SORTIE OFFICIELLE | CD “Bleu Ebène”
Quatuor Tana Antoine Maisonhaute, violon – Ivan Lebrun, violon – Julie Michael, alto – Jeanne Maisonhaute, violoncelle
Vanya Pesheva a pianist gifted with outstanding abilities including active performing and teaching activities. Her repertoire includes a variety of styles, primarily focusing on the important piano and chamber works, always interpreted with a keen emotional reflectivity and sensitivity, combined with intense expansiveness of musical expression and spontaneity of temperament. The artistic performing activity of the pianist covers to the same extent soloist and chamber sphere of music making, keeping fully the brightness of her interpretative uniqueness both in solo concerts and in terms of her partnership in various chamber ensembles. Music critics and many distinguished performers define her as: “… a bright musician with her own interpretational view, possessing all the qualities for an artistic career – brilliant technique and performer individuality” (Prof. Zheni Zaharieva); “…a musician gifted with exceptional artistic skills, technical capabilities and impressive emotionality” (Prof. Dimo Dimov); “…very mature music making with a deep understanding of the different styles in which the player invests her talent and great virtuoso brilliance” (Musical Horizons magazine). Vanya Pesheva began her intense concert activity very early, when at the age of 9 she participated in prestigious international forum Assembly “Banner of Peace” – Sofia.
This was followed by numerous awards from national and international competitions, including: the National Competition “Svetoslav Obretenov”, the National Creative Meeting for Pianists, the International Piano Competition “Dimitar Nenov”, and the International Piano Competition “Marsala” – Italy. Vanya Pesheva graduated from the music school in the class of distinguished teacher Eleonora Karamisheva and the National Music Academy in the piano class of Prof. Marina Kapatsinskaya and chamber music with Prof. D. Kozev and Prof. Dimo Dimov. In 2000, she was invited to specialize in the master class in interpretation of Prof. Carla Giudici in Rome. In his creative path of professional development, she enjoyed a great beneficial effect from the contacts with eminent musicians such as Prof. Ventsislav Yankov (Paris, France) Prof. Marcello Abbado (Italy), Prof. Dominique Weber (Geneva, Switzerland). As a pianist, she had individual classes with them and participated in their master classes. In the period 1998-1999, she taught piano in the Music Academy in Gwangju, South Korea, while at the same time had active concert activity in Seoul, Gwangju, Anyang, etc. For many years, she taught piano in the Piano Department and in the Chamber Music Department at the National Music Academy “P. Vladigerov” – Sofia.
Vanya Pesheva has successfully given concerts as a soloist with most symphony orchestras in the country. Her active performing career includes solo and chamber recitals in Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Macedonia, France, Switzerland, South Korea; records in the Bulgarian National Radio and participations in prestigious music festivals, including “March Music Days”, “European Music Festival”, “Salon des Arts”,” Sofia Summer”, “Golden Lyre”, the International Festivals of Chamber Music – Plovdiv and Dobrich, the International Festival “Laureate Days of Katya Popova” – Pleven and others.
In 2010, she realized and released a CD “Piano Sonatas” with works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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SORTIE OFFICIELLE | CD “Chic à la française”
Trio Atanassov Perceval Gilles, violon | Sarah Sultan, violoncelle | Pierre-Kaloyann Atanassov, piano
Après un premier album consacré à Dvorak et Smetana couronné par un Diapason d’Or, le Trio Atanassov fête la sortie imminente de son second enregistrement, “Chic à la française“. Les trois artistes souhaitaient célébrer ce style qui nous est si particulier, une élégance savamment recherchée alliée à un air de ne pas y toucher… Le Trio de Ravel, parfaite incarnation de ce style et pièce maitresse de ce concert, sera complété par deux autres oeuvres qu’ils chérissent tous les trois depuis leur rencontre il y a 12 ans au CNSMDP. Alors venez les découvrir et fêter cette occasion avec eux dans l’écrin art déco de la Salle Cortot !
