Le retour de Lang Lang avec Eschenbach à la Philharmonie

By Nicolas Mathieu, 27 February 2020

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“Lang Lang régale d’une créativité dans le jeu constamment renouvelée”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 24 February 2020

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Overture

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.19

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Orchestre de Paris

Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor

Lang Lang, Piano

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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.