De Grosvenor à George Sand : du piano et du théâtre chez Berlioz

Benjamin Grosvenor dans l'église de La Côte-Saint-André

Christine Fonlupt et Céline Dupas-Hutin dans l'église de La Côte-Saint-André

By Manon Decroix, 30 August 2023

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“La pièce tout entière est gouvernée par une tension ininterrompue, un repos impossible”

Reviewed at Église Saint-André, La Côte-Saint-André on 24 August 2023

Chopin, Nocturne in C sharp minor, "Lento Con Gran Espressione", Op. posth, B 49

Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178

Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin

Ravel, Jeux d'eau

Ravel, La Valse

Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano

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Reviewed at Église Saint-André, La Côte-Saint-André on 25 August 2023

Works by Chopin

Liszt, Valse de bravoure, S214 no.1

Céline Dupas-Hutin, Actor

Christine Fonlupt, Piano

Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven

Nick Boston, 3rd February

Stylish Beethoven from Benjamin Grosvenor and dramatic Ustvolskaya from Yuriy Yurchuk, but Petrenko and the RPO’s blistering Shostakovich steals the show.

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Sinfonia of London makes international debut at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 25th November

British pianist Ben Grosvenor joins the Sinfonia of London in Amsterdam for Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto showcasing the very best of British talent

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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Pictures at an Exhibition at the Southbank

Roy Westbrook, 24th October

Benjamin Grosvenor tackles pianistic beasts by Chopin, Ravel and Mussorgsky in his Queen Elizabeth Hall recital.

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Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Dominic Lowe, 15th August

Before a searing performance of Shostakovich's Thirteenth from Ryan Bancroft and his Welsh forces, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers a terrific performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

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Benjamin Grosvenor’s Ravel sparkles in Montreal

Ian Cochrane, 1st May

The British are coming! An exciting evening of Ravel and Vaughan Williams with conductor Andrew Manze and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor in Montreal.

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High voltage Shostakovich 10 from Elim Chan and the BBCSO

Mark Pullinger, 28th February

In the 50th anniversary year of Shostakovich's death, you'll be hard pushed to hear a more thrilling rendition of the Tenth Symphony.

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Manon Decroix

Titulaire d'un master de musicologie (Université Nice Côte d’Azur), Manon mène des recherches dans le but d’améliorer la compréhension du poème symphonique romantique. Altiste et professeur d’éducation musicale, elle participe à de nombreux projets de recherche, radiophoniques et pédagogiques en France et à Monaco. Elle se passionne pour les interprétations historiquement informées.

De Grosvenor à George Sand : du piano et du théâtre au Festival Berlioz