Programme
DVORAK : Trio n° 4 op. 90 en mi mineur ‘Dumky’
SCHUBERT : Notturno en mi bémol majeur D. 897
RAVEL : Trio en la mineur
Concert suivi d’un after-dédicace en compagnie des artistes
Date : Mardi 3 décembre 2018 à 20h
Adresse : Salle Cortot, 78 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris
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Trio Atanassov
Perceval Gilles, violon | Sarah Sultan, violoncelle | Pierre-Kaloyann Atanassov, piano
The complicity uniting Perceval Gilles, Sarah Sultan and Pierre-Kaloyann Atanassov since the trio’s formation in 2007 stems from a common state of mind based on shared values: integrity, artistic demands, musical curiosity, human simplicity and a deep sense of sharing. Their demanding nature was acknowledged by the great masters of chamber music who coached the three musicians during their formative years in prestigious European institutions (Conservatoire de Paris, Vienna University, European Chamber Music Academy). According to Christoph Richter, for example: “The trio’s interpretations are built on constant research, incessant work and clear personal ideas about the works that make up their repertoire.” The craftsmanship of the three musicians, along with their unanimously praised clarity of purpose, enabled them to stand out in major competitions around the world. After coming first in the Frankfurt and Graz competitions, the Trio Atanassov earned awards in various renowned piano trio competitions including Osaka, Trondheim, Vienna (Joseph Haydn) and Weimar (Joseph Joachim). These awards became the building blocks of a career which has seen the trio perform all over Europe, from the Vienna Musikverein to the Alte Oper in Francfort, through the Wigmore Hall in London, the Ars Musica Festival in Brussels, the Sofia Philharmony or the Radio-France Festival in Montpellier as well as the Cité de la Musique in Paris. The trio’s concerts are often broadcast on European radio (stations include France Musique, ORF, HR2, RTS Espace 2, Musiq’3, BNR) and their first record (Smetana/Dvořák, Hänssler Classics 2013) garnered them a Diapason d’Or. Thanks to their insatiable curiosity, the three musicians have crafted a particularly diverse repertoire, from Haydn’s first Trios to contemporary compositions. This eclecticism enables the trio to arrange programs in which works from various time periods echo each other through a common theme.
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CLARAMANIA par Nicolas Derny
Une très très belle récompense pour le nouvel album Clara & Robert Schumann de Marie Vermeulin – pianiste qui reçoit 5 diapasons sur 5!
“Toccatina enflammée, Notturno tendrement poétique, Ballade mélancoliquement rêveuse, Polonaise aussi spirituelle que conquérante, les Soirées Musicales de Marie Vermeulin s’imposent comme l’un des plus beaux moments de l’entière discographie clara-schumannienne. La musicalité de la pianiste française va encore droit au cœur dans son tête-à-tête avec Robert (désarmantes Scènes d’enfants n°1,4,7 et 10, éloquentes Scènes de la Forêt n°1,3 et 9, fascinant Oiseau prophète). Cerise sur le gâteau, la rondeur la plénitude et la richesse du Bösendorfer superbement capté par Hughes Deschaux régalent l’oreille d’un bout à l’autre.” – Nicolas Derny
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Alice Ferrière, mezzo-soprano
Alice Ferrière got a MA’s degree with distinctions in «solo singing & opera» at the renowned University of Music and Performing Art of Vienna (Austria). She studied by Margit Klaushofer & Regine Köbler (vocal training) and by Berverly Blankenship & Uwe Theimer (opera staging & interpretation). Moreover she refined the Lied and Oratorio’s interpretation in the class of Charles Spencer.
Alice Ferrière took part in several international singing competitions and retained the jury’s and press’s attention: „Das Lied“ (Berlin), „Vokal Genial“ (Munich), „Nadia and Lili Boulanger liedduo“ (Paris). In 2016 she participated in the French Music Academy of Michel Plasson and worked on this special repertory with José Van Dam & Sophie Koch.
