Karina Gauvin in Debussy’s unforgettable Ariettes

By Nicolas Nguyen, 24 March 2016

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam on 22 March 2016

Scarlatti, Il Pompeo: Toglietemi la vita ancor

Scarlatti, Cara, cara e dolce

Scarlatti, L'honestà negli amori: Già il sole dal Gange

Debussy, Ariettes oubliées

Debussy, L'Enfant prodigue: Lia's aria

Britten, Les Illuminations, Op.18 no.4: Royauté

Britten, A Boy was Born, Op.3: Corpus Christi Carol

Britten, Folk Song Arrangements, Vol.1: The trees they grow so high

Britten, Les Illuminations, Op.18 no.5: Marine

Satie, Je te veux

Poulenc, Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 Ia

Bizet, Guitare

Bizet, Vingt mélodies, Op.21 no.9: Pastorale

Bizet, Ouvre ton cœur

Delibes, Les filles des Cadix

Karina Gauvin, Soprano

Maciej Pikulski, Piano

Karina Gauvin at the Concertgebouw

Nicolas Nguyen, 27th January

In Amsterdam, the Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, accompanied by pianist Maciej Pikulski, delighted the Concertgebouw audience with a varied program of English and French songs.

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Urbieta-Vega y Pikulski en un relevante homenaje a Puccini

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 16th December

En el Teatro Liceo de Salamanca, la soprano Miren Urbieta-Vega y el pianista Maciej Pikulski presentaron un excelente recital dedicado a conmemorar el centenario de la muerte de Puccini.

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Pisaroni presenta un recital genuinamente germánico

Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán, 20th June

El barítono Luca Pisaroni acompañado por Maciej Pikulski debutan en el Ciclo de Lied del Teatro de la Zarzuela, con un programa paradigmático que incluía obras de Schubert, Beethoven y Mendelssohn.

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Natalie Dessay et Laurent Naouri

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 4th February

Habituée de la Halle aux Grains et du répertoire français, Natalie Dessay retrouvait la salle toulousaine cette fois-ci accompagné par Laurent Naouri et par le pianiste polonais Maciej Pikulski.

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A rare outing for Handel's Rodelinda in Rome

Pia Maltri, 22nd November

La Lira di Orfeo and Raffaele Pe bring Handel's opera in a concert performance to the Parco della Musica.

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Rafael Payare ignites a turbocharged Beethoven 9 with Montreal's OSM

Ian Cochrane, 31st May

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Rafael Payare offer up a thrilling Beethoven 9 to close the season.

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Nicolas Nguyen

Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.

Karina Gauvin in Debussy’s unforgettable Ariettes in Amsterdam