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French May Arts Festival

Great Piano Concertos:

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Plays Beethoven

Music Director/Conductor Christoph Poppen
Piano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
 

Programme

Matthias Pintscher

Ex Nihilo (2011) (Asian première)

Beethoven

Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat, Op 19

Brahms

Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98


Widely regarded as one of this generation’s leading interpreters of Beethoven’s works, French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has enjoyed a prolific career performing with renowned orchestras including the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Cleveland orchestras. This French May, the maestro will join Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Christoph Poppen and showcase his authoritative interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 2, in a programme which also features Brahms’s enchanting Fourth Symphony and Matthias Pintscher’s Ex Nihilo for chamber orchestra.

 

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (Piano)

“He conveys the audacity and cunning virtuosity that must have characterised the proud young Beethoven’s own piano-playing.” Gramophone

“Bavouzet takes us into the realm of the sublime… a reading [of Beethoven] etched in empyrean majesty. It’s high minded, lofty, inspiring, and ennobling…” Fanfare Magazine

  • Regularly works with orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic orchestras, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and collaborates with conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Gianandrea Noseda, François-Xavier Roth, Vasily Petrenko, Edward Gardner, Louis Langrée, among others
  • Bavouzet has worked closely with composers such as Boulez, Stockhausen, Kurtág, and Jörg Widmann
  • Recipient of Diapason d’Or, Choc de l’année, Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine awards



 

Christoph Poppen (Music Director/Conductor)

“Christoph Poppen brought out a broad soundscape from the orchestra.” Süddeutsche Zeitung

  • Principal Conductor, Cologne Chamber Orchestra
  • Principal Guest Conductor, Israel Chamber Orchestra
  • Artistic Director, Marvão International Music Festival, Portugal
  • Music Director, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie (2007-2011)
  • Artistic Director, Munich Chamber Orchestra (1995-2006)

 

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Ticketing
Dates & Times:

20 May 2023 (Saturday)
8pm

Venue:

HK City Hall Concert Hall

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Price:

$520, $380, $220


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Duration: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission
Age Limit: 6 (Person below this age not admitted)
Programme Enquiries: 2836 3336 / info@hksinfonietta.org
Remarks: Hong Kong Sinfonietta reserves the right to change the programme and artists

The APPRECIATE concerts are, mainly, classical concerts featuring guest artists and conductors of world renown.  Apart from performing orchestral masterpieces, Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly commissions new works and introduces to audiences works that are rarely heard in Hong Kong.

Music is good for everyone! The LEARN series takes audiences aged 0 to 88 into the world of classical music through specially designed concert series including Good Music for Babies, Good Music for Kids, Short-cut to Classical Music, Know Your Classical Music and HKS McDull Music Project.

In the light-hearted RELAX concerts, Hong Kong Sinfonietta shares with audiences great music ranging from orchestral favourites to music from movies and musicals.

The ENCOUNTER series offers unique opportunities for audiences to get close to the music and the performers through chamber music concerts, talks, often at unconventional venues or time. These include Good Music This Lunch, Good Music @ The Fringe, Beyond Good Music @ The Fringe, HKS ArtisTree Residency and UpClose Encounters.

Often referred to as “one of the world’s great small orchestras”, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has been invited to go on many TOURS in Europe, Asia, South and North Americas, sharing good music with audiences in over 30 cities.  In 2017/2018, the orchestra will make its début in Germany and perform at festivals in France, Portugal, as well as the Beethoven Easter Festival in Poland.

WHAT ELSE?  Apart from classical concerts, Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly appears in staged productions by Hong Kong Ballet, Opera Hong Kong and visiting arts groups such as The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. This season, Hong Kong Sinfonietta will also host the 1st International Conducting Competition.