CONCERT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011 at 8:30 PM – Théâtre des Variétés – 1 Boulevard Albert I – Monaco
organized by CRESCENDO – Friends of Music of Monaco (Association approved by the Princely Government)
Evening program:
« ANGELS AND DEMONS »
Franz Liszt: « Music, a divine and satanic art at once — more than all others, it leads us into temptation »
J.-Y. Clément, General Commissioner of the Liszt Year in France: « This recital aims to illustrate this with three masterpieces of Lisztian piano: Benediction of God in Solitude and Mephisto Waltz, which are like the two sides of this torn vision of music, and the Sonata in B minor, a kind of admirable synthesis and conciliation of this fundamental duality; it constitutes the accomplishment of Liszt’s art, and like the perfect summary of his life as well as his quest. »
Franz Liszt (Doborjan, 1811 – Bayreuth, 1886)
- Benediction of God in Solitude
- Mephisto Waltz
- Sonata in B minor
-Maxence PILCHEN
Franco-Belgian pianist, Maxence Pilchen started playing piano at the age of three at the Talent Institute Belgium with Anne-Marie Oberreit. At the age of eleven, he won the most important competitions in Belgium, including the Young Soloists competition and was subsequently invited to perform in many concert halls.
A laureate of numerous international competitions including those in Epinal, Rome, Porto, and Barcelona, Maxence Pilchen performs concerts across Europe in prestigious venues such as the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Philharmonia in Warsaw, as well as in Asia and particularly in the United States.
Maxence Pilchen performed in honor of Byron Janis at the Nohant Festival and is invited to participate in prestigious musical events for the Liszt Year in the United States, Belgium, Israel, and France as part of the Lisztomanias.
-Jean-Yves CLÉMENT
Jean-Yves Clément was appointed by the Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand as General Commissioner of the Liszt Year in France (2011).
