Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

Concerts, masterclasses, lectures, recording…

Whether you are a conductor, a chamber musician, a soloist, a composer, a musicologist, a journalist, a columnist, or just a music lover… join us and let’s celebrate Vieuxtemps!

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Please find hereafter all the events

Radio Show

March 14, 2019 – Listening in replay

Radio show. ‘Carrefour de l’Odeon’ on France Musique (French radio channel) on March 14, 2019 where Frederic Lodeon speaks about the Vieuxtemps’bicentenary in the context of a show dedicated to Hilary Hahn. Listen here from 22mn 50s.

Recording

December 2019

Quatuor Elysee: recording of the 3 Vieuxtemps’s quartets and the opus 17 for quartet. Continuo classic label. December 2019.

 

Concert

January 5, 2020 – Izmir (Turkey)

OPENING CONCERT OF THE BICENTENARY

– With the Izmir Symphony Orchestra.
– Conductor: Alexander Anissimov.
– Violinist: Alexander Markov
– Fourth grand concerto for violin in D minor Op 31 by Vieuxtemps

Lecture by Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps

The concert will be recorded and broadcast on the TRT, Turkish télévision, with an interview of Alexander
Markov and Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps.

 

Concert

January 25, 2020 – Salerne (Italy)

Chamber music concert with viola and piano “tribute to Vieuxtemps

Viola: Simonide Braconi
Elégie opus 30 by Vieuxtemps

 

Concert

January 28, 2020 – Paris (France)

Musical Evening:
« Happy Anniversary Mr Vieuxtemps! »
at the Paul Dukas Music Conservatory of Paris.
Concert by the students of the violin, viola and cello classes.
Venue: Prêtre hall.
Facebook Event : https://www.facebook.com/events/443485179676680/

 

Radio Show

By Luc Boentges on Luxembourg Radio « radio 100,7». Henry Vieuxtemps is the composer of the month of February. Every Wednesday at 11:10 am. With the participation of Philippe Koch and Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps.
Listen here
The radio broadcasts are available on: www.100komma7.lu.

Concert and lecture

February 14 and 15, 2020 – Voronezh (Russia)

Symphony concert. Tribute to the violinist of the tsar Nicolas: Henry Vieuxtemps. Directed by Igor Verbipsky – violinist: Francois Pineau Benois. Vieuxtemps’ 5th grand concerto for violin in A minor opus 37.
– Lecture about Vieuxtemps by Agnes Briolle Vieuxtemps

 

Concert and lecture

February 15, 2020 – Dreieichenhain (Germany)

For the bicentenary of the birth of Henry Vieuxtemps in Dreieichenhain in Germany.

Tribute to Vieuxtemps: Chamber music concert, lecture and placing of a memorial plaque on Vieuxtemps’ house.

 

Exhibition

From February 15 to March 1, 2020 – Verviers (Belgique)

Exhibition at the Verviers Museum of Fine Arts: “200th Birthday of Henry Vieuxtemps”

 

Lecture

February 16, 2020 – Verviers (Belgium)

Musical lecture by Louis Bernard Koch, intersperced with musical excerpts performed by the violonist Philippe Koch and the pianist Christiane Rutten, at the Verviers Museum of Fine Arts on 16th February 2020.

http://www.ccverviers.be/events/concert-vieuxtemps/

Concert

February 16, 2020 – Verviers (Belgium)

Verviers, Vieuxtemps’ birth city.

Tribute concert to the founder of the ‘Franco-Belge’ school of violin. Symphony concert directed by Patrick Baton – violinist: Philippe Koch. Vieuxtemps’ 2nd grand concerto for violin in F sharp minor opus 19.

http://www.ccverviers.be/events/concert-vieuxtemps/

Exhibitions

February 17, 2020 – Dreieichenhain (Germany)

Exhibition in Dreieichenhain

“Henry Vieuxtemps and his family in  Dreieichenhain  from 1855 to 1864 »
-At the  Sprendlingen City Hall from February 17, 2020;
– then from April 27 to May 31 and from July 1 to October 31,2020 at the  Dreieichenhain Cultural Hall.

Concert

February 17-18, 2020 – Mons (Belgium)

Vieuxtemps Festival at the Royal Music Conservatory of Mons

– 2 concerts in the evening and one students’ concert.
Eliot and Jill Lawson will perfom « works of wisdom » by Vieuxtemps and « works of youth » by his disciples Ysaÿe and Hubay.
-Lecture.

