De Mozart à Messiaen : les sonorités inédites de l’Opéra de Nice

By Manon Decroix, 26 February 2019

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“ce programme bigarré a su présenter au public des sonorités riches et méconnues”

Reviewed at Opéra de Nice, Nice on 25 February 2019

Mozart, Violin Sonata in B flat major, K378 (K317d)

Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles: Appel interstellaire

Brahms, Trio in E flat major for Horn (or Cello or Viola), Violin and Piano, Op.40

Vera Novakova, Violin

Bruno Caulier, French horn

Roberto Galfione, Piano

Beethoven, Piazzolla et Ravel : l’Opéra de Nice entre grâce et ardeur

Manon Decroix, 24th June

À l'Opéra de Nice, Vera Novakova (violon), Zela Terry (violoncelle) et Maki Miura-Belkin (piano) proposent un concert énergique en trio.

****1

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

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Manon Decroix

Titulaire d'un master de musicologie (Université Nice Côte d’Azur), Manon mène des recherches dans le but d’améliorer la compréhension du poème symphonique romantique. Altiste et professeur d’éducation musicale, elle participe à de nombreux projets de recherche, radiophoniques et pédagogiques en France et à Monaco. Elle se passionne pour les interprétations historiquement informées.