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19:00 | Combat d'Orchestres: Matheus Ensemble |
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 Ensemble Matheus, Conductor & soloist Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin) together with Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Conductor & soloist – Alexey Utkin (oboe) will perform J. S. Bach, Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra in C minor; Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Orchestras; Telemann, Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra (transcription for Oboe and Violin with orchestra); Shostakovich, "Chamber Symphony" (in memory of victims of fascism and war). For over twenty years, the Ensemble Matheus has been one of the most renowned ensembles in the world of classical music, thanks to their bold and accessible artistic approach. Jean-Christophe Spinosi founded the Matheus Quartet in 1991 out of his desire for innovation and constant research, and they soon became the Ensemble Matheus. Playing in variable formation from ‘chamber ensemble’ to ‘symphonic orchestra’, the Ensemble Matheus has since their inception endeavoured to bring together different musical genres. They perform repertoire ranging from the 17th to 21st century on period instruments (baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary). Their passion and pioneering enthusiasm for original repertoire led them to investigate works which had to date never been recorded, and to tackle Vivaldi’s lesser-known treasures with a contagious pleasure, recording a series of albums with Naïve which quickly became legendary. In 2005, their recording of the opera Orlando Furioso caused a sensation, winning a number of international awards. Jean-Christophe Spinosi -originally a violinist, his passion for all kinds of musical expression led him to study conducting at a young age. From his very first concerts, he sought to decompartmentalise the different types of music: he became a “period instrumentalist to the modernists, and a modernist to the period instrumentalists”. Passionate about chamber music and ensemble music, he founded the Matheus Quartet in 1991. For some, he is the "enfant terrible" of classical music. For others, he is a true musician-choreographer endowed with an extraordinary sense of rhythm and physical elation.
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