Partitura - Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Partitura Project
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Proposition de programmes Partitura
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Nathanaël Gouin, piano
Ashot Katchatourian, piano
The Partitura Project is being initiated in 2014 under the impetus of Maria João Pires. The aim of this project is to create an altruistic
dynamic between artists of different generations and to offer an alternative in a world too often focused on competitiveness. These
renowned artists, dedicated to humanistic values and wanting to pass them on, share the stage with the younger generation.
Ashot Khachatourian & Maria João Pires
Julien Libeer & Maria João Pires
Ashot Khachatourian
Maria João Pires
G. Kurtág
Játékok (Extract)
Julien Libeer
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Allegro in A minor, “Lebensstürme”, for piano 4 hands, D.947
Ashot Khachatourian
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 20 in A major, for piano, D.959
Julien Libeer
M. Ravel
Suite for piano, “Tombeau de Couperin”
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, for piano, D.960
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, for piano, D.960
Or
Julien Libeer
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Allegro in A minor, “Lebensstürme”, for piano 4 hands, D.947
Julien Libeer
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 30 in E major, for piano, op. 109
Maria João Pires
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, for piano, op. 111
Julien Libeer
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Fantasie in F minor, for piano 4 hands, D.940
Julien Libeer, piano
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Julien Brocal, piano
Lilit Grigoryan, piano
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Lilit Grigoryan & Maria João Pires
Nathanaël Gouin & Maria João Pires
Julien Brocal & Maria João Pires
Pavel Kolesnikov & Maria João Pires
Lilit Grigoryan
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Allegro in A minor, “Lebensstürme”, for piano 4 hands, D.947
Nathanael Gouin
C. Frank
Prelude, Choral & Fugue
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 21 in C major, for piano, “Waldstein”, op. 53
Maria João Pires
C. Debussy
Pour le Piano
Maria João Pires
L. van Beethoven
32 variations in C minor, for piano
Julien Brocal
M. Ravel
Miroirs
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, for piano, “les Adieux”, op. 81a
Pavel Kolesnikov
F. Schubert
Musical moments, op. 94, D. 780
Lilit Grigoryan
S. Prokofiev
Sonata No. 6 in A major, for piano, op. 82
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, for piano, D.960
Maria João Pires
L. van Beethoven
32 variations in C minor, WoO 80
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, for piano, op. 111
Or
Nathanael Gouin
F. Schubert
4 impromptus, op. posth. 142, D.935
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, for piano, D.960
Maria João Pires
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, for piano, op. 111
Pavel Kolesnikov
A. Scriabin
Toward the flame, op. 72
Pavel Kolesnikov
A. Scriabin
Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, op. 30
Maria João Pires
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, for piano, op. 111
Or
Maria João Pires
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, for piano, D. 960
Pavel Kolesnikov
R. Schumann
Fantasy in C major, op. 17
Maria João Pires
C. Debussy
For the piano, L. 95
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Programmes Récital Solo
Julien Brocal
Concertos
Julien Libeer
Concertos
J. S. Bach
Suite anglaise No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
F. Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11
J. S. Bach
Suite anglaise No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
L. van Beethoven
Concerto No. 4 in G major, for piano, op. 58
F. Chopin
Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35
W.A. Mozart
Concerto No. 12 in A major, for piano, K. 414
M. Ravel
Suite for piano, “Tombeau de Couperin”
F. Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor, for piano, op. 11
F. Chopin
24 Préludes op. 28
W.A. Mozart
Concerto No. 21 in C major, for piano, K. 467
F. Couperin
Les Barricades Mystérieuses
E. Grieg
Concerto in A minor, for piano, op. 16
Or
L. van Beethoven
Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, for piano, op. 73
F. Liszt
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
B. Bartok
Concerto No. 3 for piano, Sz. 119
S. Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, for piano, op. 18
A. Skriabin
Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, op. 30
F. Chopin
3 nocturnes, op. 15
M. Ravel
Miroirs
F. Chopin
24 Préludes op. 28
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Lilit Grigoryan
Concertos
Nathanaël Gouin
Concertos
J. Haydn
Sonata No. 52 in E flat major, for piano, Hob.XVI.52
W.A. Mozart
Concerto No. 20 in D minor, for piano, K. 466
D. Scarlatti
Sonata (to be confirmed)
W.A. Mozart
Concerto No. 24 in C minor, for piano, K.491
L. Janacek
Dans les brouillards
L. van Beethoven
Concerto No. 3 in C minor, for piano, op. 37
J. Brahms
Sonata No. 1 in C major, op. 1
W.A. Mozart
Concerto No. 21 in C major, for piano, K. 467
F. Liszt
Sonata in B minor, for piano, S. 178
E. Grieg
Concerto in A minor, for piano, op. 16
L. Janacek
Sonata « 1er Octobre 1905 »
L. van Beethoven
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, for piano, op. 19
C. Saint-Saens
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, for piano, op. 22
F. Liszt
Sonata in B minor, for piano, S. 178
J. Brahms
Concerto No. 1 in D minor, for piano, op. 15
R. Schumann
Concerto in A minor, for piano, op. 54
Or
R. Schumann
Concerto in A minor, for piano, op. 54
S. Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, for piano, op. 18
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 19 in C minor, for piano, D958
J. Brahms
Sonata No. 3 in F minor, for piano, op. 5
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F. Chopin
Concerto No. 2 in F minor, for piano, op. 21
G. Gershwin
Rhapsodie in Blue
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Ashot Khachatourian
Concertos
Pavel Kolesnikov
Concertos
D. Scarlatti
Sonata in A major, for piano, k. 212
F. Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor, for piano, op. 11
W.A.Mozart
Fantasy in C minor, KV. 396
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D. Scarlatti
Sonata in D minor, for piano, K. 213
F. Chopin
Variations on “La Ci darem La Mano”, op. 2
R. Schumann
Fantasy in C major, op. 17
J. Haydn
Sonata No. 52 in E flat major, for piano, Hob.XVI.52
L. van Beethoven
Concerto No. 3 in C minor, for piano, op. 37
J. Haydn
Sonata No. 52 in E flat major, for piano, Hob.XVI.52
F. Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, for piano, op. 23
W.A. Mozart
Concerto No. 20 in D minor, for piano, K. 466
A. Scriabin
Toward the flame , op. 72
F. Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, for piano, op. 31
S. Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, for piano, op. 18
A. Scriabin
Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, op. 30
S. Rachmaninoff
Musical moments, op 16.
S. Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, for piano, op. 30
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, for piano, op. 111
S. Prokofiev
Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, for piano, op. 7
R. Strauss
Burleske in D minor
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Or
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, «Mondscheinsonate», for piano, op. 27 No. 2
L. van Beethoven
6 variations, op. 34
F. Schubert
Musical moments, op. 94, D. 780
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, for piano, op. 22
R. Schumann
Nachtstücke, op.23
F. Schubert
Sonata No. 20 in A major, for piano, D 959
A. Scriabin
Toward the flame, op. 72
S. Prokofiev
Toccata in D minor, op. 11
A. Scriabin
Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, op. 30
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Biographies
Maria João Pires
Julien Brocal
Nathanaël Gouin
Born on 23 July 1944 in Lisbon. Played in public for the first time in 1948. Studied with
Campos Coelho and Francine Benoît, and later in Germany with Rosl Schmid and Karl
Engel.
“Poetry, spontaneity, restraint, and a profound sense of structure and awareness of
sound are rare qualities that he displays.”
Maria João Pires
“A search for the profound, extreme sensitivity combined with a great passion for music.”
Maria João Pires
In addition to her concerts, recorded for Editions Erato for fifteen years and has recorded
for Deutsche Grammophon for twenty years.
Born on 23 May 1987 in Arles, France, Julien began learning piano at the age of 5 and was
performing onstage from the age of 7. He was trained by Erik Berchot at the Conservatoire National de Région de Marseille and Rena Shereshevskaya at the Ecole Normale de
Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. During his training, he received support from the Zaleski
Foundation, the Assophie Association and the Safran Foundation. In January 2013 he was
discovered by Maria Joao Pires in a master class at the Cité de la Musique in Paris; she
invited him to develop artistic projects in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
and to participate in the birth of the Partitura Project in 2014.
Since the 70s, has devoted herself to consideration of the influence of art on life, the
community and education, seeking to discover new ways to implement these teaching
methods in society. Seeks new forms of transmission that respect the development of
the individual and of cultures, in opposition to the destructive, materialistic logic of globalisation. Created the Centre for the Study of the Arts in Belgais in 1999. Promoted this
philosophy in Salamanca and Bahia in Brazil.
In 2012, joined the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and developed two additional projects
in parallel there, the Equinox project devoted to the creation and development of choirs
of children from underprivileged environments, and the Partitura Project, the aim of
which is to create an altruistic dynamic between artists of different generations and to
offer an alternative in a world too often focused on competitiveness.
“This project is a natural extension of my research and one of the possible responses to
my greatest concern, namely the future of classical music and of those who will ensure
its continuation.”
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“I would never have believed it possible that such an endeavour could exist. The birth of
the Partitura Project is a matter of great pride and a source of profound inspiration in my
personal and artistic life. This initiative puts Maria at the head of a great altruistic chain,
with the artistic ideal of transmission and solidarity between artists and individuals in our
world. I will be committed to supporting this utopia in the process of becoming reality.”
Born in France in 1988, Nathanaël trained in piano and violin in Toulouse. He performed
in concert for the first time with the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse at the age of 10.
Thierry Huillet and Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter were his first teachers. He then continued his
training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris with Denis Pascal and Michel
Béroff, as well as Pierre Laurent Aimard and Claire Désert in chamber music.
Nathanaël has subsequently gained experience as a soloist and chamber musician; he
is interested in creation, having become involved in composition and shows based on
music.
In 2013 he met Maria João Pires at Royaumont Abbey, thanks to a project developed with
the Cité de la Musique. She invited him to become an artist in residence at the Queen
Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium and then to become part of the Partitura Project.
