Benjamin Grosvenor au Club musical : le confort et l'indifférence

By Emmanuel Bernier, 11 March 2019

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“Grosvenor réfléchit beaucoup, trop peut-être. On sent que tout est calculé au micromètre près”

Reviewed at Palais Montcalm: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Quebec on 10 March 2019

Schumann, Blumenstück in D flat major, Op.19

Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op.16

Janáček, Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905 "From the Street"

Prokofiev, Visions fugitives, Op.22 (Sélection)

Liszt, Réminiscences de Norma, S 394

Benjamin Grosvenor, 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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Emmanuel Bernier

Emmanuel Bernier a étudié au Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec, où il a obtenu un Prix avec distinction en orgue et un diplôme d’études supérieures en chant. Il a été collaborateur au quotidien Le Soleil, en plus d’être rédacteur pour plusieurs sociétés de concerts. Il effectue présentement des études de doctorat en histoire contemporaine à l’Université Laval à Québec.