Lucas debarge biography
Lucas Debargue
French pianist and composer
Musical artist
Lucas Debargue (born 23 October ) is a French pianist and composer.
Lucas debarge biography The official citation states: "The Prize of the Association of Music Critics of Moscow at the XV Tchaikovsky International Competition is awarded to a musician whose performances at the competition have become a remarkable artistic phenomenon, and whose unique talent, creative freedom, and beauty of musical interpretations have made a great impression on the audience and critics. Lucas Debargue Back to Overview. Soon after the competition Debargue was signed by Sony Classical, and recorded a live recital for his debut release with music by Ravel, Liszt, Chopin and Scarlatti in his native city of Paris. Lucas devotes a large portion of his time to composition and has already created over twenty works for piano solo and chamber ensembles.He was awarded fourth prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Early life and education
Debargue was born in Paris, France, on 23 October Growing up in Compiègne, he took his first piano lessons at the local music school at the age of 10 with Christine Muenier.[1] He stopped his piano studies at age 15,[2] as he became more interested in literature.[3] At 17, he relocated to Paris to study for a degree in Arts and Literature at Paris Diderot University, and stopped playing the piano altogether for three years.[4]
In , he was asked to play at the Fête de la Musique festival in Compiègne, and this marked his return to the keyboard.
When meeting with the celebrated piano teacher Rena Shereshevskaya, who invited him to study with her at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, he decided to become a professional musician and prepare for competitions, and graduated under her direction in [2][5]
Career
In Debargue was awarded fourth prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Special Prize of the Moscow Music Critics Association for the musician "whose incredible gift, artistic vision and creative freedom have impressed the critics as well as the audience".[6]
After the performance, Debargue was invited to play solo recitals, concerto engagements, and chamber music concerts at concert halls including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, the Theatre des Champs Elysées, the Salle Gaveau, the Milan Conservatory, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konserthuset in Stockholm, and Carnegie Hall in New York.
He has collaborated with conductors including Valery Gergiev, Andrey Boreyko, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Spivakov, Yutaka Sado, Tugan Sokhiev and musicians such as Gidon Kremer, Janine Jansen and Martin Fröst.[7]
Debargue records for Sony Classical and was awarded the ECHO Klassik prize in [8]
In a documentary directed by Martin Mirabel (Bel Air productions), Lucas Debargue&#;: To Music, was released and selected for the FIPA in Biarritz in [9][10]
In Gidon Kremer named Debargue a "Kremerata Baltica permanent guest".[11]
Compositions
- Concertino, for piano, string orchestra and drums (), premiered by the author and Kremerata Baltica in Cesis (Latvia).[12]
- Quatuor Symphonique, for piano quartet (), premiered in the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris with Eva Zavaro (violin), Adrien Boisseau (viola) and Jerome Pernoo (cello).[13]
- Trio, for violin, cello and piano (), premiered in Théâtre des Champs-Elysées by the author and David Castro-Balbi (violin) Alexandre Castro-Balbi (cello).[14]
Discography
Solo recordings
Chamber music
| Release date | Album | Partners | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November | Messiaen&#;: Quatuor pour la fin du temps | Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, Torleif Thedéen | Sony Classical |