21 November 2013

Odeion

19:30

Born in Nantes, Jérôme Pernoo first studied with Germaine Fleury and then with Xavier Gagnepain and Philippe Muller at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. In 1994, he was prize winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow as well as at the Rostropovitch Competition in Paris and, in 1996, he won the UNISA International Strings  Competition.

Pernoo has performed with most of the major symphony orchestras in Europe.  He has appeared in recital with the pianist Jérôme Ducros on some of the world's most renowned stages: the Wigmore Hall in London, the Florence Gould Hall in New York, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Cité de la Musique in Paris.

His 2008/9 season was highlighted by the world première of the cello concerto Guillaume Connesson has dedicated to him, with the Orchestra of the Rouen Opera, in Rouen and Paris. In 2011 he will perform this masterwork several times in France and at the Enescu Festival in Rumania.

His discography includes Bach's Suites for cello (live 1998), the Ricercati of Antonii and Gabrielli (2002), the Rachmaninoff and Frank Bridge Sonatas for cello and piano, the Cello concerto Nr. 2 by Saint-Saëns with the Orchestre de Bretagne under Nicolas Chalvin (Timpani Records, 2006) and the Cello concerto by Offenbach with Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski (Archiv-Deutsche Grammophon, 2006). He has just released his new CD-recording (for Ligia Digital) with Jérôme Ducros including works by Beethoven (among others the Kreutzer Sonata in the transcription by Czerny,).

Jérôme Pernoo plays a baroque cello and a piccolo cello. Both instruments are Italian and were built in the 18th century by the Milanese School. He also plays a modern cello made for him by Franck Ravatin.

Born in 1974, Jérôme Ducros studied piano with Françoise Thinat at the Music Conservatory of Orléans and also with Gérard Frémy and Cyril Huvé at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.  He postgraduated with Gérard Frémy and was also advised by Léon Fleisher, Gyorgy Sebök and Davitt Moroney.  In 1994 he took part in the first Umberto Micheli Piano Competition organized by Maurizio Pollini at the Scala di Milano (jury president: Luciano Berio). He was awarded the Second Prize and the Special Prize for the best interpretation of the imposed work (Incises, by Pierre Boulez).

Since then he has been achieving a brilliant career, performing at the Festival de Montpellier, at the Orangerie de Sceaux, at the Roque d'Anthéron, at the Festival de Pâques de Deauville, at the Théâtre du Châtelet, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, at Salle Pleyel, at Radio-France, at the Théâtre du Capitole (Toulouse), at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and in London, Geneva, Rome, Berlin, New York and Tokyo. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Johannesbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonie de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductors such as Alain Altinoglu, Paul Meyer, James Judd, Emmanuel Krivine, Marc Minkowsky and Christopher Hogwood.  A highly appreciated partner in chamber music, he has performed with Augustin Dumay, Michel Portal, Michel Dalberto, Nicholas Angelich, Franck Braley, Paul Meyer, Gérard Caussé, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Henri Demarquette, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Quintette Moraguès, Quatuor Parisii and Jérôme Pernoo (with whom he has been making a duo since 1995). In 2007, he performed at the French Victoires de la Musique with Maxim Vengerov. He also toured with soprano Dawn Upshaw to London, New York and Salzburg.  At the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées their concert was recorded by Erato. In 2007 he started an intensive collaboration with Philippe Jaroussky, performing worldwide.

Among his most performed works in recital, his own transcription of Schubert’s Fantaisie for four hands that has raised unanimous enthousiasm. The recording of this transcription (Ligia Digital) was awarded the Diapason d’Or of the year 2001.  Jérôme Ducros is also a composer. His Trio for two cellos has been performed a number of times.

His recent recordings include the works for piano and orchestra by Fauré under the baton of Moshe Atzmon (Quartz), a recital with Renaud Capuçon (Virgin Classics), a programme with selected works by Beethoven with Jérôme Pernoo and a program with French melodies with Philippe Jaroussky, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon and Emmanuel Pahud (Virgin Classics).

PROGRAMME:

Bach: Sonata for viola da gamba in D major, BWV 1028

Ducros: Fantaisie for cello and piano

Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor for cello and piano, Op. 40

ADMISSION: R130 (adults), R90 (pensioners), R50 (students and learners), R50 (group booking of 10+)

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