Concert

February 17- 18 – 19, 2020 – Mons (Belgium)

3 days of tribute to Vieuxtemps at the Music Conservatory of Mons in Belgium.

More info

Radio Show

Third week of February 2020

Radio show « Arabesques » by François-Xavier Szymczak on
Vieuxtemps and the franco-belge school of violon.

Concert

February 20, 2020 –Arkhangelsk ( Russia)

Concert with the State Chamber Orchestra of Arkhangelsk.
– Conductor : Vladimir Onufriev
– Violinist : François Pineau-Benois.
– Fantasy appassionata by Vieuxtemps

Violin Competition

February 22 & 23, 2020 – Verviers (Belgium)

100 th anniversary of Henry Vieuxtemps International Violin Competition

http://www.prixvieuxtemps.be/

Concert & lecture

March 14, 2020 – Madeira (Portugal)

Symphony concert: tribute to Vieuxtemps by the Symphony Orchestra of Madeira, directed by Nicolas Krause. – Cellist: Dimitri Silvian
– First grand concerto for cello in A major op 46.
– Lecture about Henry Vieuxtemps by Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps

Concert

March 19, 2020 – Quito (Equator)

Symphony concert with the symphony orchestra of Equator. Violinist: Francois Pineau Benoit.
Vieuxtemps’ 5th grand concerto for violin in A minor opus 37

Concert

April 26, 2020 – Dreieichenhain (Germany)

– Chamber music Concert : tribute to Vieuxtemps. 
– Violinist : Rafael Betancourt, pianist : Klaus Cutik.
– Concert and lecture at the church of Dreieichenhain castle.

 

Concert

May 18, 2020 – Rome (Italy)

Chamber music concert with viola and piano “tribute to Vieuxtemps

Viola: Simonide Braconi
Elégie opus 30 by Vieuxtemps

 

Concert

June 28, 2020 – Pieve ad Elici (Italy)

Chamber music concert with viola and piano “tribute to Vieuxtemps

Viola: Simonide Braconi
Elégie opus 30 by Vieuxtemps

 

Concert

June, 2020 – Saint Petersburg ( Russia)

Tribute to Vieuxtemps
– Symphony concert
– Conductor : Nicolas Krauze
– Venue : Palaces Festival of Saint Petersburg

Concert

August 20, 2020 – Ploemer, Bretagne (France)
– Cancelled –

Concert with the Bretagne Symphony Orchestra

Violinist: Hugues Borsarello

Fifth grand concerto for violin in A minor Op 37 by Vieuxtemps.

Concert and lecture

Third week of September – Hyeres (France)

Tribute to Vieuxtemps in the International Music Festival of Hyeres. Organisation: Vadim Tchijik. Venue: Theatre Denis or Collegiale Saint Paul.

– 5 chamber music concerts

– Lecture on the composer by Agnes Briolle Vieuxtemps

Concerts and lecture

October 6 & 7 2020 – Reichenbach (Germany)
October 9 2020 – Greiz (Germany)

Symphony concert « Tribute to Vieuxtemps »

With the Vogtland philharmonic orchestra of Greiz/ Reichenbach .

* Robert SCHUMANN
– Overture Hermann and Dorothea (Goethe)

* Henry VIEUXTEMPS
– La sentimentale, Fantasy for violin and orchestra op. 9b
Violon : Sujung Yun

– Eighth concerto for violin in B minor Op. 59 (unfinished)
Violon : Chiara-Marie Gaebelein

* Anton DVORJAK
– Eighth symphony

Lecture on Vieuxtemps by Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps

Concert

October 15, 2020 – Bergame (Italy) 

Chamber music concert with viola and piano “tribute to Vieuxtemps

Viola: Simonide Braconi
Elégie opus 30 by Vieuxtemps

 

Concert

October 23, 2020 – Mons (Belgium)

Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonie.
Tribute concert to Henry Vieuxtemps conducted by its new orchestra conductor,
Vahan Mardirossian.
– Violinist: Alexander Markov.
– Fifth grand concerto for violin in A minor Op 37 by Vieuxtemps.
– Arrangement of a Vieuxtemps’ quartet for chamber orchestra.
– The concert will be recorded and broadcast on RTBF radio.

