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Ivor Bolton, Ioulia Lejneva et le Belgian National Orchestra enchantent Bozar

Ioulia Lejneva
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Ivor Bolton
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By Patrice Lieberman, 27 April 2025
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“un Mozart énergique et ferme mais sans brutalité”
Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 25 April 2025
Programme
Haydn, Symphony no. 60 in C major, "Il distratto",
Haydn, Berenice, che fai, Hob XXIVa:10, cantata for soprano & orchestra
Beethoven, Ah! perfido, Op.65
Mozart, Symphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551
Performers
Belgian National Orchestra
Ivor Bolton, Conductor
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
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Ah! perfido, Op.65Belgian National OrchestraBerenice, che fai, Hob XXIVa:10, cantata for soprano & orchestraIvor BoltonJoseph HaydnJulia LezhnevaLudwig van BeethovenSymphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551Symphony no. 60 in C major, "Il distratto",Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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.