Présences 2019, de Stockhausen à Rihm : les maîtres et leurs marteaux

By Julius Lay, 14 February 2019

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“Le temps semble s'empresser et s'assouplir dans des variations de couleurs et de vitesse extrêmes”

Reviewed at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris on 12 February 2019

Matalon, Atomization, loop and freeze, pour 3 pianos et 3 percussions (création mondiale)

Dufourt, L'Éclair d'après Rimbaud (création française)

Stockhausen, Refrain

Rihm, Other (création mondiale)

Bertrand Chamayou, Piano

Vanessa Benelli Mosell, Piano

Sébastien Vichard, Piano

Florent Jodelet, Percussion

Adélaïde Ferrière, Percussion

Eve Payeur, Percussion

Martin Matalon, Conductor

Pierre Bleuse and the Singapore Symphony raise the roof again

Chang Tou Liang, 30th January

High decibel hits arrive via Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, sandwiching Liszt from Bertrand Chamayou.

****1

Fiesta! Philippe Jordan’s Spanish postcard from the Festival Ravel

Mark Pullinger, 4th September

Born to a Basque mother just ten miles from the Spanish border, Ravel excelled at authentic Spanish flavours as heard in this splendid festival concert by the Orchestre National de France.

*****

Reflections on Ravel: a three-course piano feast in Ciboure

Mark Pullinger, 2nd September

At the Festival Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Hyunji Kim perform all the solo piano works at the Église Saint-Vincent, a stone’s throw from the house where Ravel was born.

****1

Mirrors and echoes: Pierre Boulez celebrated at the Lucerne Festival

Elodie Olson-Coons, 27th August

Liv Redpath and Bertrand Chamayou shine at the Lucerne Festival in this celebration of Pierre Boulez's legacy.

****1

Beautiful but underwhelming Ravel from Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic

Nick Butters, 21st February

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, under former Associate Artist Ludovic Morlot, serve chilled Ravel at the Glasshouse, Gateshead.

***11

Boulez and Ravel anniversary celebrations launched by the BBC Phil

Peter Connors, 11th January

A rare performance of Boulez' Rituel is followed by four Ravel works, including a fine Piano Concerto in G major featuring Bertrand Chamayou.

****1

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Julius Lay

Professeur de formation musicale et de violon à l'Académie Inter-Musicale de Paris, Julius Lay est un musicien éclectique. Etudiant au conservatoire de Marseille, il y obtint son DEM de formation musicale ainsi que son baccalauréat technologique musical (TMD). Il eut son DEM de violon et de musique de chambre -notamment contemporaine- au conservatoire d'Aix-en-Provence. Il est actuellement en classe de composition électroacoustique au CRR de Paris chez Denis Dufour.