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Entente cordiale: Radu Lupu and Daniel Barenboim playing Beethoven and Elgar

By Gilles Lesur, 07 July 2014
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“This is great art and it earns thunderous applause.”
Reviewed at Salle Pleyel, Paris on 3 July 2014
Programme
Elgar, Symphony no. 2 in E flat major, Op.63
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58
Performers
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Radu Lupu, Piano
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Gilles Lesur
Gilles Lesur
Tombé à l’âge de 10 ans dans la musique grâce à une manécanterie il n’en est plus jamais ressorti. Quelques années après il rejoignait un grand chœur parisien tout juste fondé avant de réussir simultanément le concours de médecine. Depuis il mène de front ces deux passions !