2024-03-13 20:18:44
– With Caecilia, a season of titans and discoveries
Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang and Krystian Zimerman are on the agency’s program, alongside young promises not to be missed.
Published today at 9:18 p.m.
Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz will be in recital at the Victoria Hall in February 2025.
CHRISTOPH KÖSTLIN
Building the poster for a season, as prestigious as it may be, sometimes involves a small artisanal gesture, a hushed and discreet know-how. A constant that could not be better observed than by crossing the Geneva threshold ofCaecilia agency, a few steps from the Parc des Bastions. In these places with creaking parquet floors and ceilings adorned with moldings, everything breathes an ancient art, which one would think outdated, that of programming and supporting artists. This institution with firm traditions – which Louise-Antoinette Lombard founded in 1958 – has barely decided to give a facelift to its visual identity, by somewhat refreshing the graphics of its prospectuses.
A “must” as a starter
At the heart of this almost immutable musical history, there is the quality of its seasons, which have remained of a very high level throughout the decades. For the coming financial year, this course is still maintained. The head of the company, Thomas Jung, confirms this in his office, over coffee, in French tinged with a German accent: “Our obligation remains unchanged, we want to deliver the best possible poster to the public.” The eight concerts planned at the Victoria Hall and the two series of five concerts held at the Conservatoire de la Place Neuve make this aspiration a reality.
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At the start of the season, on September 25, music lovers will have something to rub their hands with a “must” in orchestral matters. The illustrious Academy of St. Martin in the Fields also founded in 1958, by Sir Neville Marriner, will stop at the Victoria Hall. It will be led by its current director, the violinist Joshua Bellwhose eternal freshness we were able to admire in this same room last February, alongside the pianist Shai Wosner. On the menu for the evening, in particular, the little-played “Violin Concerto” by Dvorák and, even rarer, a piece by the American Kevin Puts, born in 1972.
The suite at the Victoria Hall is marked by other essential performers. We find Krystian Zimerman, who brilliantly replaced the ailing Daniel Barenboim last season. We also come across the excellent Rafal Blechacz, a figure of rare rigor and subtlety. There are finally two Russian monuments to complete this album of titans: Evgeny Kissin et Grigory Sokolov, which we will also be able to listen to on March 19. Let us also note that the hyperstar of the piano, Long Longwill also be part of the season, for a non-subscription concert scheduled for November 4.
The young London pianist Martin James Bartlett will be in recital next November.
MARC MITCHELL
Alongside so many flamboyant names, there is the next generation, a youth that must be discovered without delay. That of the English Martin James Bartlett, a pianist already established elsewhere but not yet established in our latitudes. Also that of the cellist Anastasia Kobekina, who will give a recital in the company, on the piano, of Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula. Finally, let’s take a look at an atypical evening, designed by Kit Armstrong and its ensemble, made up of musicians from major quartets and orchestras in Europe. On January 27, 2025, he will give an opulent concert, followed by a “late night”.
At the Conservatory, where chamber music will flourish, we extend the mix between sure values and young promises. With the quartets Vacancies, Belcea and Tetzlaff on one side, and Leonkoro and Novo (1ᵉʳ prize at the Geneva Competition in 2023) on the other.
Also readRocco Zacheo joined the editorial staff of the Tribune de Genève in 2013; he deals with classical music and opera and devotes himself, on an ad hoc basis, to literary news and disparate cultural events. Previously, he worked for nine years at the newspaper Le Temps and worked with RTS La Première. More informations
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