Suzanne Lefort News
French singer (1919-1977)
- mezzo-soprano
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- opera singer
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2020-12-30 16:47:02
French violinists mourn a formidable teacher
News has come through of the sudden death of Suzanne Gessner, possibly the most sought-after violin teacher in Paris. She was due to judge the Heiftez competition in two weeks’ time. We have no biographical details at this stage. Students speak of her loving ways and her unfailing elegance. Thomas Lefort writes: Suzanne Gessner était […]
2018-11-05 17:51:36
The 12 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2018 Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Competition – in Paris, France. The 2018 Semi-Finalists are: Anna Göckel (France) Honoka Kishimoto (Japan) Thomas Lefort (France) Mayumi Kanagawa (United States) Daniel Kogan (Russia/Canada) Raphaëlle Moreau (France) Dmitry Smirnov (Russia) Arata Yumi (Japan) Misako Akama (Japan) Louisa Staples (United Kingdom) Diana […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-04-05 14:00:50
Fouchenneret/Zaoui/Merlin/LefortA muscularity and lack of preciousness in these performances bring out the subtleties in Fauré’s late works This collection of Gabriel Fauré’s chamber music is by no means comprehensive; for a complete survey, the 2011 Virgin Classics recordings, with the Capuçon brothers and pianists Nicholas Angelich and Michel Dalberto, remain the ones to seek out. In this new set (on label Aparté), from violinist Pierre Fouchenneret, cellist Raphaël Merlin and pianist Simon Zaoui, the focus is very much on the later works. The main pieces are the two sonatas for cello and piano, the Second Violin Sonata, and the Piano Trio, all of which were composed in the eight years before Fauré’s death in 1924. Presumably for completeness, the First Violin Sonata, from 1876, is also included, underlining the stylistic distance that his music travelled over the course of his composing career, together with several miniatures and three of the piano […]
2015-06-18 03:00:00
Des horizons plus vastes de la musique Française - Vol. 3
[…] Decca 452 667-2 (1996) Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Sonatine Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 12 Martha Argerich, Piano EMI 57101-3 (1978-1979) Maurice Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Arlette Chedel, Elisabeth Vidal, Audrey Michael, Isabel Garcisanz, Michel Sénéchal, Michel Brodard, Philippe Huttenlocher Choeur et Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Armin Jordan Erato ECD 75312 (1987) Maurice Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges Shéhérazade Shéhérazade (Ouverture de féerie) Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Catherine Dubosc, Marie-Françoise Lefort, Odette Beaupré, Claudine Carlson, Georges Gautier, Didier Henry, Linel Sarrazin Choeur et Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Charles Dutoit Decca 440 333-2 (1992) Maurice Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges Susan Davenny Wyner, Jocelyne Taillon, Jane Berbié, Arleen Augér, Linda Finnie, Linda Richardson, Jules Bastin, Philippe Huttenlocher, Philip Langridge Ambrosian Singers London Symphony Orchestra André Previn EMI 47169-2 (1982) Maurice Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges Ma Mère l'Oye Pamela Helen Stephen, Anne Marie […]
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