Alain Altinoglu dirige une subtile Huitième de Mahler à Bozar

Alain Altinoglu dirige la Huitième Symphonie de Mahler à Bozar

By Patrice Lieberman, 09 March 2025

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“Alain Altinoglu fait toujours prévaloir un chaleureux lyrisme et une sensibilité frémissante”

Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 8 March 2025

Mahler, Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"

Alain Altinoglu, Conductor

Manuela Uhl, Soprano

Jacquelyn Wagner, Soprano

Ilse Eerens, Soprano

Nora Gubisch, Mezzo-soprano

Marvic Monreal, Mezzo-soprano

Corby Welch, Tenor

Christopher Maltman, Baritone

Gábor Bretz, Bass

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Belgian National Orchestra

La Monnaie Chorus

Flemish Radio Choir

Emmanuel Trenque, Choirmaster / chorus director

La Monnaie Children's and Youth Choirs

Benoît Giaux, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Patrice Lieberman

Pratiquant le piano (puis l’alto) dès l’enfance, Patrice Lieberman - après un passage par le Conservatoire d’Anvers - combine sa passion pour la musique, les langues et la littérature en étudiant la musicologie et la philologie slave à l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, avant de se perfectionner aux universités de Pennsylvanie et Yale. Après avoir été pendant près de vingt ans critique au défunt hebdomadaire anglophone bruxellois The Bulletin, il collabore depuis 2014 à Crescendo Magazine (crescendo-magazine.be). Il a également régulièrement signé des notes de programme et des traductions pour différentes organisations culturelles, dont le Festival de Flandre et l’Orchestre national de Belgique.

Alain Altinoglu dirige une subtile Huitième Symphonie de Mahler à Bozar