6th Mirecourt Music Festival
Many new features for this 2019 edition placed under the sign of openness, discovery and youth:
Four artists with international careers, two young soloists will offer the public the great pages of French music alongside works to discover. There will be something for everyone !
An accordionist will share the stage with Marianne Piketty on the violin for a "Sans frontières" recital at the opening of the festival. The program ranging from Central European music to the Beatles, through the great pages of tango, will reach an even wider audience in a colorful program.
Tuesday evening will be an opportunity to bring together the soloists of the festival, the teachers and students of the inter-municipal music school of Mirecourt, the choir of student luthiers and the choir A tout bout’chants, in a festive program.
Four decentralized concerts in Saint-Dié, Neufchâteau, Vittel and Dombasle-en-Xaintois will introduce an ever wider audience to classical music at its highest level.
Thus 2019 will make the festival shine on an ever larger territory and discover an often unknown repertoire in all its diversity and richness. Strong links have thus been forged over the years between artists and violin makers from Mirecur and Europe.
Guest artists
Marianne Piketty – Violoniste
"Density, passion, virtuosity, interiority, generosity": this is how the press welcomes a violinist who is developing an eclectic career where solo concerts, recitals, chamber music, original duets, great repertoire, works to discover and creations rub shoulders contemporary. Marianne Piketty is a professor at the National Conservatory of Music in Lyon and gives numerous master classes in Europe and Asia. She is the artistic director of the Rencontres Internationales de Mirecourt.
Yuliia Van – Violoniste
First prize ex-aequo at the Mirecourt International Violin Competition in 2018, special jury prize, public prize and orchestra prize: it was unanimously approved. A student of Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the University of Music in Hanover, she is continuously engaged as a soloist throughout Europe.
David Gaillard – Altiste
Wins the first prize for viola unanimously and with the congratulations of the jury, the first prize for harmony unanimously and the second prize for counterpoint at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris. He was named first solo viola of the Orchester de Paris and played in prestigious halls such as the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Salle Pleyel. He also participates in the Festival Messiaen, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, etc.
Xavier Phillips – Violoncelliste
A precocious musician, Xavier Phillips very quickly obtained the recognition of his peers. His career develops around concerts, recordings and teaching. His discographic repertoire is very eclectic: Ravel, Kodaly, Shostakovich, contemporary music, and also Armenian music. Anxious to pass on his knowledge and experience, he assists Roland Pidoux at the CNSM in Paris. His instrument is a Matteo Gofriller from 1710.
Sofya Gulyak – Pianiste
Sofya Gulyak is a winner of prestigious prizes in various renowned international piano competitions. She performs all over the world and is praised in glowing terms by the press. Its repertoire includes classical and romantic works as well as pieces by 20th century composers.
François Dumont – Pianiste
“Respectful of style, endowed with a fertile imagination, this deep, subtle performer, architect of sounds, delivers a vision where intelligence competes with spontaneity. » Winner of the biggest international competitions. He was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique in the instrumental soloist category and received the Prix de la Révélation de la Critique Musicale Française. He pursues a solid career, careless of the star system, in the strict service of his art.
Mélanie Brégant – Accordéoniste
Mélanie Brégant entered the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris in 2002, when an accordion class opened. She regularly gives solo recitals to discover the concert accordion. Holder of the Certificate of Teaching Aptitude, she is a professor at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental de Villeurbanne.
Eugénie Joneau – Soprano
This young mezzo-soprano began opera singing at the age of 20 when she entered the Lyon Conservatory to train with Pierre Ribémont. She discovers and develops different repertoires there, from the classical period to contemporary works, including lied and French melody which she particularly cherishes. In November 2018, she won the 1st prize for opera as well as the 1st prize for melody at the 25th international competition for opera singing in Mâcon.
Monday, November 11, 8:00 p.m. – Church of Dombasle-en-Xaintois
Violin and accordion: travel companions
Mélanie Brégant, accordion – Marianne Piketty, violin
Full price: €10 – Reduced price*: €5
Tuesday, November 12, 8:00 p.m. – Cinema Rio – Mirecourt
Carte Blanche at the Intercommunal Music School of Mirecourt
Full price: €10 – Reduced price*: €5
Part 1
Chorale à tout bouts d’chants, conducted by Julie Aubert
Choir of Lutheran students, direction Jean-Baptiste Brungard
String quartet: Agathe Bejerano & Yann Regnault, violins – Virginie Bourhaux, viola – Florent Bellom, cello
Part 2
Chorale à tout bout Set 21.n
Convergence Quartet
String instrumental ensemble of the Intercommunal School of Music of Mirecourt, direction Valérie Deybachs d’chants, direction Julie Aubert
Choir of Lutheran students, direction Jean-Baptiste Brungard
String quartet: Agathe Bejerano & Yann Regnault, violins – Virginie Bourhaux, viola – Florent Bellom, cello
Program consisting of original pieces composed by Claude Georgel: “ A program under the sign of the meeting, composed especially for the occasion by Claude Georgel, for Valérie Deybach and the Orchestra of the School of Music of Mirecourt, the Quatuor Convergence and XXI.n. »
3rd part
String orchestra of students and teachers from the Mirecourt intermunicipal music school.
Soloists: Mylène Barbaroux & Marie Chambré, violin – Agathe Béjérano, cello