Stravinsky & Corigliano Amanda Favier, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège & Adrien Perruchon

• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Concerto in D Major for violin and orchestra:
• 1 Concerto in D Major for violin and orchestra: I. Toccata 05:38
• 2 Concerto in D Major for violin and orchestra: II. Aria I 04:03
• 3 Concerto in D Major for violin and orchestra: III. Aria II 05:09
• 4 Concerto in D Major for violin and orchestra: IV. Capriccio 06:14
• John Corigliano (b. 1938): The Red Violin, concerto for violin and orchestra:
• 5 The Red Violin, concerto for violin and orchestra: I. Chaconne 16:12
• 6 The Red Violin, concerto for violin and orchestra: II. Pianissimo Scherzo 05:26
• 7 The Red Violin, concerto for violin and orchestra: III. Andante Flautando 06:34
• 8 The Red Violin, concerto for violin and orchestra: IV. Accelerando Finale 09:26
• Total Runtime 58:42

Info for Stravinsky & Corigliano

The French violinist Amanda Favier provides a crisp, fresh and very rhetorical interpretation of Igor Stravinsky’s violin concerto. The clarity of the musical discourse also characterizes the orchestral part. Far from any romantic embellishment, soloist and conductor concentrate on rhythm, flexibility and colours. Extremes are avoided as far as possible, so that the music remains elegant in all its vitality.

The original musical program of this album also includes the violin concerto The Red Violin by John Corigliano. This was initially a film music, a very good one even, which the American composer John Corigliano had written for the fascinating film The Red Violin. Then the composer drew a Chaconne from the film music. Andfinally, a complete, four-movement violin concerto was created, into which the chaconne was integrated as the first movement.

The dynamically wide-ranging, expressively romantic Violin Concerto is technically challenging, but gives the violinist ample opportunity to shine in soulful playing, as Corigliano has saved the mystical atmosphere of the film into his new work.

Amanda Favier plays the concerto with great dedication, imagination and expressiveness. Adrien Perruchon leads the orchestra from Liège in an exciting performance in which one often holds one’s breath. (pizzicato.lu)

Amanda Favier, violin
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege
Adrien Perruchon, conductor

Amanda Favier
A precocious artist, Amanda Favier played her first concerto appearance at nine years old. She is the youngest laureate ever of the International J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany, and has since collected international prizes, such as the Ifrah Neaman contest (Mainz), Louis Spohr (Weimar), Johann-Georg Pisendel (Dresden), Haverhill Sinfonia (England).

Having achieved outstanding musical studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, she received her Violin First Prize in the class of Gérard Poulet, as well as her upper level diploma with notable mention. After completing an improvement course, she learned another approach with the Slav violonist Igor Ozim (Bern) and Ifrah Neaman (London).

Amanda Favier has also been awarded with the Forthuny prize of the Académie des Beaux Arts and Berthier prize of the Palmes Académiques. Several private foundations have supported her like the Fondation Banque Populaire and the Mécénat Société Générale.

Trusted by many conductors and chamber music partners, Ms Favier hasperformed with the following orchestras: Pasdeloup, OSF, Bayonne Côte-Basque, the kammerorchester in Mainz and Leipzig, Haverhill Sinfonia Orchestra, French Republican Guards, Prague Symphony, Nuove Musiche Czech Virtuosi, Philharmonic orchestra of Moscow among others.

Frequently invited to music festivals, she performs in prestigious concert halls (Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau and Cité de la Musique in Paris, for example) and collaborates with several radio and television broadcasts.

She also presents international masterclasses, and some competitions have already invited her to be a jury member.

Amanda Favier regularly records albums for different record labels (Lyrinx, Saphir, Ligéa, Arion…)

Her recording of an innovative version of The Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi has received notable mentions: "Attention Talent" - Fnac, "Disk of the Month" - Air France, "Disk of the Month" - Women's Question, "Blow of Heart" - French music auditors (broadcast of Radio France Musique). The recording also received the coveted "Classique d’Or" – RTL.

Her last recroding « Dans la Malle du Poilu » has been issued end of 2013 wit the pianist Célimène Daudet. It is a tribute to Lucien Durosoir, French violinist and composer who was a soldier during the 1st World War. This special project has been performedmany times in France but also abroad (South America, UAE, Unites States, Europe, Isreaël, Africa) and has received the « Mission du Centenaire de la guerre 14-18 » recommendation. According to « Le Monde » newspaper,« Dans la Malle du Poilu is ranked in the Top 10 classical music album of 2014.

According to Pierre Gervasoni, Amanda Favier is the « ideal partner » for chamber music. She indeed regularly plays repertoire works but also her own projects.

Open minded and eager for new collaborations, she often combines music, poetry, litterature, jazz with actors like Brigitte Fossey, Marie Christine Barrault, François Castang or Jean Marie Machado. The special programs called : « De Venise à Venise, itinéraire d’un violon gâté », describing the history of her violin a Goffriler built in 1723 , has been played more than 100 timesthroughout France.

In 2015, Amanda has worked with the National orchestra of Belgique, with the Philharmonic orchestra of Moscow and the Chamber orchestra of Luxembourg.

She has begun to record the violin sonatas of Beethoven with Célimène Daudet (piano). The 1st part of the sonatas issued in May 2016 has been awarded by the "Choix de France Musique".

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