“My musical itinerary took an unexpected turn with the meeting with Maria Joao. My
concerns about the profession of pianist and professional musician more generally were
dissipated little by little by the profoundly humanist approach of this project. I have the
strong feeling that art in general must free itself of the cult of the individual, and transmission must be brought to the forefront of discussion in our society; the proposal that
Partitura is making to us now is the torch I want to bear through my art.”
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Lilit Grigoryan
Ashot Katchatourian
Pavel Kolesnikov
Julien Libeer
“Lilit has abundant strength, determination, a clear and assertive musical language.”
Maria João Pires
“How can I describe him? A force, a truth, an energy, a passion, a limitless talent.”
Maria João Pires
“An innate talent, fluid playing and an approach to music that is always honest, aware,
and imbued with an aesthetic ideal.”
Maria João Pires
“The complete musician, who unites, at any musical moment, a true understanding of the
piece, a solid intellectual approach and an infallible instinct for the impalpable.”
Maria João Pires
Born on 24 June 1985 in Erevan, Armenia, Lilit discovered music and art from her birth
into a family of musicians and scientists. With her first teacher Arkuhi Harutyunyan she
took her first steps with the piano, an instrument that very quickly became not only a
passion, but also a way to express her emotions and thoughts and share them with her
friends onstage. She was taught by Sergey Sarajyan at the Komitas Conservatory in Erevan and Matthias Kirschnereit at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock.
Born on 15 March 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia, into a family of musicians. He discovered
the piano at the age of 4 with his father and was performing in public from the age of
8. He trained with Valentina Nikolaevna and Elena Galustova in Armenia, then later in
Switzerland with Gérard Wyss and Elisso Virssaladze. At the Queen Elisabeth Music
Chapel he met Maria Joao Pires, who invited him to participate in the creation of the
Partitura Project.
Pavel Kolesnikov was born in Siberia into a family of scientists in 1989. At the age of 6 he
asked his parents to take him to a music school for studying violin. Taking piano as his
second instrument, only ten years later he decided to give up violin and to concentrate
solely on piano.
Born in 1987 near Brussels, Belgium, JL’s earliest musical memory was the famous documentary of Leonard Bernstein recording West Side Story.
She had a decisive meeting with Maria João Pires in 2013 at a master class in France.
An artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, Lilit is part of the
Partitura Project.
“The meeting with Maria gave me the confidence and the inspiration to transmit the
original message of the music, and the desire to become part of this community of artists
became undeniable.”
“I am happy to have found the Partitura Project through Maria João Pires. I have met
a community of enthusiastic musicians that allows me to combine joy and the sharing
of music, to be the intermediary between the public and the message of the music. The
project also allows me to expand my musical and human experience, to find philosophical
answers in life.”
He was lucky to study with many great teachers, absorbing and balancing sometimes
very different approaches. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory where he
studied with Sergei Dorensky, Nikolai Lugansky and Pavel Nersessian, he went to London
to continue education at the Royal College of Music.
“I am extremely grateful to my teachers, who gave me many things I would never achieve
without them, and I always felt that they came to my life at the right moment. At the
same time I am very ‘greedy’ for learning, and it would be true to say that I learned as
much from the musicians I never met, but who I admire – Alfred Cortot, Dinu Lipatti, Emil
Gilels, to name a few.”
Meeting Maria João Pires was an amazing play of chance and unexpected coincidences,
and became life-changing in many ways.
The piano, which he took up at age 6, quickly became the faithful companion for expressing a love of music that, until today, thrives as much on opera, orchestra and chamber
music as on the piano repertoire.
During five decisive years, French-Polish pedagogue Jean Fassina was the patient, demanding, wise teacher that any aspiring musician should have the chance to encounter.
Another inspiration to Julien has been pianist Dinu Lipatti, whose integrity, musicianship and highest ethics in art continue to be a beacon. Julien has made it into a point of
honour to defend regularly the composer Lipatti as well.
“Maria has given me a couple of answers to questions that had been haunting me for a
while. How to transmit of our cultural heritage to a younger generation? Being a part of
Maria’s Equinox project, accompanying young and often disfavored children on a weekly
basis in a choir, I’ve experienced how a musician can be useful far beyond lonely practice
and concert stages. My desire to make music based on friendship and confidence is finding its answer in the Partitura Project.”
“In Maria João I found a person who inspires me enormously, but also a person who has
an ability to bring a light onto some difficult questions that torture musicians of my generation. With her life example she made me to believe irreversibly that there is no stronger
power than sincerity, and that being yourself is the only possible form of existence – in
art same as in life.”
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Contact
Bernard de Launoit, Executive President
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Melanie Moult, Senior Manager
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Sophie van der Stegen, Project manager
GSM: +32 (0)471 77 77 13 - [email protected]
Tel: +32 (0)2 352 01 14 - Fax: +32 (0)2 351 10 24
Susie Murray, Assistant Artist Manager
Tel: +44 20 7400 1744 - Fax: +44 20 7400 1799 - [email protected]
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