Great Piano Concertos: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Plays Beethoven

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Widely regarded as one of this generation’s leading interpreters of Beethoven’s works, French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has enjoyed a prolific career performing with renowned orchestras including the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Cleveland orchestras. This French May, the maestro will join Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Christoph Poppen and showcase his authoritative interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 2, in a programme which also features Brahms’s enchanting Fourth Symphony and Matthias Pintscher’s Ex Nihilo for chamber orchestra.

Music Director/Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Programme

Matthias Pintscher
Ex Nihilo (2011) (Asian première)

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat, Op 19

Brahms
Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98

 

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ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has brought music closer to the community, and achieved significant local and international recognition for its passionate performances and innovative programming. The orchestra has collaborated with an illustrious array of international musicians and groups, including in recent years Ilya Gringolts, Martin Helmchen, Sergei Nakariakov, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Krzysztof Penderecki, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta is a regular guest at international arts festivals and has toured 46 cities around the world. As an avid believer of keeping music alive and contemporary, the orchestra commissions and performs new works every year and ventures into new initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its Back On Stage concert film series and becoming the first local orchestra to appear in cinemas. Following the success of the first edition in 2018, the orchestra organised the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition in 2023, attracting applications from 45 countries/regions around the world and providing an invaluable platform for young conductors to establish their careers.