{"id":2568,"date":"2020-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinfoniavarsovia.org\/sinfonia-varsovia-tours-france\/"},"modified":"2020-02-10T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T10:00:38","slug":"sinfonia-varsovia-tours-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinfoniavarsovia.org\/en\/sinfonia-varsovia-tours-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinfonia Varsovia Tours France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Metz to the Pays de la Loire to the historic capital of Brittany \u2013 this is the itinerary of Sinfonia Varsovia\u2019s French concert tour. The orchestra will perform at Musical City-Metz, promoting Polish music, and at the La Folle Journ\u00e9e Festival, devoted this year to the great Ludwig van Beethoven. In more than 20 concerts taking place from 22 January to 2 February, the orchestra will accompany renowned artists, including Fran\u00e7ois-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Guy, Boris Berezovsky, Alexandre Kantorow, Alexander Kniazev and many others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first concert of the <strong>French tour <\/strong>takes place on <strong>22 January<\/strong>. The Musical City-Metz projects, which this year devotes 10 days to Polish music, <strong>Sinfonia Varsovia<\/strong> \u2013 the only Polish symphony orchestra in the programme \u2013 will promote Polish classical music for French audiences, performing, among others, the Sinfonietta per archi. Written by <strong>Krzysztof Penderecki<\/strong>, Sinfonia Varsovia\u2019s artistic director, the work was composed especially for the ensemble. Other works include <strong>Fryderyk Chopin\u2019s<\/strong> Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op. 21 and <strong>Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s <\/strong>Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major Op. 60. The conductor and soloist will be <strong>Fran\u00e7ois-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Guy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Orchestra will then travel to cities in <strong>the Pays de la Loire region<\/strong> to take part in La Folle Journ\u00e9e de Nantes en R\u00e9gion \u2013 an event that precedes the main La Folle Journ\u00e9e Festival, taking place on <strong>24\u201326 January<\/strong>. This year , on the occasion of <strong>Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s 250<sup>th<\/sup> birthday<\/strong>, festival events will focus on the works and life of the last of the Viennese classics, who was also a precursor of the Romantic period in music. Once again, Sinfonia Varsovia will be accompanied by a great interpreter of Beethoven\u2019s music <strong>Fran\u00e7ois-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Guy,<\/strong> performing the Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major Op. 73 \u201cEmperor\u201d, which the artists recorded last year on the album <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinfoniavarsovia.org\/en\/beethoven-int-grale-des-concertos-pour-piano.html\">Beethoven Int\u00e9grale des Concertos pour Piano <\/a><\/strong>(Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, 2019). The Orchestra\u2019s musicians will also appear in a chamber setting, performing bagatelles from Op. 126 and 191 and the Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 transcribed for piano and string quintet. The soloist this time will be French pianist <strong>Anne Queff\u00e9lec<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The last stop of the concert tour is <strong>Nantes<\/strong>. During the <strong>26<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the La Folle Journ\u00e9e Festival (29 January to 2 February)<\/strong>, Sinfonia Varsovia will play a wide variety of music written by Beethoven, including symphonies, piano concertos, as well as instrumental miniatures and vocal works. One day before the Festival actually starts, listeners will have an opportunity to hear the sole symphony written by Beethoven with a programme: the rustic paint-like Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68 \u201cPastoral\u201d. The Festival\u2019s closing concerts feature chamber and vocal music, including the Elegischer Gesang Op. 118, the Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II WoO 87 and the cantata Meeresstille und gl\u00fcckliche Fahrt Op. 112, performed by the Orchestra with the <strong>Ensemble Aedes<\/strong> choir. Sinfonia Varsovia will perform with famous pianists, including <strong>Alexandre Kantorow, Boris Berezovsky<\/strong> and <strong>Mao Fujita<\/strong>, violinists <strong>Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Diana Tishchenko<\/strong> and <strong>Liya Petrova <\/strong>and Russian cellist <strong>Alexander Kniazev<\/strong>. The Orchestra will be conducted by <strong>Nodoka Okisawa<\/strong>, last year\u2019s winner of the 56<sup>th<\/sup> Young Conductors\u2019 Competition in Besan\u00e7on, and also <strong>Lio Kuokman <\/strong>and <strong>Mihhail Gerts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>La Folle Journ\u00e9e is an international festival founded in 1995 by <strong>Ren\u00e9 Martin<\/strong>, promoter of classical music concerts and festivals around the world and founder of Centre de Realisations et d\u2019Etudes Artistiques \u00e0 Nantes (C.R.E.A.). The Festival is held each year in France, Japan, Poland and recently also in Russia. The idea of La Folle Journ\u00e9e is to popularise classical music among the widest possible range of listeners. Concerts take place in several locations simultaneously all throughout the day. Low ticket prices and a varied programme attract throngs of listeners. The event enjoys immense popularity around the world. The theme of this year\u2019s, 26<sup>th<\/sup> edition is \u201c<strong>Beethoven<\/strong>\u201d. The Polish edition of the Festival takes place on the last weekend of September.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinfoniavarsovia.org\/en\/2020-01-24-la-folle-journ-e-france.html\">Calendar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Metz to the Pays de la Loire to the historic capital of Brittany \u2013 this is the itinerary of Sinfonia Varsovia\u2019s French concert tour. 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