Flagey opens its classical season with two absolute gems of the chamber music repertoire: the piano quintets of Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k and Johannes Brahms. With extraordinary melodic vitality inspired by Slavic dance forms such as the dumka and the furiant, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k dispelled all doubts in his Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major after an earlier fruitless attempt in the genre. Brahms\u2019s Piano Quintet in F minor also emerged from a long search: only after unsatisfactory versions for string quintet and for two pianos did Brahms find in the piano quintet the ideal sonority for his music.
\nFor these masterpieces, an exceptional ensemble gathers around pianist Val\u00e8re Burnon, who was one of last year\u2019s revelations at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, winning Third Prize as well as the audience prizes of VRT Canvas-Klara and Musiq3. Joined by Adam Suska and Amia Janicki (violins), H\u00e9lo\u00efse Houz\u00e9 (viola), and Jorge Gim\u00e9nez (cello), all like Burnon himself trained at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, he is surrounded by the ideal musical partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Flagey opens its classical season with two absolute gems of the chamber music repertoire: the piano quintets of Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k and Johannes Brahms. With extraordinary melodic vitality inspired by Slavic dance forms such as the dumka and the furiant, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k dispelled all doubts in his Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major after an earlier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n