La ferveur de Stéphane Denève enflamme Flagey

By Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 08 September 2019

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“la matière orchestrale est proprement somptueuse”

Reviewed at Flagey: Studio 4, Brussels on 6 September 2019

MacMillan, Larghetto for orchestra

Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor

Brussels Philharmonic

Stéphane Denève, Conductor

Pressing the “pause life” button with Arvo Pärt in Brussels

Zenaida des Aubris, 15th May

Kristjan Järvi conducts the Brussels Philharmonic and the Vlaams Radiokoor in a programme of Arvo Pärt's music.

****1

Magisterial performance of Feldman's Rothko Chapel in Brussels

Timothy Robson, 6th November

Part of Brussels' Ars Musica festival, the concert also included a fun world premiere by Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber, and the riveting Streaming Arhythmia by Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

****1

Magnificent Rachmaninov tribute from Lugansky and Denève in Ghent

Marc Haegeman, 4th April

Nocturne may not be your dreamlike, moonlit summer night stroll, but quite a grim-visaged journey, threateningly dark with the occasional shaft of light piercing through in powerful, sonorous tutti.

*****

Luminous Beethoven and impetuous Connesson in Bruges

Marc Haegeman, 1st March

Denève and the Brussels Philharmonic launched into Guillaume Connesson’s Flammenschrift with enough excitement and energy to illuminate the whole city.

***11

An unfussy, memorable War Requiem from Noseda

Nicolas Nguyen, 11th October

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Choir and an ideal team of soloists in a memorable performance of Britten's War Requiem.

****1

Fiery, formidable Boris Godunov at the Concertgebouw

Jenny Camilleri, 8th September

This year’s NTR ZaterdagMatinee concert series in Amsterdam kicked off with a Boris Godunov that left nothing to be desired.

*****

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Valentin Gautron Lavarone

Titulaire d'une Licence de Musique et Musicologie en 2019 à Toulouse, Valentin Gautron Lavarone a commencé la musique avec le saxophone et suivi une formation de musicien d'orchestre. Il entre ensuite au Conservatoire de Toulouse en classe de chant lyrique et poursuit actuellement ses études au Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. Musicien éclectique et toujours curieux, Valentin se passionne pour la musique classique et ses interprètes. Très sensible à la musique ancienne, il porte également beaucoup d'affection à la culture romantique et post-romantique germanique, en particulier l'interprétation du lied.