LES GRANDS CRUS MUSICAUX
13th July 2016
Every year, the Grands Crus Musicaux festival brings the greatest classical artists to some of the most prestigious Bordeaux chateaux for some unforgettable performances. Angélus has been a partner for three years and is delighted to be hosting one of the most impatiently awaited concerts in the 2016 programme, featuring pianist Marc Laforet with violinist Renaud Capuçon. The Angélus nave will resonate with sonatas by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven performed by these highly celebrated artists on 13th July at 8.0 p.m. with a cocktail tasting afterwards.
PIANIST MARC LAFORET
Marc Laforet is a French pianist with Russian origins, who first performed at the age of 8 at the Champs-Élysées Theatre. After winning a gold medal in Jacqueline Landowski’s class at the Boulogne Conservatory, he joined the Paris Higher National Conservatory of Music in Pierre Sancan’s class, where he was unanimously awarded first prize and went on to do advanced studies. Marc Laforet is especially recognized for the emotion he expresses as he plays and the sheer brilliance of his performances of a very wide repertoire including Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Scriabine, Rachmaninov, Jänacek, Franck, Debussy, Ravel and many others. Marc always plays works by Chopin during part of his recitals. He is considered to be one of our best Chopin pianists. Since 2003, he has directed the Grands Crus Musicaux festival, held in July every year in Bordeaux chateaux.
VIOLINIST RENAUD CAPUÇON
Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon studied at the Paris Higher National Conservatory of Music with Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds, then with Thomas Brandis in Berlin and Isaac Stern. In 1998, Claudio Abbado chose him to be “Konzertmeister” of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, enabling him to further his musical education with Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Barenboim and Franz Welser-Moest. In 2000, he was designated a Rising Star and New Talent of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique awards ceremony, and Instrumental Soloist of the Year in 2005. In 2006, he was awarded the Georges Enesco Prize by the French artists’ royalties collector and distributor, Sacem. In June 2011, he was made Chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite and Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in March 2016. He is the founder and artistic director of Aix-en-Provence’s Easter Festival and of the Les Sommets Musicaux Festival in Gstaad. He also teaches violin at Lausanne’s Higher School of Music.
