est d’une main sûre que Michael Schønwandt guide l’orchestre vers le triomphe”
Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 17 April 2026
Programme
Berlioz, Les Nuits d'été, Op.7
Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor
Performers
Michael Schønwandt, Conductor
Véronique Gens, Soprano
Belgian National Orchestra
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Patrice Lieberman
Patrice Lieberman
Pratiquant le piano (puis l’alto) dès l’enfance, Patrice Lieberman - après un passage par le Conservatoire d’Anvers - combine sa passion pour la musique, les langues et la littérature en étudiant la musicologie et la philologie slave à l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, avant de se perfectionner aux universités de Pennsylvanie et Yale. Après avoir été pendant près de vingt ans critique au défunt hebdomadaire anglophone bruxellois The Bulletin, il collabore depuis 2014 à Crescendo Magazine (crescendo-magazine.be). Il a également régulièrement signé des notes de programme et des traductions pour différentes organisations culturelles, dont le Festival de Flandre et l’Orchestre national de Belgique.