Lucas Debargue – klavírní recitál

French pianist Lucas Debargue will introduce himself to the Ostrava audience not only as a performer but also as a composer. His program will feature Ravel's delicately painted "Fountains" and stylistically refined Sonatina, poetic and dramatic piano miniatures by Gabriel Fauré, and Debargue's own Suite in D minor. The evening will culminate with Scriabin's Third Piano Sonata, a thrilling work full of emotion and virtuoso contrasts.

Program:

• Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau (Water Games) Op. 30
• Maurice Ravel: Sonatina Op. 40
• Gabriel Fauré: Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 32
• Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor, Op. 101
• Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107
• Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 66
• Gabriel Fauré: Valse-caprice No. 4 in A-flat major, Op. 62
• Lucas Debargue: Suite in D minor
• Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

French pianist Lucas Debargue's solo concert career began with his success at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015. Today, he collaborates with leading international artists and is a guest performer at major venues around the world.

Maurice Ravel's famous piano cycle Jeux d'eau (Water Games) from 1901 captivates with its almost pointillist detail, in which rapid, dazzling cascades of tones directly evoke streams of flowing water. Ravel's three-movement Sonatina from 1903–1905, on the other hand, offers a neoclassical, crystal-clear piano sound inspired by the Baroque works of Rameau and Couperin, culminating in a brilliant final toccata.

A selection from Gabriel Fauré's extensive and varied piano works will transport listeners into the composer's inner world, from the Chopin-esque salon Mazurka in B flat major from the mid-1870s to the impressionistic, darkly colored Nocturne No. 12 in E minor from 1915.

As one of the few contemporary pianists, Lucas Debargue also devotes himself to composition, from which he will perform his Suite in D minor, influenced by French Baroque music.

The evening will conclude with Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's Third Piano Sonata from 1897–1898, which the composer subtitled "States of the Soul" a few years later. It is characterized by an almost symphonic concept, enormous technical demands, and an incredibly wide range of expressive nuances.