DATE AND VENUE

10 June 2008, Topkapı Palace

CONCERT INFO

LAURENT KORCIA violin
MİCHEL PORTAL clarinet & bandoneon
MİCHAEL WENDEBERG piano

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• George Enescu
  Violin and Piano Sonata in A minor, Op.25
• Béla Bartók
  Contrastes for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz.111
• Francis Poulenc
  Clarinet and Piano Sonata
• Béla Bartók
  Rumanian Dances, Sz.68
• Johannes Brahms
  Hungarian Dances, No.2, No.5
• Maurice Ravel
  Piano-Violin Sonata in G Major
  Blues
• George Gershwin
  It ain’t necessarily so
• Michel Portal
  Minor Waltz
• Laurent Korcia
  Minor Tango

Lasts 110’ inc. interval.

Now becoming a festival tradition, the first night of the Festival Meetings brings Laurent Korcia, Michel Portal and Michael Wenderberg together with music lovers. Laurent Korcia, a violinist renowned for being one of the most original artists of his generation and the recipient of numerous awards from prestigious competitions... Michel Portal, an accomplished artist both in classical and jazz music who captivates the audiences through his lucid and flawless performances with clarinet and bandoneon... Michael Wendeberg, a renowned artist as a pianist and the director of Wuppertal Opera... Portal’s “Minor Waltz” and Korcia’s “Minor Tango” will be included in the concert program featuring national influences ranging from Enescu to Debussy and Poulenc....With this concert in the Festival’s new venue Topkapı Palace Divan-ı Hümayun, the artists invite the audiences to a musical exploration...