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Pascal Amoyel

PIANO

Olivier Greif

Sonate de Requiem

Harmonia Mundi, 2013

Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello
Pascal Amoyel, piano
Antje Weithaas, violin

‘I have never composed so much in my life. If I ask myself the reasons for such profusion, I realise that it is because I have nothing else in my life but music. If I stop composing, I die’, Olivier Greif wrote after finishing his Trio in 1998. This CD presents two deeply moving works by a true citizen of the world, indifferent to the aesthetic confrontations that marked the half-century of his life. 1950-2000: between these two dates lay ‘a convoluted path through shadows and light, where hope and despair are intertwined like two lianas issuing from a single stump’ (Brigitte François-Sappey).

This title was released for the first time in 2006.

GRIEF, Olivier (1950-2000)
Sonate de Requiem op.283 for cello and piano (1979-1993)
Trio for piano, violin and piano (1998)

Press

BBC Music Magazine, September 2013

Superbly committed playing ****

Le Monde, 2013

Le violoncelle pur et passionné d’Emmanuelle Bertrand, le violon délié d’Antje Weithaas, le piano profond de Pascal Amoyel livrent ici une évidence, celle d’une œuvre avec laquelle l’histoire de la musique se doit désormais de compter.

Classics Today, 2006

[...] cette Sonate de Requiem, sonnant comme un chant de l'au-delà, chant que Greif voit comme une "méditation sur la mort", musique qui se souvient, par bribes de ce qu'était le monde, à travers d'autres sons. Le sens des fulgurances des cordes, les mondes sonores créés par Pascal Amoyel sont autant de miracles au service d'une grande musique, déchirée et déchirante.

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Une leçon de piano avec Chopin

Have you ever dreamed of attending a piano lesson given by Chopin? By decoding the little-known method written by Chopin and…

Have you ever dreamed of attending a piano lesson given by Chopin?

By decoding the little-known method written by Chopin and the testimonies of his rare pupils, Pascal Amoyel, himself of Franco-Polish descent, brings him back to life in an imaginary and moving dialogue...

Following the success of his previous one-man shows (Le Pianiste aux 50 doigts, Le Jour où j'ai rencontré Franz Liszt and Looking for Beethoven) in Paris, the rest of France and abroad, this season Pascal Amoyel presents his latest musical, Une leçon de piano avec Chopin: an expert, passionate and sensitive reading of Chopin's First Ballade as a musical treasure imagined and performed by the man who in 2010 was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in Warsaw by the prestigious Société Chopin for his complete Nocturnes. As a privileged witness to this intimate transmission from master to pupil, the audience is transported by the music and storytelling of the great pianist and Victoire de la Musique winner. A must-see nugget! Find out more

Pianist Pascal Amoyel is back at the Théâtre du Ranelagh for a series of performances, and we look forward to welcoming you!

Where?
Théatre Le Ranelagh 5, rue des Vignes 75016 Paris
Subways: La Muette or Passy

When?
Thursday, November 21st, 2024 to Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Thursday to Saturday at 8:30pm and Sunday at 5pm
Additional performance Tuesday December 31 at 8:30pm