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Un Brahms sobre illumine le Victoria Hall sous les doigts de Francesco Piemontesi

By Thomas Muller, 07 October 2016
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“c’est à un romantisme mesuré auquel nous avons affaire”
Reviewed at Victoria Hall, Geneva on 5 October 2016
Programme
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian", Op.17
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15
Performers
Francesco Piemontesi, Piano
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada, Conductor
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Thomas Muller
Thomas Muller
Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.