The program of this recital explores the 19th and 20th centuries’most celebrated works for trumpet and piano in alternance with solo piano pieces. These different works allow to discover a kaleidoscopic palette of emotions and characters.

 

From the romanticism of Oskar Böhme, Frederic Chopin and Willy Brandt to the refinement of the music of Georges Enesco and the French composers Joseph-Guy Ropartz, Claude Debussy and Jean-Baptiste Arban, this program is an exhilarating journey that surprises and enthralls the listener with tender lyricism, powerful sonorities and stunning virtuosity. 

In this program, the listener can listen to different trumpets (trumpet in B and C, as well as the Cornet), each of these instruments having an unique sound adapted to the performed music.

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Trumpet and Horn: David Guerrier
David Guerrier began to play the trumpet at the age of seven, and received in June 2000 an unanimous First Prize with a special mention for excellence at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. He began later on to study horn in the same Conservatoire. David Guerrier participated in many summer tours (Orchestre de la Méditerranée under Henri Gallois in 1998, EU Youth Orchestra under Sir Colins Davis and Bernard Haitink in 1999 and under Vladimir Ashkenazy in 2000), including the 3rd XXth Century Music Academy under Pierre Boulez 
and David Robertson in July 1999. 

 

As a soloist, he performed with many prestigious orchestras : Orchestre National de Bordeaux under Hans Graf, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris with John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Christian Zacharias, Orchestre National de France with Yoel Levi and Kurt Masur, Lille Orchestra with Thierry Fischer and Theodor Guschlbauer, Orchestre National de Lyon with Hugh Wolff and Jun Märkl, Marseille, Pau, Pays de Savoie, Picardie orchestras, the Ensemble Matheus and J.-C. Spinosi, Barcelone Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg under Emmanuel Krivine, Belgrade Philharmonic and Gabriel Chmura, Skopje, NDR Hannover, Wiener Symphoniker/Fedosseyev, Orchestre d’Euskadi/ Paul McCreesh, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Janowski and in festivals such as Colmar, Divonne, Saint-Denis, Strasbourg, la Roque d’Anthéron, Rheingau, Mecklemburg-Vorpommern, Verbier, Rheingau. 

 

In December 2011, he toured in Europe with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and Martha Argerich.David Guerrier was awarded many times : In October 2000, he received the First Prize at the Maurice André International Competition in Paris, and in September 2001, the First Prize at the Philys Jones International Competition (Guebwiller) with the Quintett Turbulences. In January 
2003 he received at the “Midem” in Cannes the Prize AFAA (Association Française d’Action Artistique) and won the “Young Concert Artists Auditions” in New York. In 2003 he got the first prize at the ARD Competition in Munich. The last trumpetist who received this prize was Maurice André 40 years ago. In 2004 and 2007, he received the “Victoire du Soliste Instrumental” at the French “Victoires de la Musique”. Virgin Classics / Erato Discography: Camille Saint-Saëns' Septuor ("Choc" / Le Monde de la Musique, disc of the month / Gramophone) and Mozart's Concerto (father and son) for horn and trumpet with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris under John Nelson at Virgin Classics. For Naïve: Schumann’s Konzertstück (for 4 horns) with Emmanuel Krivine and La Chambre Philharmonique. On DVD, Shostakovich's concerto with Martha Argerich and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Ideal Audience) He has been horn solo for the Orchestre National de France and for the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg. He teaches at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, and is principal trumpet of the Radio-France Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Piano: Olivier Moulin
Hailed by the Washington Post as a « young artist displaying maturity and elegance », French pianist Olivier Moulin studied under Eric Heidsieck and Gery Moutier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Lyon, where he was unanimously awarded first prize with honors. After advanced studies in the same institution, he continued his training in Austria at the Salzburg Mozarteum in the classes of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Clemens Hagen, where he obtained a Master of Arts with highest honors. Throughout his studies, he has also benefited from the advices of masters such as Aldo Ciccolini, Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, Jacques Rouvier, Jean-François Heisser, Sergio Perticaroli… First noticed when he won first prize in Radio-France’s Royaume de la Musique competition, Olivier Moulin is also prizewinner of the Epinal International Piano Competition and the Jeunesses Musicales de France Prize, the Maurice Ravel International Academy… He is supported by the Musical Patronage program at the Société Générale bank and the Déclic program at Institut Français, which promotes young French musicians abroad. 

 

He has been invited to participate in major international festivals : la Roque d’Anthéron, Montpellier and Radio-France, Lille Clef de Soleil, Pianos Folies in Le Touquet, Journées Lyriques in Chartres, Divonne, Sully-sur-Loire, La Vézère, Croisements Festival in China, Virtuosi Festival in Brazil, Festival Internacional de Piano En Blanco y Negro in Mexico, Istanbul’s Lisztomanias, Motley Tulip International Arts Festival in Belarus…Radio-France, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, the Louvre Auditorium, Lyon and Avignon Operas, Cloître des Jacobins in Toulouse, Théâtre des Variétés in Monaco, Arsenal de Metz…), in Europe (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Hungary, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey…), Asia (Japan, China, South Korea, India, Indonesia…), and the Americas (USA, Brazil, Mexico). His concerts are regularly broadcasted by radio and television in France and abroad. Olivier made in 2014 U.S. debut at the French Embassy in Washington DC, where he played a recital devoted to Rameau, Debussy, Ravel. 

 

He has also collaborated with several orchestras : Orchestre National de Lorraine, Ensemble Orchestral de Montbéliard, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Wuhan (China), the Camerata de Coahuila (Mexico)… His passion for chamber music has allowed him to share the stage with many artists such as David Guerrier, the Fine Arts Quartet, soloists of the Philharmonic of Radio-France, Bertrand Chamayou, Jérôme Dorival… He was also invited to Geneva and Chartres by Eve Ruggieri to take part in conference/concerts focusing on the life of Frederic Chopin. Passionate about pedagogy and transmission, Olivier gives regularly masterclasses in Europe, USA, Mexico, Japan, China, Indonesia, Belarus… His first solo CD, devoted to Franz Liszt, was released in october 2011 for the french label AmeSon/Codaex.