Pécou, Lazkano & Nante: Piano Concertos Alexandre Tharaud

• Thierry Pécou (b. 1965): Cara Bali Concerto:
• 1 Pécou: Cara Bali Concerto: I. Vivace 11:05
• 2 Pécou: Cara Bali Concerto: II. Vivace 19:32
• Ramon Lazkano (b. 1968): Mare Marginis:
• 3 Lazkano: Mare Marginis 25:54
• Alex Nante (b. 1992): Luz de lejos:
• 4 Nante: Luz de lejos: I. Preludio 01:49
• 5 Nante: Luz de lejos: II. Toccata I 02:38
• 6 Nante: Luz de lejos: III. Anunciación - Juego 02:11
• 7 Nante: Luz de lejos: IV. Canción de amor 05:15
• 8 Nante: Luz de lejos: V. Toccata II 05:11
• 9 Nante: Luz de lejos: VI. Luz de lejos 04:36
• Total Runtime 01:18:11

Info for Pécou, Lazkano & Nante: Piano Concertos

A sequel to Alexandre Tharaud’s 2020 album of contemporary piano concertos, this release presents three recent, kaleidoscopic concertos, all composed specially for the multi-faceted French musician: Cara Bali Concerto by Thierry Pécou (born in France in 1965), Mare Marginis (nouvelle lune) by Ramon Lazkano (born in Spain in 1968) and Luz de lejos by Alex Nante (born in Argentina in 1992).

Tharaud is joined by three different orchestras and three different conductors: for the Pécou by the Orchestre national de Lyon and Jonathan Stockhammer; for the Lazkano by the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Sylvain Cambreling, and for the Nante by the Orchestre national de Lille and Emilia Hoving. “I don’t like museums, Tharaud has said, “I like works to be alive … That’s also our role, to push boundaries, to shake things up a bit.”

Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Orchestre National de Lyon (Pécou)
Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (Lazkano)
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Orchestre National de Lille (Nante)
Emilia Hoving, conductor

Alexandre Tharaud
For Harmonia Mundi, Alexandre made a series of successful and award winning recordings which included discs of Rameau, Ravel (complete piano works), Bach (Italian Concerti), Couperin, Satie. He has recorded a series of Chopin discs; the complete waltzes and twenty four preludes as well as a personal selection, Journal Intime, which marked his first release with EMI Classics. Subsequent, award winning releases include JS Bach’s keyboard concertos and a selection of Scarlatti’s sonatas.

In recent seasons, Alexandre has appeared at the Köln Philharmonie, Bern Casino, Essen Philharmonie, South Bank piano series, Rudolfinum in Prague, Krakow Philharmonic, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Cité de la Musique, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, John F Kennedy Centre and Hoam Art Hall in Seoul. His festival credits include ‘Piano aux Jacobins', La Roque d'Anthéron, BBC PROMS, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, Sacrum-Profanum in Krakow, Schleswig-Holstein and the Rimini festival.

Alexandre is a Resident Artist at the MC2 in Grenoble, and was the Artistic Director of the Amadeus festival in Switzerland in 2011.

As a soloist, Alexandre has performed with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Umea Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken,

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Taïwan National Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy and the Bolchoi Theatre Orchestra. Next season will see him perform Poulenc’s concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

His close collaboration with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras has led to invitations to perform at the most prestigious halls around the world and recordings of three successful CDs (Hungarian cello music, Arpeggione, Debussy/Poulenc).

Alexandre's adventurous approach to programming has resulted in a number of commissions and premières; he has toured extensively in Europe with his ‘Hommages à Rameau' and ‘Hommage à Couperin' programmes which feature works by the old masters interwoven with tributes by contemporary composers. May saw the premiere of Pianosong; a selection of contemporary works composed after popular songs from the 1960s-80s. He has also just premiered French composer Gérard Pesson’s new piano concerto, together with the Tonhalle.

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