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Label Evil Penguin |
UPC 0608917721607 |
Catalogue number EPRC 0029 |
Release date 02 November 2018 |
"Few remember the early dead pianist Dinu Lipatti as a composer. But for the 32-year-old Belgian Julien Libeer he was an inspiration from his youth on. And so he decided to juxtapose the Concertino in the classical style of Haydn and Mozart, written at Lipatti's teenage age - an interesting idea... "
Piano News, 11-4-2019Gouden combinatie
Pianist Libeer en het orkest vormen een gouden combinatie en hebben duidelijk affiniteit met deze muziek. De stukken van de grote componisten zijn enigszins terughoudend van aard, Haydns Symfonie no. 49 La Passione klinkt broeiend maar statig en Mozarts laatste pianoconcert no. 27 is bedrieglijk intiem. Deze twee iconische klassiekers zijn samengevoegd met het vrij onbekende Concertino in the Classical Style, waarin Dino Lipatti een neoklassiek licht werpt op het aloude en eerbiedwaardige idioom. Lipatti's Concertino is hoorbaar schatplichtig aan Bach en Scarlatti, maar er vallen ook zweempjes Stravinsky in de muziek te bekennen, evenals een voorproefje van Bela Bartóks muzikale taal.Oude en nieuwe muziek op oude en nieuwe instrumenten
De samensmelting van oude en nieuwe werelden doet geen afbreuk aan de muziek op dit album. Les Métamorphoses speelt gewoonlijk op moderne instrumenten, weliswaar met het grootst mogelijke respect voor de klanken uit de verschillende eeuwen. Om te zorgen voor een authentieke kleur en frisheid heeft het orkest voor dit programma ook historische houten instrumenten ingezet, als hoorns en dwarsfluiten.“The complete musician, who unites, at any musical moment, a true understanding of the piece, a solid intellectual approach and an infallible instinct for the impalpable.” - Maria João Pires
Born in 1987 near Brussels, Belgium, Julien Libeer’s earliest musical memory was the famous documentary on the recording of West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein. The piano, which he took up at age six, quickly became the faithful companion for expressing a love of music that, until today, thrives as much on opera, orchestra and chamber music as on the piano repertoire.
For five decisive years, French-Polish pedagogue Jean Fassina was the patient, demanding, wise teacher that any aspiring musician should have the chance to encounter. This experience was followed by the equally intense collaboration with Maria João Pires at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, whose advice and support strongly infl uenced Julien Libeer’s views over the last years, and continue to do so.
Julien Libeer has been a regular guest of Flagey and the Palais des Beaux- Arts in Brussels, the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), the Juventus Festival and the Abu Dhabi Music Festival. A member of Maria Joao Pires’ Partitura project, he has recently made his debut in such venues as the London Barbican Hall, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Upcoming invitations include a Japan tour and performances at the Miami International Piano Festival, among others. An accomplished chamber musician, he performs with Lorenzo Gatto, Camille Thomas, Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires, Frank Braley, to name just a few.
Julien Libeer has studied piano with Daniel Blumenthal (Royal Conservatory of Brussels), Jean Fassina (Paris), and is an associate artist of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he also specialized in chamber music with the members of the Artemis Quartet. Furthermore, he has received the advice of Dmitry Bashkirov, Alfred Brendel, Abdel Rahman El Bacha and Gerhard Schulz (Alban Berg Quartet).
He has received the Juventus prize (most promising young European soloist) in 2008, and was elected Young Musician of the Year by the Belgian Music Press Association in 2010. The Klara award 2013 was attributed to him by the audience of the national radio for classical music.
Much appreciated for his eloquence, Julien Libeer is a regular guest of media at home and abroad. His work has been subject of a TV documentary (“Technique doesn’t exist”, 2013), also available on YouTube.
Based in Brussels, he spends most of his free time reading, swimming or enjoying a good series, and is actively engaged in a number of social projects, all rooted in the idea that music, far beyond its esthetic value, can be a force of change for anyone ready to listen.
Few remember the early dead pianist Dinu Lipatti as a composer. But for the 32-year-old Belgian Julien Libeer he was an inspiration from his youth on. And so he decided to juxtapose the Concertino in the classical style of Haydn and Mozart, written at Lipatti's teenage age - an interesting idea...
Piano News, 11-4-2019
Beautifully modest design in a nice cardboard case. The booklet is easy to browse. But not only the eye, the ear will be satisfied with refreshing recordings, full of speed.
Pianist, 26-2-2019
9 Albums that deserved more attention during this past year
De Standaard, 19-12-2018
Lignes Claires and Lignes Parallèles are not only two beautiful CDs on which Julien Libeer proves himself as a master pianist, together with the beautiful ensemble Les Métamorphoses and conductor Raphaël Feye. They are distinguished by the loving commitment to the composer Dinu Lipatti. Listen to the opening part of the Concertino once and you are sold.
Opus Klassiek, 01-12-2018
***** - The music remains elegant and sparkling from start to finish, and Libeer clearly has a great affinity with it.
De Volkskrant, 15-11-2018