| Music Director Emeritus/Conductor | Yip Wing-sie |
| Clarinet | Raphaël Sévère |
Programme
| Stravinsky | Concerto in D for String Orchestra |
| Copland | Concerto for Clarinet |
| Mozart | Symphony No 41 in C, K551, “Jupiter” |
Since becoming the youngest artist ever nominated for the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Classique “Révélation Soliste Instrumental” award at the age of 15, and winning the First Prize at the 2013 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère has established himself as one of the youngest yet most celebrated representatives of the French clarinet school. This April, he returns to Hong Kong and joins hands once again with Hong Kong Sinfonietta to present three beautiful programmes, one of them being this concert where he will perform Copland’s wonderfully colourful and one-of-a-kind Clarinet Concerto under the baton of Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie.
Raphaël Sévère (Clarinet)
“★★★★★”
“With technical ease and rare musical discernment.” Diapason
“The French virtuoso of the twenty-first century.” Le Monde
“Astounding technical mastery, stunning musicality and captivating sensitivity.” ResMusica
“Sévère’s is a silky clarinet tone, fully even across the range, with a satisfying flare (without blare) in the instrument’s trumpet-like upper reaches.”Gramophone
- Recipient of Diapason d’Or Award 2015
- First Prize and eight special prizes, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, New York 2013
- Youngest artist ever nominated in Victoires de la Musique Classique “Révélation Soliste Instrumental” of Year 2010
- Has performed with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, etc
- His chamber partners include quartets Modigliani, Ebène, Prazák, Van Kuijk, Martha Argerich, Boris Berezovsky, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Gidon Kremer, etc
VIEW HOUSE PROGRAMME
Featured artists:
Yip Wing-sie
(Music Director Emeritus)
Raphaël Sévère
(Clarinet)
