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Laure Favre-Kahn Pianist
Laure Favre-Kahn studied the piano at the Conservatoire in Avignon, before joining Bruno Rigutto's class at the Paris Conservatoire, where she was unanimously awarded a Premier Prix at the age of seventeen. At the age of twenty, she made her first recording of works by Schumann, followed a year later by a CD devoted to Chopin, both on the Arion label. In January 1999, she performed at the Midem Music Festival in Cannes as one of the ‘Revelations Classiques de l’ADAMI’. She makes regular appearances as a soloist or chamber musician in France, in Europe, in USA and in Asia. Her partner of predilection is the violonist Nemanja Radulovic. She has taken part in many important festivals : Auvers-sur-Oise, Orange (Chorégies), Bagatelle (Chopin Festival), Antibes (Festival des Jeunes Solistes), Evian (Rencontres Musicales), Reims (Les Flâneries Musicales), Montpellier (Festival de Radio France), Rocamadour (Les Eclectiques), Nohant (Rencontres Internationales Chopin), etc... Laure Favre-Kahn has guested with various orchestras: Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy, Orchestre Symphonique Français, Ensemble Orchestral de Normandie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Orchestre Colonne, Orchestre de Bretagne, Ukrainian Philharmonic Orchestra… In May 2001, she won the first price IInternational Pro Piano to New York, and gave a recital to the Carnegie Recital Hall in october 2001. After that, she’s selected as Pro Piano Artist of the Year and recording in 2003 a CD devoted to Reynaldo Hahn, for Pro Piano Records to New York (recognize by New York Times). Since 2003, Laure Favre-Kahn has recorded eight discs live for Transart Live label. Her eleventh CD is relesed the 7th may 2014 and devoted to Chopin . In July 2013 at the Avignon festival, Laure Favre-Kahn created the musical show “Chopin... Confidences“, where, alone on stage, she pays tribute to the composer, with the voice of Charles Berling. In November 2004 she became an Ambassadress to Caméléon, a charity caring for children living in the streets in the Philippines.
© Caroline Doutre
- Schumann : Fantaisie - Toccata - Papillons - Variations ABEGG - (1997)
- Chopin : pieces for piano - (1998)
- Rachmaninov : pieces for piano - (2003)
- Reynaldo Hahn : pieces for piano - (2004)
- Chopin : complete waltzes- (2004)
- Gottschalk : pieces for piano - (2006)
- Tchaïkovski & Chopin : concertos with l’Orchestre de Bretagne (dir G.Nowak) - (2008)
- Chopin : 24 preludes - (2009)
- Schumann : concerto for piano with l’Orchestre de Bretagne (dir G.Nowak) - (2011)
- « Danses » : with 13 composers - (2013)
- Chopin : sonate n°2, 4 mazurkas, 4 impromptus (2014)
Discography
Classique d’or RTL by Alain Duault “From the famous records of Dinu Lipatti’s to the ones of Jean-Marc Luisada, and not to forget Rubinstein and the others, Laure Favre-Kahn has succeeded miraculously in making us forget them all by her trendy and graceful style. She brings the humility of nostalgia and the expressive commitment of a speaking soul all together. she has a refined tone with multiple and subtle colors, an art of flexion and shading, and her phrasing comes from the heart. She is a virtuoso and poet and she knows how to make a charming sketch that leaves a long lasting impression in the hearts of people. In fact she makes us rediscover these waltzes like priceless jewels.”
Le Monde de la Musique “Rapidly repeated notes are done by the pianist Laure Favre-Kahn with a surprising virtuosity and sharp mind that only people like Nicolas Angelish, Martha Argerich or Arkadi Volodos are usually able of.”
Diapason "The young woman doesn’t need more power or fingers. Most importantly she keeps her phrases, and make her piano freely and easily sing with a full and round tone. Laure Favre-Kahn has got a true personality and an indisputable presence. This small little thing holds your attention and she prevails through risks."
Classica Répertoire "Laure Favre-Kahn seems to get something from the absolute spontaneity of Dinu Lipatti, combined with the energy that we would imagine from Martha Argerich if she was performing her plays. Definitely beautifully handled! And the revelation, or confirmation of a pianist and a musician is absolutely remarkable. A miraculous recital which rescues us like nothing else from (tears us away from) the rudeness of time and carries us in a universe filled with dreams, celebrations, turbulence, delicate confessions and nostalgia."
