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Les classiques de l’Ensemble intercontemporain : Ligeti à la Philharmonie

By Julius Lay, 14 May 2019
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“impeccable comme toujours, la direction de Matthias Pintscher porte la pièce sans ciller”
Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 10 May 2019
Programme
Ligeti, Piano Concerto
Ligeti, Cello Concerto
Ligeti, Violin Concerto
Ligeti, Horn Concerto "Hamburgisches Konzert"
Performers
Sébastien Vichard, Piano
Hae-Sun Kang, Violin
Pierre Strauch, Cello
Jens McManama, French horn
Ensemble intercontemporain
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor
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Julius Lay
Julius Lay
Professeur de formation musicale et de violon à l'Académie Inter-Musicale de Paris, Julius Lay est un musicien éclectique. Etudiant au conservatoire de Marseille, il y obtint son DEM de formation musicale ainsi que son baccalauréat technologique musical (TMD). Il eut son DEM de violon et de musique de chambre -notamment contemporaine- au conservatoire d'Aix-en-Provence. Il est actuellement en classe de composition électroacoustique au CRR de Paris chez Denis Dufour.