2016-03-03 featured press

Somextro blogt – Kaija Saariaho: “I thought Philippe Jaroussky was beyond my reach”

2016-03-03, Somextro blogt, by Thea Derks

Saariaho at first thought Jaroussky would be beyond her reach, for he’d never sung contemporary opera before, but he accepted. When she’d finished her first opera, he was so thrilled with the way she treats his voice, that he proposed to sing the main role in ‘Feather Mantle’ too. Saariaho: “Now I can’t imagine how it could have been otherwise.”

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2016-03-02 featured press

cultureelpersbureau.nl – Kaija Saariaho over haar nieuwe opera: “Peter Sellars wordt niet op waarde geschat”

2016-03-02, cultureelpersbureau.nl, by Thea Derks

Only the Sound Remains (video Petrovsky & Ramone DNO)

Kaija Saariaho (c) Priska KettererKaija Saariaho (c) Priska Ketterer
Wel… (Ze lacht verontschuldigend) Ik vind het eerlijk gezegd de taak van de organisator aan het publiek uit te leggen dat dit interessante kunst kan zijn, al is het geen Puccini. In dit geval hebben we fantastische zangers, onder wie Philippe Jaroussky, die exceptioneel is. Ik kan me voorstellen dat veel mensen die van zingen houden naar de opera komen, ook al hebben ze a priori geen positieve gevoelens over mijn muziek. Misschien komen ze om Philippe te zien en horen.

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2016-03-01 featured press

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence on Facebook – “Souvenir en images du Festival 2015! / Video keepsake of the Festival 2015!”

2016-03-01, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence on Facebook

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2016-03-01 featured press

rhinegold.co.uk – Shortlist announced for the 2016 International Opera Awards

2016-03-01, rhinegold.co.uk, by Katy Wright

The shortlist for the 2016 International Opera Awards has been announced.

It was compiled by a jury chaired by John Allison (editor of Opera and classical music critic with the Daily Telegraph) and also including Joanna C. Lee, Joan Matabosch, Evans Mirageas, Annilese Miskimmon, Nicholas Payne, Sebastian Schwarz, Lyndon Terracini, Hugh Canning, George Hall, George Loomis and Erna Metdepenninghen.

Members of the public can cast their vote for the Readers’ Award here.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 15 May.

[…]

CD (Complete Opera)

  • Brett Dean: Bliss, ABC Classics
  • Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Opera Rara
  • Handel: Partenope, Erato
  • Nielsen: Maskarade, Dacapo
  • Smetana: Dalibor, Onyx
  • Verdi: Aida, Warner
[…]

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2016-03-01 featured press

FMQ – Sounds of shadow and light

FMQ (Finnish Music Quarterly), by Hanna Isolammi

Kaija Saariaho has composed a new opera, Only the Sound Remains, to be premiered in March. One of the significant roles is assigned to the kantele, an instrument never before used by Saariaho in her music. Playing kanteles of various sizes at the premiere will be Eija Kankaanranta, an artist known especially for her performances of contemporary music.

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2016-02-29 featured press

mdr Kultur – Meeres-Inspirationen und die Kunst des Cellos

2016-02-29, mdr, by Heidi Eichenberg und Michael Kuhlmann

Neue Alben | 29.02.2016 Meeres-Inspirationen und die Kunst des Cellos

“Cantus”

Christian-Pierre la Marca, Cello
Les Ambassadeurs
Leitung: Alexis Kossenko
CD-Bestellnummer: 88875098932
Label: Sony Classical

Bildrechte: Sony Classical

Das Violoncello als gefühlsintensives und tiefsinniges Streichinstrument – schon auf der Hülle dieser CD ist es effektvoll in Szene gesetzt: wer sie aufklappt, hat einige kunstvoll ausgeleuchtete Fotografien vor sich. Die ist der adäquate optische Rahmen für die neue CD des Franzosen Christian-Pierre La Marca aus Aix-en-Provence. Schon im Titel betont La Marca, worum es ihm geht: um das Sangliche seines Instrumentes. […]

Solistisch unterstützt wird Christian-Pierre La Marca von seinem Bruder Adrien, einem Bratschisten, sowie von der Sopranistin Patricia Petibon und dem Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.

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2016-02-29_02 featured press

Latvijas Sabiedriskie mediji – Килобайт культуры: Инга Кална поёт с всемирно известным контр-тенором Филиппом Жарусски

2016-02-29, Latvijas Sabiedriskie mediji (LSM.LV), by Андрей Шаврей (Andrew Shavrey)

Знаменитая латвийская певица Инга Кална, уже более 15 лет работающая в Гамбургской опере, накануне несколько дней гостила в Риге. Посетила премьеру оперы «Макбет», концерт пианистки Дианы Кетлер и скрипача Сергея Малова в Большой гильдии. И сообщила, что приняла участие в турне по Франции с прославленным певцом Филиппом Жарруски.
«Они спелись!», — сказала Rus.lsm.lv, смеясь, известная латвийская музыковед Ольга Петерсоне, сопровождавшая свою подругу Ингу. «Именно так!», — прокомментировала г-жа Кална.

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2016-02-28 featured press

JanJoost van Elburg on Facebook – “Some nights I feel so privileged as a conductor …”

2016-02-28, JanJoost van Elburg on Facebook

Some nights I feel so privileged as a conductor like tonight when we had our Mystery Guest Philippe Jaroussky for the cantata service in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam together with the Kabinet of Daniel Boothe. […]

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2016-02-25 featured press

forum opéra – Philippe Jaroussky passe à la musique contemporaine

2016-02-25, forum opéra, by Laurent Bury

Apparemment, l’exploration de la mélodie française – on lira demain ici le compte rendu de son disque Green – ne suffit plus à Philippe Jaroussky pour échapper au répertoire baroque. En mars 2016 à Amsterdam, il créera un opéra de chambre de Kaija Saariaho, Only the Sound Remains ; bizarrement, ce vers d’Edward Thomas a déjà servi de titre à plusieurs œuvres contemporaines, en 2007 pour le compositeur iranien Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour, et en 2010 pour le Britannique Howard Skempton.

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2016-02-29_02 featured press

Classicagenda – Christian-Pierre La Marca, du chant au violoncelle

2016-02-21, Classicagenda, by Frédéric Hutman

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Des adaptations, plus que des transcriptions, pour le violoncelle, qui s’imposaient pour celui qui chantait, enfant, dans des chœurs. Christian-Pierre La Marca évoque les autres interprètes de ce disque, son frère Adrien, Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Thierry Escaich, l’ensemble Les Ambassadeurs dirigé par Alexis Kossenko.

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