The Best of French music performed by
Pianist Michel Dalberto
& Hong Kong Sinfonietta in Le French May
“A superb pianist.” Gramophone
“Adventurous and ingenious.” The Daily Telegraph
The French piano master michel Dalberto will give two different concerts in May bringing to audience in Hong Kong the best of French music!
From “Le Petit Prince du piano” as a young winner of international competitions and protégé of the late Vlado Perlemuter, to “Le Poète du clavier”, Michel Dalberto has become a respected grand master of the musical arts the world over. Over the years, he has collaborated with renowned musicians and orchestras such as Dutoit, Masur, Henryk Szeryng, Jessye Norman, Vadim Repin, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and BBC Philharmonic and has performed at all major festivals. An active recording artist with a discography of over 40, Dalberto is the only living pianist to have recorded the complete piano works by Schubert.
15 May 2009: Michel Dalberto & the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Acclaimed French pianist Michel Dalberto will join the Hong Kong Sinfonietta on 15 May, to perform two captivating works: Fauré’s Ballade, Op 19 and Franck’s Symphonic Variations, to mark the 10th appearance of the orchestra in Le French May.
The programme on that evening also includes: Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, an orchestral suite dedicated to victims of the war, and Chinese composer Julian Yu’s witty arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, the most famous orchestral version of which was written by none other than Ravel himself.
The concert will be taken place on 15 May 2009 (Fri) 8pm at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall.
Tickets: $320, $220, $120.
23 May 2009: Michel Dalberto Piano Recital
On 23 May, Dalberto will give his first recital in Hong Kong with eminent piano works from impressionist masters Debussy, Ravel and Fauré.
The concert will be taken place on 23 May 2009 (Sat) 8pm at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall.
Tickets: $280, $200, $120.
For further information, please contact Ms Amanda Mok, Senior Promotion Officer:
Email：amanda.mok@hksinfonietta.org Tel: 2836 3336 / 9727 1808
For photos, please download from www.hksl.org/media_rooms/image_library.aspx or contact Ms Amanda Mok.
Le French May
Michel Dalberto & Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Music Director / Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Piano: Michel Dalberto
15 May 2009 (Fri) 8pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Tickets: $320, $220, $120
Programme
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Fauré Ballade, Op 19
Franck Symphonic Variations
Mussorgsky/Julian Yu Pictures at an Exhibition for chamber orchestra (Chinese première)
Michel Dalberto Piano Recital
Piano: Michel Dalberto
23 May 2009 (Sat) 8pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Tickets: $280, $200, $120
Programme
Fauré Thème et Variations in C-sharp minor, Op 73
Fauré Nocturne No 6 in D-flat, Op 63
Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
Debussy Préludes, Book 2
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Michel Dalberto Piano
Michel Dalberto first came to prominence when, between 1975 and 1978, he won the First International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, Clara Haskil Piano Competition in Vevey and first prize at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. Born in Paris in a non-musical family which took roots in Dauphiné and Italian Piemonte, he began his piano lessons at the age of three and a half. When he was twelve, he was introduced to Vlado Perlemuter, a favourite pupil of the late Alfred Cortot, and entered his class at the Paris Conservatoire where he completed his studies in nine years.
He has performed under the baton of many renowned conductors including Leinsdorf (Orchestre de Paris), Sawallisch (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande), Masur (Orchestre National de France), Dutoit (Orchestre National de France and Montreal Symphony), Colin Davis (Amsterdam Concertgebouw), Andrew Davis (London Philharmonia), Inbal (Wiener Symphony and Radio Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt), Temirkanov (Roma Santa-Cecilia) and Dausgaard (Oslo Philharmonic).
He has also performed at festivals such as Lucerne, Florence, Aix-en-Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, Grange de Meslay and La Roque d’Anthéron and has made no less than 15 visits to Japan.
As an outstanding chamber musician, Dalberto had played the ten Beethoven Sonatas with the late Henryk Szeryng and two-pianos recitals with the late Nikita Magaloff. More recently he has appeared with Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Lynn Harrell and Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. He also played duet with Boris Belkin, Vadim Repin, Nikolaj Znaider, Yuri Bashmet, Truls Mørk as well as with the baritone Stephan Genz.
From the beginning of his career, Michel Dalberto has been acknowledged as one of the foremost interpreters of the music of Schubert and Mozart. Liszt, Debussy, Fauré, Schumann and Ravel are also among his favourite musicians. He is the only living pianist to have recorded the complete piano works by Schubert.
Since 1991 he has served as Chairman of the Jury of the Clara Haskil Piano Competition which takes place in Vevey, Switzerland, every two years. He recently accepted the offer from Accademia Pianistica in Imola, Italy, to teach regularly to a selected number of outstanding students.
Also a keen sportsman, he skis in Savoy and Switzerland, where he lives, and is also an expert in scuba-diving and a devoted fan of Formula 1.
He has been awarded the Knight of the Ordre National du Mérite by the French Government in 1996.
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