She is currently perfecting her vocal technique with Carol Blaickner-Mayo. Alice Ferrière already possesses a wide stage experience. During her studies she embodied in the Schönbrunn Schloßtheater the Mozart’s roles of Cherubino, Annio and Idamante, the Händel’s roles of Amastre, or Mrs Nolan (Menotti). She sung the role of Pancracio at the Musikverein of Vienna for the Premiere of „Die Höhle von Salamanqa“( Herbert Lauermann). Between 2011 and 2014 she belonged to the L.E.O.Theater Company and sung the parts of Cherubino,2. Dame and Fenena. Summer 2013 she embodied the role of Erissena (Poro, Händel) at the baroque opera Festival in Scheidegg (Germany).
In February 2015 she sung at the national opera of Graz (Austria) the part of Amastris in Xerxes production conducted by Konrad Junghänel and staged by Stefan Herheim. In 2016 she sung in Sommernachtstraum (Mendelssohn) in the national opera of Bordeaux conducted by Paul Daniel and also in the national opera of Montpellier conducted by Michael Schønwandt. In January 2018 she made her debut in the Wiener Konzerthaus in the Opera L’Europe Galante (Campra) with La Simphonie du Marais conducted by Hugo Reyne. In autumn 2018 she sung at the Opera of Limoges in Mendelssohn’s Sommernachtstraum and at the Toulon Opera in a Rigoletto production in the roles of Contessa Ceprano/ Paggio conducted by Daniel Montané and staged by Elena Barbalich.
Alice Ferrière often gives solo concerts in Austria, Reunion Island, France… Her warm and flexible mezzo voice is particularly adapted to rendition of lieder & melodies, baroque & sacred music. She collaborated many times with the austrian composer Herbert Lauermann (Alte Schmiede, National Bibliothek, Musikverein). In 2016 she worked together with Ensemble Magnétis (France), with Guillaume Fauchère & his baroque Ensemble. Moreover with her duo partner, the pianist Sascha El Mouissi, she regularly proposes recitals. Her first Melodie & lieder album titled « Nuit exquise » will be released in 2019.
In 2011 she took the initiative to create a foundation « Trajectoires » on her homeland Reunion Island to promote classical and lyrical music through concerts and special meetings.
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OPUS d’OR pour le CD PROKOFIEV
ŒUVRES POUR VIOLON ET PIANO
Kristi Gjezi (violon). Louis Lancien (piano)
Paraty 149182, Pias distribution
The famous Russian composer, Serge Prokofiev, is here on the menu, with three chamber works for violin and piano. The musicologist, Pierre-Emile Barabier, recently deceased, underlines with pertinence that: “Starting from 1933, and up to his definitive return to the USSR in 1938, Prokofiev progressively became a musician who was basically classical in form, profoundly imaginative harmonically, capable of motorically implacable explosiveness as well as an ineffable and “innocent” lyricism which were the glory of his “Soviet” ballets, Romeo and Juliette, and Cinderella. His youthful causticity and iconoclastic verve made way for an epic inspiration which make these “war” scores invaluable. In chamber music, he was only looking for difficult “challenges,” instrumental experiments, all the while attaining masterpiece status for his Sonata Nº1 for Violin and Piano Op.80.” And it is this work we hear on this disc, along with the Sonata Nº2 for Violin and Piano Op.94a, as well as the 5 Melodies Op.35 bis. Violinist Kristi Gjezi and pianist Louis Lancien share the same sense of musical discourse and their engagement is not the smallest plus of this remarkable CD. Colors, nuances, dynamics, and phrasing are masterfully and abundantly intoxicating. In short, this is a great discographic surprise by two artists whose careers need to be followed.
Jean-Jacques Millo
Translation Lawrence Schulman
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Kristi Gjezi, violon
Kristi Gjezi started playing the violin with his father Spiro Gjezi. After studying at the Conservatory of Bordeaux, he joined CNSMD Paris at the age of 13 in the class of Patrice Fontanarosa. In 2005, Kristi Gjezi won the 1st prize at the International Violin Competition of Avignon (France). In 2007, he won his degree as honour student unanimously by the jury and then joined the advanced course in the classes of Jean Jacques Kantorow and Svetlin Roussev.
