Entre liesse et tragédie : Péter Eötvös à la Philharmonie

By Louise Boisselier, 26 October 2018

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“esprit de terroir que Péter Eötvös insuffle à l’orchestre avec tout le naturel d’un enfant du pays”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 24 October 2018

Eötvös, Alle vittime senza nome

Eötvös, DoReMi, for violin and orchestra

Bartók, Dance Suite, Sz. 77

Bartók, The Wooden Prince, Op.13: Ballet suite

Orchestre de Paris

Peter Eötvös, Conductor

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin

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Max Lima, 18th March

Under its Music Director Klaus Mäkelä, the French orchestra returns to the Concertgebouw for an exhilarating concert with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.

****1

New season, new horizons: Salonen opens the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd September

Salonen and the Orchestre de Paris opened the Elbphilharmonie season with a vivid journey from Strauss’s dramatic energy, through a reflective new Horn Concerto, to Sibelius’s luminous, precise grandeur.

****1

Rach 4 redefined: Mäkelä and Yunchan Lim set a new benchmark in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 11th June

In Yunchan Lim’s hands the score to Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto emerges as a small revelation, conspicuously succeeding where so many others have floundered.

*****

Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris paint vivid pictures in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 23rd February

Maurice Ravel the orchestrator takes centre stage at the Musikverein in an evening of descriptive aural painting.

****1

Khatia Buniatishvili in search of her lost fingers

Alain Lompech, 30th October

Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto turns out to be a shipwreck for the Georgian pianist, despite an admirable Orchestre de Paris and conductor (Kirill Karabits).

*1111

Fresh and flamboyant: Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris at the Proms

Mark Thomas, 3rd September

Klaus Mäkelä presents fresh and dynamic takes on French masterpieces from Debussy and Berlioz, the Orchestre de Paris providing colour and vigour in Stravinsky.

*****

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Louise Boisselier

Oscillant constamment entre musique et littérature, Louise Boisselier s’attache à partager l’éclectisme de ses goûts par différents vecteurs. Formée dans les classes de musicologie du Conservatoire National de Paris, elle anime régulièrement des ateliers de médiation musicale ou des visites guidées (Philharmonie de Paris), présente des concerts (Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Auditorium du Louvre), ou contribue à diverses rédactions.

Entre liesse et tragédie : Péter Eötvös dirige ses œuvres à la Philharmonie