Program Mezzo

Lakmé Opera in three acts by Léo Delibes (1836 – 1891) Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille after Pierre Lotti First performance in Paris, Opéra Comique, April 14, 1883 Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège, Frédéric Chaslin (Conductor) Davide Garattini Raimondi, Marie Neyrinck (Stage direction) Paolo Vitale (Sets, Lights), Arnaud Doffagne (Lights), Giada Masi (Costumes), Barbara Palumbo (Choreography) Jodie Devos (Lakmé) Philippe Talbot (Gérald) Lionel Lhote as Nilakantha Pierre Doyen (Frédéric) Marion Lebegue (Mallika) Julie Mossay (Miss Ellen) Sarah LaulanMiss Bentson Pierre Romainville (Hadji) Caroline De Mahieu (Rose) Liège, Opéra Royal, September 20, 2022

Freddie Hubbard Quintet - Berliner Jazztage Freddie Hubbard (trumpet/flugelhorn) Rick Zunagar (guitar) Larry Klean (bass) David Garfield (keyboard) Carlos Vega (drums) Berlin, Pilharmonie, 3 November 1977 Directed by Sigrid Schröder

Andy Sheppard (saxophone), Michel Benita (double bass) Jazz à Junas, 22 July 2022 Directed by Samuel Thiebaut and Camille Grateau

Amina Figarova Sextet Amina Figarova (piano) Amina Scott (Basse) Bart Platteau (Flutes) Emir Santa Cruz Hernández (Saxophone ténor) Yasek Manzano (Trumpet) Oliver Valdez Rey (Percussions) Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza, 28 January 2025

André Midani: An Insider's Story of Brazilian Music Based on his autobiography, this unique session of intimate conversations reveals the key events in the history of Brazilian music through the eyes of André Midani, who helped shape the Brazilian music scene like no other from the 1950s to the new millennium. With Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Chico Buarque, Frejat, Jorge Ben Jor, Erasmo Carlos, Boni, Fernanda Torres, Washington Olivetto, Carlos Lyra, Miúcha, Roberto Menescal, Baby Brazil, Dadi, Liminha, Nelson Motta, Carlos Diegues, Fernanda Montenegro - and many others Directed by Andrucha Waddington, Mini Kerti 2015

Accident: A family portrait Vilde Frang violin | Francesca Amante, Nataša Novotná, Maja Dworak Strømgren, Line Tørmoen, Viktor Konvalinka, Václav Kuneš, Jo Strømgren, Rostislav Novák Sen. (dead man) Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for solo violin In ‘Accident’, death comes unexpectedly and abruptly to a family that has recently been challenged by the pater familia's marriage to a younger woman. When he dies suddenly, perhaps in a car accident, it becomes extremely important for her to push forward a delayed plan for a family portrait. How to take a family photo where one of the members is no longer alive, and the rest of the family, apart from the young wife, struggle to hide their opposition to the whole project? It is a grotesque task for the photographer, who routinely does everything possible to create a good atmosphere in the studio for his clients. Directed by Jo Strømgren and Stein-Roger Bull 2021

Leeds International Piano Competition Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan (direction) JTomharu Ushida (Japan) – Medici Audience Prize winner Franz Schubert 1797 – 1828 Piano Sonata in B flat D960 Khanh Nhi Luong (Vietnam) - 3rd Prize Kate Whitley 1975 - Five Piano Pieces Sergei Prokofiev 1891 - 1953 Piano Concerto No 3 In C Major, Op. 26 Junyan Chen (China) - 2nd Prize Franz Liszt 1811 - 1886 Funérailles (from Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses) Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943 Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Minor, Op. 40 Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) - 1st Prize Maurice Ravel 1875 – 1937 Oiseaux Tristes (from Miroirs) Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Piano Concerto No 2 In B Flat Major Op. 83 Leeds International Piano Competition, 20-21 September 2024 Today we will follow the journey of three participants in the Leeds International Piano Competition. From 11 to 21 September 2024, young pianists from all over the world came to this city in central England to submit to the jury chaired by Imogen Cooper. Who among them will add their name to Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff, Lars Vogt, Sunwook Kim, or Alim Beisembayev, former winners of this competition? You will find out by listening to these three artists during the second phase, the semi-final and the final, during which they will be accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Domingo Hindoyan.