Le romantisme de Jan Lisiecki au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Nicolas Mathieu, 27 January 2020

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“une limpidité de discours qu’on ne peut qu’applaudir”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 22 January 2020

Bach, Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, (On the departure of a most beloved brother), BWV992

Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words: selection

Chopin, 2 Nocturnes, Op.27

Beethoven, Rondo Capriccio for piano in G major "Rage over a lost penny", Op.129

Mendelssohn, Rondo Capriccioso in E major, Op.14

Rubinstein, Valse-Caprice, Op.118

Chopin, 2 Nocturnes, Op.62

Mendelssohn, Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op.54

Chopin, Ballade no. 4 in F minor, Op.52

Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria

Jan Lisiecki, Piano

Wiener Symphoniker parties in style at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 3rd November

Jan Lisiecki joins Petr Popelka and the touring Wiener Symphoniker at the Concertgebouw for Grieg's Piano Concerto.

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Seoul Arts Center: Renes and Lisiecki play Beethoven and Mahler

SangKwon Lee, 10th August

After Jan Lisiecki clarifies the architecture of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Renes' Mahler felt like a letter written in the dark.

***11

An awesome Rite of Spring from Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg

David Karlin, 25th April

The Uzbek conductor shows that he's a force to be reckoned with, revealing unimaginable amounts of detail in Stravinsky's score. Jan Lisiecki gives a carefully weighted account of Mozart.

****1

Peter Oundjian bridges the centuries in Seattle

Erica Miner, 15th March

The Seattle Symphony co-commissions a new work, Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart with religious fervor, and Stravinsky's Sacre still creates an uproar.

***11

Elim Chan commands powerful Prokofiev with Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 7th March

The debutante conductor made her mark in Prokofiev, with Jan Lisiecki joining in for Mozart.

****1

Season opener places the Toronto Symphony Orchestra centre-stage

Michelle Assay, 25th September

Gustavo Gimeno kicks off the TSO’s new season with new perspectives on the familiar and not-so-familiar

***11

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Nicolas Mathieu

Après des études de philosophie à l’ENS de Lyon et de politiques culturelles à l’Université de Paris, Nicolas se tourne vers la gestion culturelle à HEC Paris. Formé aux conservatoires de Lille et de Lyon en piano et en écriture, il consacre ses projets personnels au dialogue entre la musique et les autres arts comme organisateur de ciné-concerts (S’émanciné), de lectures performées (CIE 44) et autres formats pluridisciplinaires.