La préférence romantique d’Alexandre Tharaud aux Jacobins

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 15 September 2018

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“Alors que l’orage gronde au loin, le pianiste alterne passages lents chantés et traits virtuoses”

Reviewed at Cloître des Jacobins, Toulouse on 12 September 2018

Couperin, Pièces de clavecin

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op.109

Webern, Variations, Op.27

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, Op.111

Alexandre Tharaud, Piano

Tharaud and Queyras celebrate 30 years together in Paris

David Karlin, 14th April

Crisp and elegant cello and piano playing is more successful in French and early repertoire than in Brahms.

****1

Cinematic Shostakovich and jazz-tinged Ravel in Hong Kong

Christopher Halls, 4th November

A memorable evening with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, who are joined by pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

****1

Early Mozart and Britten proves the ultimate refreshment in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 4th May

In its spic and span, acoustically resonant concert venue in Zurich, the superb Zürcher Kammerorchester returned to live performances with an audience with pianist Alexandre Tharaud.

*****

Two arresting new works in Cleveland season opener

Timothy Robson, 22nd September

Pantheon, by Cleveland Orchestra oboist Jeffrey Rathbun, and Hans Abrahamsen’s Left, alone with pianist Alexandre Tharaud in his TCO debut showed the ensemble’s strengths.

****1

Shostakovich 4 glows with passion in Rotterdam

Marc Kalf, 9th December

Shostakovich proves the highlight of a variable programme in Rotterdam.

***11

RLPO joins the dance at Sage Gateshead

Jane Shuttleworth, 21st October

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasiliy Petrenko make a guest visit to Sage Gateshead, bringing their contributions by Ravel and Rachmaninov to this year's concert theme of Dance.

***11

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.