A piece written with heart
A few days before the world premiere of Bernard Foccroulle’s Climbing – Dancing, La Monnaie cellist Sébastien Walnier shares his impressions on this new cello concerto dedicated to Trisha Brown.
A tombeau for trisha
Composer and former general director of La Monnaie Bernard Foccroulle explains how the late choreographer Trisha Brown served as an inspiration for Climbing – Dancing. His cello concerto, commissioned by La Monnaie, gives a contemporary touch to the final Beethoven concert of our 2018-19 cycle, with the Seventh and Eighth Symfonies.
OK, so you know that The Nose is the absurd story of a nose that begins to lead a life of its own. But did you know that Dmitri Shostakovich’s first opera features more percussion than woodwinds and brass combined? That it was created in an artistic spring between Lenin’s death and Stalin’s reign of terror that was as short as it was dazzling? Or that this production by La Monnaie will premiere a fragment recently discovered in the archives?
Sad, happy, melancholy, passionate, insane … The character of Folly occupies an essential place in baroque music. For the final recital of the 2022-23 season, Stéphanie d’Oustrac will explore the various facets of this intriguing personification in the company of Ensemble Amarillis. We sat down with the French mezzo-soprano, for an open conversation about her programme, the pleasures and perils of her profession, and the follies large and small of everyday life …
The Queen Elisabeth Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious musical competitions. It also represents a huge logistical challenge. On the occasion of this 2023 edition dedicated to the Voice, we looked into the practical issues raised by the participation of the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra in the competition …