© Caroline Doutre
Recital SCHUMANN - CHOPIN - RACHMANINOV Schumann : papillons op.2 Chopin : sonata n°2 op.35 Rachmaninov : 3 preludes Rachmaninov : Variations Corelli
Recital FRENCH MUSIC
Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Massenet.
Recital «DANSES» Haëndel, Debussy, Tchaïkovski, Ginastera, Brahms, Granados, Chopin, Khatchatourian, Bartók, Piazzolla, De Falla, Bizet…
Recital CHOPIN 2 mazurkas 2 nocturnes 2 impromptus 4 preludes 4 waltzes Sonata n°2 op.35
Recitals
Répertoire : Piano & Orchestre
Justine Rollet *
Addinsell : Warsaw concerto Bach : - Concerto for 2 pianos in C Major BWV 1060 - concerto for 2 pianos in C Major BWV 1061 - concerto for 3 pianos in C Major BWV 1064 - Concerto for 4 pianos in A Minor BWV 1065 Beethoven : - concerto n°1 in C Major op.15 - concerto n°3 in C Minor op .37 - Concerto for piano, violins and cello op.56 Brahms : - concerto n°1 op.15 Chopin : concerto n°2 in F Minor op.21 Gershwin : Rhapsody in blue Grieg : concerto in A Minor op.16
Mendelssohn : concerto in D Minor for violin and piano with Nemanja Radulovic Haydn : concerto in D Major Mozart : - concerto n°12 K.414 - concerto n°20 K.466 - concerto n°23 K.488 - Concerto for 2 pianos K.365 Prokofiev : - concerto n°1 op.10 - concerto n°3 op.26 Rachmaninov : concerto n°2 op.18 Ravel : concerto in G Major Saint-Saëns : concerto n°2 op.22 Schumann : concerto in A Minor op.54 Tchaïkovski : concerto n°1 op.23 Poulenc : concerto for 2 pianos in D Minor
Concertos
Violin & Piano With Nemanja Radulovic
Recital
Kreisler : Prelude and Allegro
Grieg : Sonate n°3
Franck : Sonate in A Major
Saint-Saëns : Rondo Capriccioso
Concerto
Mendelssohn : Concerto for violin, piano and string orchestra
in D Minor
© Bayram Tarakci
© Caroline Doutre
Justine Rollet *
Musical show produced by the pianist Laure Favre-Kahn in tribute to Frédéric Chopin, with the voice of Charles Berling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI12o31UJls&sns=em Création at the Festival d’Avignon 2013
Chopin…Confidences
Le Dauphiné Libéré: « Gracefully seated at her piano behind a huge veil, Laure Favre-Kahn exalt Chopin’s reperto i re somet imes sens i t ive ly and sometimes very softly. On the same veil, Chopin appears at the whim of his travels, of his meeting, sometimes with pictures, sometimes around a piano; where Charles Berl ing brings him to l i fe, and those confidences taken from his letters makes him appears more alive than ever. Private and touching, Chopin has found the performers he can’t see but they are so devoted that he can be posthumously proud. » Le Rideau : « Laure Favre-Kahn is at the origin of the project, and sits down at the piano and plays Chopin with some eloquence while Charle Berling comes to tremendously read parts of letters of the French-polish musician.. »
La Provence : « An unusual and fascinating show mixing live music and video… A surprising voice, the one of Charles Berling » « Beautiful show “Chopin… Confidences” ends on a poignant interpretation of “La Marche Funèbre” from the 2nd sonata. Goosebumps guaranteed !! » Les Trois Coups : «A musical portrait, personal and passionate… Laure Favre-Kahn is seated down at her piano lighted by a candle, behing an huge tulle on which pictures, Chopin’s portraits and illustrations of places he knew were been projected… Laure Favre-Kahn plays wonderfully mazurkas, preludes other nocturnes. For each piece, the atmosphere changes, and their performance falls under something like exploration, a fight, an act of tightrope-walker. We can easily figure out how Chopin’s music is expressing anger, melancholy and joy… which embraced him during different periods of his life.. »
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CONTACTS
LAURE FAVRE-KAHN
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PRODUCTION
Octobus Production Raphaël Zolet
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BOOKING / PRODUCER Octobus Production Florence Levasseur
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PRESS AGENT
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