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New features and fidelity characterize the 39th season of the Great Interpreters with two concerts conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, the very popular former musical director of the National Capitol Orchestra.
While on Friday evening at the Halle aux Grains, Tarmo Peltokoski will conduct the Orchester National du Capitole before taking over as musical director next September, his predecessor is still in the hearts of Toulouse residents. A feeling shared by Les Grands Interprètes who entrusted Tugan Sokhiev with the direction of two concerts in their 39e season. “With immense Joy and a lot of emotion, we welcome Tugan Sokhiev twice,” comments Catherine d’Argoubet, director of the Grands Interprètes. “He will first conduct the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra which is also faithful to us before closing the season with the Staatskapelle of Dresden, a legendary orchestra, one of the oldest in the world with which he maintains a close relationship.”
The magic of Tan Dun
But it is with something new and the unprecedented arrival in Toulouse of the China National Symphony Orchestra that the Great Performers season will begin next October. “It’s a diplomatic-musical concert to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Franco-Chinese relations,” explains Catherine d’Argoubet. “It will be directed by Tan Dun with a work of his very original composition, both traditional and innovative, which transports us to a forest with bird songs recorded on mobile phones and mixed with traditional Chinese instruments. very touching”. World-renowned composer and conductor, Tan Dun won an Oscar for the music of the film “Tiger and Dragon” by Ang Lee. The magic will still be there in Toulouse with “Secret language of wind and birds (Mobile symphony poem)”.
Poetry will also be present in the captivating voice of countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, in October; in the violin by Julien Chauvin, illustrated by the choreography of Mourad Merzouki, in December; but also in the daring notes of pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, in March.
The Chucho Valdés tornado
Jazz and world music are also part of the DNA of the aptly named Great Performers with the explosive presence of Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés in March. His Afro-Cuban jazz will be punctuated by a legendary quartet with Armando Gola on double bass, Horacio El Negro Hernandez on drums and Roberto Jr. Vizcaino on percussion. The North American Kenny Barron, another jazz master, will perform as a trio in November at the Halle aux Grains. Without forgetting Samara Joy, the new reference in vocal jazz, winner of two Grammy Awards at the age of 24.
The 17 concerts of the season
Thursday October 10 : Tan Dun conducts the China National Symphony Orchestra (Tan Dun, Mozart, Stravinsky).
Tuesday October 15 : countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and the Arpeggiata Ensemble led by Christina Pluhar on theorbo (Rossi, Purcell, Monteverdi).
Tuesday November 5 : William Christie conducts the Orchestra of Flourishing Arts with soprano Sonya Yoncheva (Mozart, Gluck, Cherubini).
Monday November 18 : jazz pianist Kenny Barron performs in a trio.
Tuesday November 19 : classical pianist Maria João Pires will play her “Compagnons de voyage”.
Tuesday November 26 : Renaud Capuçon (violin), Paul Zientara (violin), Maxime Quennesson (cello), Lorraine Campet (double bass) and Guillaume Bellom (piano) plays “La Truite” (Schubert) and “Quatuor for piano and strings n° 2” ( Fauré).
Thursday December 5 : Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra with pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (Haydn, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov).
Monday December 16 : Julien Chauvin conducts on the violin the musicians of the Loge concert and the dancers of the Käfig company on a choreography by Mourad Merzouki in “The Four Seasons” (Vivaldi).
Friday December 20 : Pianist Martha Argerich and cellist Mischa Maiski (Beethoven, Schubert, Grieg).
Friday January 24 : Masato Suzuki conducts the orchestra and choir of the Bach Collegium Japan (Mozart).
Monday February 10 : Evgeny Kissin (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Gautier Capuçon (cello) perform Shostakovich.
Monday March 17 : jazz singer Samara Joy.
Tuesday March 18 : pianist Khatia Buniatishvili.
Monday March 24 : jazz pianist Chucho Valdés in quartet.
Wednesday March 26 : Sunwook Kim conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Beethoven) on the piano.
Tuesday April 29 : carte blanche to pianist Bertrand Chamayou (Liszt, Ravel, Balakirev, Glinka).
Wednesday May 28 : Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Dresden Staatskapelle with cellist Sol Gabetta (Shostakovich, Bruckner).
