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Laure Favre-Kahn
Pianist
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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.
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Discography
- 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)
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 FavreKahn 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."
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Recitals
Recital CHOPIN
2 mazurkas
2 nocturnes
2 impromptus
4 preludes
4 waltzes
Sonata n°2 op.35
Recital
FRENCH MUSIC
Satie, Debussy, Ravel,
Bizet, Saint-Saëns,
Massenet.
Recital SCHUMANN - CHOPIN RACHMANINOV
Schumann : papillons op.2
Chopin : sonata n°2 op.35
Rachmaninov : 3 preludes
Rachmaninov : Variations Corelli
Recital «DANSES»
Haëndel, Debussy, Tchaïkovski,
Ginastera, Brahms, Granados,
Chopin, Khatchatourian, Bartók,
Piazzolla, De Falla, Bizet…
Concertos
Addinsell : Warsaw concerto
Mendelssohn : concerto in D Minor for
violin and piano with Nemanja
Radulovic
Répertoire : Piano & Orchestre
Bach :
- Concerto for 2 pianos in C Major BWV
1060
Haydn : concerto in D Major
- concerto for 2 pianos in C Major BWV
1061
Mozart :
- concerto n°12 K.414
- concerto for 3 pianos in C Major BWV
1064
- concerto n°20 K.466
- Concerto for 4 pianos in A Minor BWV
1065
- concerto n°23 K.488
- Concerto for 2 pianos K.365
Beethoven :
- concerto n°1 in C Major op.15
Prokofiev :
- concerto n°1 op.10
- concerto n°3 in C Minor op .37
- concerto n°3 op.26
- Concerto for piano, violins and cello op. Rachmaninov : concerto n°2 op.18
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Ravel : concerto in G Major
Brahms :
-  concerto n°1 op.15
Saint-Saëns : concerto n°2 op.22
Chopin : concerto n°2 in F Minor op.21
Schumann : concerto in A Minor op.54
Gershwin : Rhapsody in blue
Tchaïkovski : concerto n°1 op.23
Grieg : concerto in A Minor op.16
Poulenc : concerto for 2 pianos in D
Minor
Justine Rollet *
Violin & Piano
With Nemanja Radulovic
© Bayram Tarakci
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
© Caroline Doutre
Chopin…Confidences
Musical show produced by the pianist Laure
Favre-Kahn in tribute to Frédéric Chopin, with
the voice of Charles Berling.
Création at the Festival d’Avignon
2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI12o31UJls&sns=em
Justine Rollet *
PRESS RELEASE
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.. »
Le Dauphiné Libéré:
« Gracefully seated at her piano behind a
huge veil, Laure Favre-Kahn exalt Chopin’s
repertoire sometimes sensitively 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
Berling brings him to life, 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.. »
CONTACTS
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