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Lyodoh Kaneko

Favourite Sonatas

Steven Isserlis, Victor Julien-Laferrière
Thu 5 Nov 16:30 - 17:15
Main Hall
From Tue 31 Mar 12:00
Thu 5 Nov
16:30 - 17:15
From Tue 31 Mar 12:00

An overlooked Saint-Saëns and Mendelssohn’s famous Second

Program

Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata No. 2  
Pablo Casals Pastoral  
Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4  
Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 2  

Performers

Victor Julien-Laferrière cello 
Steven Isserlis cello 
Théo Fouchenneret piano  
Connie Shih piano 

No previous Biennale has seen as much Saint-Saëns as this 11th edition. After his monumental First Sonata and his Cello Concerto No. 2, the spotlight moves to his majestic Cello Sonata No. 2. Due to the technically extremely demanding nature of the piece, it’s less popular than Saint-Saëns’ Cello Sonata No. 1, but nonetheless it’s the favourite sonata of Victor Julien-Laferrière, the winner of the first Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello in 2017.  
 
Steven Isserlis will also get the opportunity to perform his favourite sonata: Cello Sonata No. 2 by his distant relative, Felix Mendelssohn. But before he does, he will finish the ‘Everything by Beethoven’ series with a performance of Beethoven’s compact Cello Sonata No. 4. 

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Steven Isserlis

Cello

Victor Julien-Laferrière

Victor Julien-Laferrière (Paris, 1990) won the first Queen Elisabeth Competition dedicated to the cello, in 2017. He started his study in Paris with Roland Pidoux en would later study with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna and Clemens Hagen in Salzburg. After winning ‘Brussels’, his career would take off. He played at the Sneak Preview of the Biennale in 2017, and played Dvorak’s cello concerto with the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018. He would later perform as soloist for, among others, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Victor also regularly performs as a conductor and is artistic director of several festivals. Victor Julien-Laferrière plays a Domenico Montagna cello with a bow made by a Dominique Pecatt.

Théo Fouchenneret

Piano

Connie Shih

Piano
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