Mozart's Requiem with Julia Lezheva at the Festival d'Art Sacré d'Antibes
Here is a small impression of the great concert with Mozart's Requiem at the Festival d'Art Sacré d'Antibes on 23 September 2022.
The Orchestre national de Cannes played and the Chœur de Region Sud sang under the baton of Benjamin Levy.
In the photo: the soloists: Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Anthea Pichanick (alto), Nahuel Di Pierro (bass), Pierre Derhet (tenor).
Music critcs` enthusiamsm about Alexander Gadjiev's new album
The music experts are unanimous in their enthusiasm and positive response to Alexander Gadjiev's new album: A. & N. Tcherepnin, Prokofiev.
This is the fourth album by the young Slovenian-Italian pianist of Russian descent, his first album on the CAvi label.
Gadjiev plays a programme of works by Nikolai Tcherepnin (Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish) and Alexander Tcherepnin (8 Pieces op. 88, Préludes op. 85 Nos. 1 & 9, 4 Préludes nostalgiques), enriched with a selection from Prokofiev's Visions fugitives and the Five Sarcasms.
Some press quotes:
„Played with such stupendous tonal sense and structural clarity“ Concerti
„He plays with a high musical commitment and fabulous pianistic superiority“ Fono Forum
„Outstandig … with great attention to detail“ PIANIST
„The Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev leads to parallel worlds with his new album“ Süddeutsche Zeitung
„Editor’s Choice“ Gramophone
„Lebrecht’s album of the week… a riveting and refreshing recital“ The Critic
„His playing is of captiviting clarity and always eloquent in the virtuoso as well as in the sensitive“ Pizzicato
Enjoy!
"Devotion to Music" - Concerto Köln and Jeanine De Bique in Bayreuth
Concerto Köln was a guest at the Bayreuth Baroque Festival on 08.09.2022. With Jeanine De Bique they presented their programme "Mirrors" at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth.
"Especially when it is presented as intimately as it was in the aria "Mi restano le lagrime" by Jeanine de Bique. In combination with the sensitive accompaniment of the orchestra, magical moments emerged." (Kurier, 09.09.2022, Roman Kocholl)
Lisa Batiashvili at NDR Kultur à la carte
Lisa Batiashvili was a guest on NDR Kultur à la carte on 05 September 2022. In conversation with Beate Scheibe, she talks of course about her current album "Secret Love Letters" and her current tour with The Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, but also about the current situation.
Of course, she also has some musical examples in her luggage.
Touching concert by Concerto Köln at the Mosel Musikfestival
On 21 August 2022, Concerto Köln was a guest at the Mosel Musikfestival. Together with the soprano Jeanine De Bique, the ensemble enchanted the audience at Machern Monastery with their programme "Mirrors":
