Scientifique et facétieux Jean-Nicolas Diatkine à Gaveau

By Wenceslas Godel, 23 March 2018

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“une personnalité musicale aux mille visages”

Reviewed at Salle Gaveau, Paris on 19 March 2018

Rameau, Nouvelle Suite: Suite in A minor

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Schumann, Carnaval, Op.9

Debussy, Images, Set 1 no. 1: Reflets dans l'eau, for piano

Debussy, Images, Set 1 no. 2: Hommage à Rameau, for piano

Debussy, L'Isle joyeuse, Op.26

Jean-Nicolas Diatkine, Piano

When time stands still: the Philharmonia revisits Strauss

Jessica Duchen, 4th June

The Philharmonia, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Benjamin Grosvenor shine in the recreation of an all-Strauss extravaganza that was conducted in 1947 by the composer himself.

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Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 2nd June

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

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Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 2nd June

Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris.

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Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

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Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

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Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

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Wenceslas Godel

Issu d'une famille de musiciens et de mélomanes, Wenceslas est chercheur en mathématiques financières diplômé de Télécom ParisTech et du Master El Karoui. Pianiste amateur formé dans la tradition russe et autrichienne auprès de disciples de Mikhail Voskresensky et Samuil Feinberg, Wenceslas s’est également tourné vers la composition qui allie, tout comme les sciences, rigueur, créativité et quête d’un absolu.