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À Bozar, Florian Noack subjugue dans Medtner et Antony Hermus déçoit dans Tchaïkovski

By Patrice Lieberman, 21 April 2024
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“une subtile éloquence et une beauté de son jamais prise en défaut”
Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 20 April 2024
Programme
Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Medtner, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor, Op.33
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64
Performers
Antony Hermus, Conductor
Florian Noack, Piano
Belgian National Orchestra
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Patrice Lieberman
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.