Wanderer aux mains d’argile, Elisabeth Leonskaja émeut le TCE

By Tristan Labouret, 29 November 2018

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“le souffle voyageur de Leonskaja emporte tout sur son passage”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 27 November 2018

Schubert, Fragments of a Sonata in E major, D.459

Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces Op.19

Schubert, Fantasia in C major "Wanderer Fantasy", D.760

Webern, Variations, Op.27

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960

Schubert, Impromptu no. 3 in G flat major, D.899

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano

Batons and broomsticks with Joana Mallwitz in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 22nd February

A folk-centred programme delights Berlin's Konzerthaus under the conducting of Joana Mallwitz – with the special participation of soloist Elisabeth Leonskaja.

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Leonskaja and the Staatskapelle Streichquartett at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 20th September

The contrasts in Brahms' two early piano quartets are highlighted by side by members of the Staatskapelle Streichquartett and Elisabeth Leonskaja.

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An unforgettable musical experience at the Ragged School Museum

Chris Garlick, 4th October

The final event of the Ragged School Museum Festival saw a programme of Brahms and Shostakovich in the wonderful Victorian museum, tucked away at the heart of the East End.

*****

Beethoven or bust: anniversary series launched at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 15th September

Early and late Beethoven in the closing two recitals of Wigmore Hall's Beethoven Festival Weekend.

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Leonskaja's Schubert thrills the Pierre Boulez Saal

David Karlin, 22nd November

A pair of A minor sonatas demonstrate the composer's evolution over his lifetime; the Wanderer Fantasy shows the pianist's mastery of phrasing.

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Mediocre Beethoven but brilliant Shostakovich from the SCO

Simon Thompson, 1st February

The SCO’s strings play as though they had an insight into the composer’s psyche that few could share.

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.