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Novak Defrance décrypte les Variations Diabelli à La Roque d'Anthéron

Novak Defrance à La Roque d'Anthéron
© Valentine Chauvin
Novak Defrance à La Roque d'Anthéron
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By Alain Lompech, 14 August 2024
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“Ces Diabelli sont merveilleuses”
Reviewed at Centre Marcel Pagnol, La Roque d'Anthéron on 12 August 2024
Programme
Beethoven, 33 Variations for piano in C major "Diabelli Variations", Op.120
Performers
Novak Defrance, Piano
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Alain Lompech
Alain Lompech
Pendant trente ans, Alain Lompech, né en 1954, a été critique musical et journaliste au Monde de la musique puis au Monde, dont il a été chef des pages « Art et Spectacles » puis chef d'édition, tout en tenant la chronique « Jardins » du quotidien. Il a produit de nombreuses émissions sur France Musique, station dont il a été le directeur adjoint et chef des programmes, et où il est l'un des membres réguliers de « La Tribune des critiques de disques ». Il publie chaque mois des critiques de disques dans le mensuel Diapason. Alain Lompech a publié le premier volume des Grands pianistes du XXe siècle, chez Buchet-Chastel, et travaille à la rédaction du deuxième volume.