Théâtre des Champs-Élysées: Nikolai Lugansky

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Born the son of two Russian scientists, Nikolai Luganskys exceptional musical ability was obvious from early childhood. He started formal lessons when he was just five years old and within a decade, under the expert tutelage of Tatiana Nikolayeva, was already receiving glowing praise for his performances of both the classical and virtuoso repertoires. He won a silver medal at the 8th Leipzig International Bach Competition in 1988 and just two years later carried off the Second Prize in the Moscow Rachmaninov Competition. Lugansky's greatest triumph came, however, in 1994 when he won the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition. Since then he has leapt to international stardom with a string of celebrated concert appearances and recordings. No wonder his former mentor, Nikolayeva, referred to Lugansky as 'the next one' in an interview shortly before her death, while there are already those who see him as a vital part of the grand Russian line extending back through Neuhaus, Gilels and Richter. His technique is colossal, yet Lugansky plays with a discerning clarity and structural command that brings to mind the playing of the composer with whom Lugansky is most closely associated: Sergey Rachmaninov.
Carte blanche à Nikolaï Lugansky

Isabelle Faust, violon
Evgueni Petrov, clarinette
Alexander Kniazev, violoncelle
Quatuor Ébène, quatuor à cordes
Vadim Rudenko, piano

Bartók : Contrastes pour violon, clarinette et piano Sz. 111
Brahms : Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano en la mineur op. 114
Debussy : Sonate pour violon et piano n° 3 en sol mineur
Franck : Quintette pour piano et cordes en fa mineur
Rachmaninov : Suite pour deux pianos n° 2 op. 117