Website : https://www.orcw.be/events/bicentenaire-vieuxtemps-vahan-mardirossian-alexander-markov/

Concert

November 6, 2020 – Brussels (Belgique)

Venue: Brussels’ Royal Library
Chamber music concert « tribute to Vieuxtemps »
Violon: Marc Bouchkov. Piano: Georgiy Dubko. 
5th concerto for violin op 37 by Vieuxtemps
Eugène Ysaÿe cadence & La sentimentale by Vieuxtemps (KBR, Musique, Mus. Ms. 392).
Norwegian legend by Eugène Ysaÿe

 Website : https://www.kbr.be/fr/evenement/concert2-2020/

Concert

November 20, 2020 – Liege (Belgium)

Symphony concert with the OPRL (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège)

– Conductor : Pablo Gonzalez
– Violinist: Lorenzo Gatto
– Fourth grand concerto  for violin in D minor Op 31 by Vieuxtemps

Website : https://www.oprl.be/fr/concerts/chostakovitch-10

Concert

November 20, 2020 – Santiago (Chile)
– Cancelled –

Symphony concert with the National Orchestra of Chile
– Violinist : Alexander Markov
– 4th grand concerto for violin in D minor opus 31 by Vieuxtemps

Concert and lectures

  November 21 & 22, 2020 – Toulouse (France)
– Cancelled –

Tribute to Vieuxtemps at the National Music Conservatory in Toulouse (France). Organisation: Vadim Tchijik.

– Lecture on the composer by Agnes Briolle Vieuxtemps and teachers’concert at the ‘auditorium saint Pierre des Cuisines’ in Toulouse.

– Master class by Gerard Poulet. Venue: salle Varese at the Music Conservatory and lecture on the ‘Franco-Belge’ school of violin by Agnes Briolle Vieuxtemps. Students’ concert.

– Vieuxtemps exhibition at the conservatory.

Concert

November 24, 2020 –Marseille (France)

The Marseille Chamber Music Society
Evening Happening: “the violinist composers”

Concert

December 3&4, 2020 – Weimar (Germany)

Tribute concert for the bicentenary of Vieuxtemps
-Works for violin, viola, cello, and string quartet by Vieuxtemps.
-Lecture on Vieuxtemps and Liszt by Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps.

December 3, 2020

Venue : Fürstenhaus – the community hall

-La sentimentale, Fantasy for violin and orchestra op. 9b
Violon : Sujung Yun

– Sonata n° 1 in B flat major, op. 36 for viola and piano
Viola : Fabian Lindner

-First cello concerto in A major Op. 46
Cello : Moritz Huemer

– Capriccio in C minor, op. 55 « tribute to Paganini” for solo viola
Viola: Neasa Ni Bhriain

– Eighth concerto for violin in B minor Op. 59 (unfinished)
Violon : Stefan Zientek

December 4, 2020

Venue: the main hall at the Belvédère Château
Time: 6:30 pm.

– Ballade et Polonaise op. 38 for violon and piano
Violon: Friedrich Borggrefe

– Élégie op. 30 for viola and piano
viola: Eike Coetzee

– Rondino op. 30, n° 2 for violon and piano
Violon: Elisabeth-Maria Wild

– Funeral march in E flat minor op. 58 for string quartet
Belvederer string quartet

– Concerto for violon n° 5 in A minor, op. 37
Violon : Xenia Lemberski

Website : https://www.musikgymnasium-belvedere.de/veranstaltungen.html

Concert

2020 – The Hague (The Netherlands) 

Tribute concert to Vieuxtemps with the Chausson Trio.

Program:
– Henry Vieuxtemps: Trio ‘l’Africaine’
– Cecile Chaminade: Trio Nb 2 op. 34
– Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique – II a bal (transcription)
– Shumann: trio nb 1 op.63 or nb 2 op.80

Concert

2020 – Lublin (Poland)
– Cancelled –

Tribute concert to Henry Vieuxtemps with the Wieniawski Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Wojciech Rodek
– Violinist: François Pineau-Benois
– Fifth grand concerto for violin in A minor Op 37 by Vieuxtemps
– Lecture by Agnès Briolle-Vieuxtemps