In 2008, Kristi Gjezi has won a 3rd prize at the prestigious International Violin Competition Tibor Varga – Sion (Switzerland). In 2009 he won the 2nd prize this time the famous international violin competition “Pablo de Sarasate” in Pamplona. He won also on September 2013 the 2nd prize at Vth Moscow International Competition David Oistrakh.
Regular festivals and classic scenes in France (Orangery Bagatelles, Autumn Music Festival, Petit Palais, City of Music, National Archives, Festival de Toulon etc..) Also he plays in Europe (Switzerland, Spain, France, Bulgaria) in Music room and as a soloist with many orchestras (Philharmonic Orchestra Zurich, Orchestre Pasdeloup, Marseille Opera Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Navarre, Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra …)
Regular guest on France Musique (invited on the emission Gaelle Legallic «Dans la Cour des Grands»), Kristi Gjezi was also supported by Natexis Banque Populaire Foundation and received a G.B Guadagnini violin of 1784, lent by the Zilber Foundation from 2007 to 2009. He also had the opportunity to play a Gagliano 1703 lent by the same foundation a year later.
Kristi Gjezi is actually 1st violin solo of Monte-Carlo Philarmonic Orchestra. He plays a J.B. Vuillaume loaned by an anonymous donator.
Louis Lancien, piano
Louis Lancien was born on 10 December 1989. He began studying the piano at age six with Michael Wladkowski, at the Conservatoire of the 18th arrondissement in Paris. In October 2000, he entered the Angers Regional Conservatory in Hélène Desmoulin’s class, and obtained his diploma two years later. In 2002, he enrolled at the École Normale de Musique de Paris under Michael Wladkowski. In April 2003, Lancien was awarded the “Excellence Prize” at the Angers Regional Conservatory, and in September of the same year, he completed his first year at the Paris Conservatory. He was awarded a Bachelor’s in performance (“prix”, or DFS degree) in June 2007, with the highest score of all piano graduates, as well as
a degree in harmony, which he studied with Yves Henry. Lancien began studies in chamber music with Itamar Golan in 2007 and continued in 2008 with Claire Desert and Ami Flammer. He began his Master’s degree in September 2008 with Brigitte Engerer at the Paris Conservatory
(CNSMDP), and at the same time won the Blüthner prize. Lancien was a scholarship student in 2009 at the École Normale de Musique de Paris for graduate studies with Michael Wladkowski. He was the sole laureate of the “Banque Populaire” foundation (NATEXIS) in June 2010.
Lancien returned to the École Normale to pursue a “Concert Performer’s Diploma” in Michael Wladkowski’s class, and was awarded a scholarship from the Zaleski Foundation for 2010-2011. He completed the concert performer’s diploma in April 2011 and subsequently obtained his Master’s in Accompaniment at the Paris Conservatory. He was appointed pianist at the Paris School of Dance and Opera in September 2016.
Lancien won 1st prize in the Montigny les Bretonneux Competition (2003) and the French Steinway Competition (2004); 3rd prize in the Brest Competition (2002) and the Claude Bonneton Competition (2009), 2nd prize at the Mayenne Competition (2009), as well as a special prize at the final stage of the Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists in 2006.
In 1999, he played at the Minsk Opera with the conservatory orchestra of Paris’s 18th Arrondissement. In 2001, he was invited by the Jeunesses Musicales de France to play the role of “Mozart” at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, for thirty performances. In 2003, he was invited by French Minister of Education “Luc Ferry” to play in a broadcast on France’s Channel 2 television. In 2005, he portrayed Mendelssohn at the Théâtre Mogador with the Paris Orchestra.
In 2008, he had the opportunity to play a sonata recital at the Petit Palais, which was broadcast on France Musique, Radio France’s classical music network. In 2011, he gave a solo recital on France Musique.
Lancien has been invited to numerous festivals: The “Boulogne-sur-Mer International Festival”, the “Festival International de l’Enfance”, the “Chopin Festival” in Nohant, the “Festival Ars Terra”, the “Liszt Festival of Chateauroux”, the “En Artois” festival, and the Dinard Festival. He has taken part in master-classes with Jacques Rouvier, J.P. Collard, J.C. Pennetier, A.R. El Bacha and Giovanni Belucci.
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