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.

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Sumptuous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival finale

Phil Parker, 23rd May

Ensemble 360 and soprano Claire Booth test to the limits the definition of ‘chamber music’ in this richly orchestral closing concert of the 2026 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

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More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

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Memorable Mendelssohn from Marek Janowski and the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 21st May

Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin plays Haydn before the esteemed German maestro conducts a vibrant Scottish Symphony.

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The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

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Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

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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.