Programme Guide

Hélène Grimaud is a pianist whose repertoire has for some time included Ravel’s Piano Concerto. In this performance too, she underlined her standing as an exponent of Ravel, receiving high praise, including from the Berliner Zeitung: “Hélène Grimaud brings out the countless nuances of this music with brilliant security. Black gleaming bass notes, silvery shimmering smooth passages and, in between, heartbeats with a hint of melodic indulgence glow warmly.”

Making his first appearance with the orchestra was Ossetian-born conductor, Tugan Sokhiev, musical director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. In addition to the Ravel concerto, he also conducts two Liszt transcriptions by Heinz Holliger plus Rachmaninov’s melancholy Second Symphony.