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Anne-Lise Durantel • Christine Durantel • Mi-Sa Yang • Cédric Catrisse • Sébastien Renaud
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Bach Concertos pour deux claviers
Concerto en do mineur BWV 1062 Concerto en do majeur BWV 1061 Concerto en do mineur BWV 1060 |
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Sylvain Durantel
Dès son plus jeune âge, Désiré N'Kaoua,
pianiste français né à Constantine, manifeste des dons
exceptionnels qui lui permettront d'être, à 18 ans, 1er Prix du
CNSM de Paris, de se perfectionner avec Marguerite Long, Lucette
Descaves et Lazare Levy, et de devenir soliste de l'Orchestre
Philharmonique de Berlin. À 27 ans, il obtient le titre envié et
rarement décerné de 1er Grand Prix du Concours International de
Genève. II remporte également la Médaille d'Or du Concours
International de Vercelli, le 1er Prix du Concours Alfredo Casella
de Sienne, et devient Soliste d'Honneur de l’Académie de Sienne.
Dès lors, il effectue de nombreuses tournées en Europe et aux
États-Unis. Le succès que remportent ses concerts fait de lui, à
plusieurs reprises, le soliste invité par les plus grands
orchestres : l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin, de Varsovie, de
Prague, de Budapest, l'Orchestre de la Philharmonie Nationale de
Bucarest, l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, le Nouvel Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio-France, l'Orchestre de la R.A.I.,
l'Orchestre de Chambre de Berlin, etc.
Médaillé d’or du Conservatoire National de Région de Bordeaux, Hervé
N’Kaoua entre au CNSM de Paris dans les classes de
Dominique Merlet pour le piano et de Jean-Claude Pennetier pour la
musique de chambre. En 1990, il y obtient ses premiers prix (piano
et musique de chambre) ainsi que le diplôme d’analyse musicale.
Après avoir obtenu ses Premiers Prix au CNSM de Paris dans les classes de J. Ghestem, R. Pasquier et I. Golan, Éric Lacrouts profite de l'enseignement de grands maîtres tels qu'Igor Oistrak, Yvry Gitlis, Yair Kless, Hermann Krebbers, Philippe Hirshorn et Joseph Silverstein. Très intéressé par la création contemporaine, il fonde avec Damien Petitjean, percussionniste soliste de l'Opéra National de Paris, le Duo Contrastes au sein duquel est notamment créé Le déjeuner de Soleil de Lucien Guérinel. Membre de l'Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris depuis 1995, Éric Lacrouts y est actuellement Super-soliste.
The Concertos of Jean-Sebastien Bach for two keyboards were
probably created for two of the composer’s sons. Excellent
musicians, Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach took
part in the Collegium musicum (created in 1702 by Telemann) which
Bach directed at Leipzig from 1729 to 1741. The members were
mainly students of the University of Leipzig, and the concerts
took place each week at the Zimmermann Café.
From the time of his earliest childhood, Désiré N'Kaoua
proved to have exceptional musical gifts. At age 18, the French
pianist received the First Prize of the National Superior Music
Conservatory of Paris, where he attended classes with such masters
as Lucette Descaves and Lazare Levy. From the teachings of
Marguerite Long, the last student of French composer Maurice
Ravel, N'Kaoua inherited Ravel's traditions.Today, he remains one
the most genuine specialists of Ravel's music. At 18, N'Kaoua
first performed as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra, and throughout his career he has appeared with the most
prestigious musical ensembles, including the Philharmonic
Orchestras of Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Athens and “Roman”
Switzerland. N'Kaoua has also played with the Chamber Orchestra of
Berlin, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the National
Philharmonic Orchestra of Bucharest and the Lausanne Chamber
Orchestra, to name only a few. In 1988, the French musician was
officially appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite, a national
honor reserved for a select few. N'Kaoua has fulfilled his
mission. He is one of the few virtuosos to have played the
complete piano works of Ravel in the composer's birthplace at
Biarritz, France. The performance has been repeated in capitals
around the world, including Paris, London, Sophia, Bucharest,
Tokyo, etc. In 1989, N'Kaoua gave his 1000th recital. The artist
has also made numerous recordings in France and abroad, including
works by Chopin, Schubert, Mozart, Chabrier, Jehan Alain, Debussy,
Ravel and Fauré. N'Kaoua is also a contributor the reknowned music
publishing house Éditions Lemoine: among other works, he has
edited Chopin's 24 Preludes and the complete Mazurkas. The
pianist's name is mentioned in several reference books, including
the German Musicology Dictionary by Hugo Rieman, the Dictionary of
Interpreters published by Robert Laffont and Who's Who in France.
In addition to a fulfilling career as a soloist, N'Kaoua is a
respected pedagogue, with a reputation depassing France's borders.
He bas taught at the Superior Music Conservatory of Geneva,
Switzerland, and at the National Conservatory of Versailles,
France. Today, Desire N'Kaoua is currently teaching at both the
Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris and the Schola Cantorum, two ot
France's most prestigious piano schools. In France, he has created
the International Music Academy of the Pays de la Loire, a summer
music school. He is also at the origin of several competitions :
he founded the Sonata Competition of Vierzon in 1986, Guerande's
Festival Estival in 1989, and the International Competition of
French Music of Guerande in 1991. The Prime Minister of France
recently promoted Desire N'Kaoua to the rank of Officier in Ordre
National du Merite, renewing his mandate as “Ambassador of French
Music”. A gold medallist at Bordeaux Regional Conservatoire,
Hervé N’Kaoua entered the Paris National Conservatoire
in 1986 where he studied piano with Dominique Merlet and Chamber
Music with Jean-Claude Pennetier. He graduated with honours in
1990. Continuing his studies in Roland Pidoux’s Chamber Music
class. Having taught at the Ecole Nationale de Musique of Le
Havre, he is named at the Regional Conservatoire of Bordeaux in
1997. He plays widely as a soloist and in chamber music and as
given many concerts in France and abroad. He has also been invited
to participate in Juries at International Piano Competitions and
has given master classes in England, Portugal, USA as well as in
several music schools in France. After his studies at the CNSM of Paris in the classes of J.
Ghestem, R. Pasquier and I. Golan, Eric Lacrouts
benefited from the teaching of great Masters such as Igor Oistrak,
Yvry Gitlis, Yair Kless, Hermann Krebbers, Philippe Hirshorn and
Joseph Silverstein. Very interested by contemporary works, he
founded the Duet “Contrastes”, with Damien Petitjean, percussion
soloist of the National Opera of Paris. Their cooperation created
most notably “Le déjeuner de Soleil” of Lucien Guérinel. Eric
Lacrouts is currently Super-soloist in the Orchestra of the
National Opera of Paris, where he has played since 1995.
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