Welcome to Arcadia Musica
Without music, life would be an error.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The philosophy of Arcadia Musica is that music can make our world better. All kinds of musics but especially classical music (i.e. baroque, classical, romantic, modern and contemporary music) has a very special part to play.
However some people may consider classical music as an elitist type of art because it looks too complex, too serious to them. Wouldn’t there be a way to renew classical concerts and make them sound freer, more modern, more daring, and even more spectacular? Classical music may also mingle with jazz, pop, world or electronic music and combine with painting, poetry, dance, theatre, cinema, multimedia.
The final aim is to make culture, artistic excellence, Beauty, in a word, more accessible to the general public. It requires the highest quality and a spectacular dimension to get popular success. Searching for new time-space concepts for concerts, new scenographies that would create synaesthesia and realize some kind of total art would be a challenge for us.
NEWS
AM MANAGEMENT
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CONCEPT
ARCADIA MUSICA is a new classical music management agency working mainly between Barcelona and Paris. The choice is to support more particularly a very few young exceptional artists in worldwide general management. Despite their youth, they already play on international stages and are supported for a few of them by maestros such as Martha Argerich, Misha Maisky, Ivry Gitlis, Yuri Bashmet, Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou T'Song, Zoltan Kócsis... These selected musiciens are : Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Jakob Koranyi (cello), Stéphanie-Marie Degand (violin), Nicolas Bringuier (piano). Arcadia Musica also promotes the Arcadia Band Project which programs some chamber music concerts with a selection of young brilliant musiciens including our artists but also outside guests such as Andrej Bielow, Eniko Magyar, Alissa Margulis, Yury Revich...
A partnership is also developed with great artists in special projects and territories such as : Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), (violon), Alessio Bax (piano), Lucille Chung (piano), David Grimal (French violonist) and Dissonances (string chamber orchestra), Geza Hosszu-Legocky (violin) and his group The Five Devils, Marie-Josèphe Jude (piano), Xavier Phillips (cello), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Sasha Rozhdestvensky (violin), Alexandra Soumm (violin).
Together, AM-Artists form a creative and powerful team. Please do not hesitate to consult our artist roster and contact us. Let us share beautiful projects!
>> AM-Roster
>> AM-Projects
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NEWS
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Denis Kozhukhin, phenomenal young Russian pianist, is invited by Maestro Jeffrey Tate to play Brahms Concerto 1 with the Hamburger Philharmoniker (Oct 2010) and Maestro Zoltan Kócsis to play Prokofiev Concerto 2 with the Hungarian National Philharmonic at Budapest (Nov 2010).
Denis Kozhukhin, pianist
>> short resume
Denis Kozhuhin has won the 1st Prize of the Vendome Prize in Lisbon 2009 (& 3rd Prize of Leeds 2006)
>> vendome prize
"Denis Kozhukhin is young, exciting, vital, he exudes energy on stage and immediately catches the attention fo the public. He has genious reminding great Russian artists such as Vladimir Horowitz..." Alexis Gregory, president of the Vendome Prize Competition
" Denis Kozhukhin is one of the great pianistic talents of his generation. His sensitive musicality but also strong, powerful pianism combined with a high level virtuosity makes his performances creative and highly interesting. I have had the pleasure to work with him in chamber music at the Escuela Superior Reina Sofia in Madrid and to hear Mr Kozhukhin's interpretations has been most inspiring." Ralf Gothóni, Pianist & Principal conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra
A few dates:
1.02.2010: France, Paris Bouffes du Nord
17.02.2010: Sweden, Kalmar with Jakob Koranyi
12.06.2010: France, Lille Piano Festival
06.07.2010: France, Estivales du Médoc with Jakob Koranyi
10-11.08 2010: Poland, Chopin Festival
1-10.09.2010: Israel, Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
11.09.2010: France, Septembre Musical de l'Orne with SM Degand
11.10.2010: France, Paris Bouffes du Nord, recital
27-30.10.2010: Germany, Hamburger Symphoniker with Jeffrey Tate - Brahms 1
26-27.11.2010: Hungary, Budapest & Szeged, Hungarian National Philharmonic with Zoltan Kocsis - Prokofiev 2
28.11.2010: Switzerland, Lugano, recital - Chopin 24 Preludes
26.04.2012: France, Paris, Louvre, recital - Liszt Etudes Transcendantes (integrale)
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Jakob Koranyi has won the 2nd Grand Prix and Special Price for best interpretation of the Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 at the 2009 Rostropovich Competition in Paris. Jakob is also selected in the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. He will reinvited at Verbier Festival 2010 and Louvre with Denis Kozhukhin.
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Jakob Koranyi, cello
>> short resume
Winner of 2nd Grand Prix and Special Price for best interpretation of the Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris in 2009
Jakob Koranyi has emerged as one of the most interesting young Scandinavian artists of today. He has been awarded prizes and scholarships from numerous international festivals and foundations, such as the Prix d'Honneur and Ferminich Prize at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland . He has also won all the major Swedish competitions including the prestigious Swedish Soloist Prize in 2006 that launched his debut recording with works by Brahms, Britten, and Ligeti to great critical praise.
>> palmarès
>> programme
>> photos
Jakob Koranyi is member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s CMS Two program
>> lincoln center- cms
>> Kodaly video
>> Jakob's website
A few dates
11-15.12.2009: USA, New York
01.02.2010: France, Paris, Bouffes du Nord
17.02.2010: Sweden, Kalmar with Denis Kozhukhin
26-30.02.2010: Sweden, tour
07-08.04.2010: Sweden, Stockholm
16-18.03.2010: USA, New York
29.04.2010: Sweden, Norrköping
28-30.05.2010: USA, Shaker Village
06.07.2010: France, Estivales du Médoc with Denis Kozhukhin
22-27.07.2010: Switzerland, Verbier Festival
08-16.10.2010: Croatia, Zagreb Festival
18-24.10.10: Norway, Tromsö
04-06.11.10: Sweden, Sundsvall
02.12.10: USA, New York
17.01.2011: Swdeden, Helsinborg
13-17.02.2011: USA, New York
14-15.04.2011: Norway, Tromsö
07.05.2011: Italy, Venice Palazzetto Bru-Zane with Arcadia Band
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Stéphanie-Marie Degand will play soon Brahms Concerto with La Chambre Philharmonique conducted by Emmanuel Krivine, and will play and conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (CPE Bach, Corelli, Vivaldi). She has recently recorded Théodore Dubois's pieces for violin and piano released for a worldwide premiere. She will record soon Bach sonatas with Violaine Cochard and Prokofiev Sonatas with Denis Kozhukhin.
Stéphanie-Marie Degand, violin
>> short resume
AM presents a portrait of Stéphanie-Marie Degand, "violonist without edges", with the news about her last concerts and recordings, her lot of and various projects as much as in Barocco as in Modern music!
>> Portrait-pdf
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CD Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) "Remember"- Pieces for violin & piano- Stéphanie-Marie Degand, violin - Laurent Martin, piano - with the support of the Palazzetto Bru Zane - CD Ligia Digital - released last february 2009
Book >> pdf
Audio >> extract
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Reviews
Res Musica
>> Stéphanie-Marie Degand by Isabelle Perrin
>> Bach to the Moon in Châtelet
A few dates:
01.02.2010: France, Paris, Bouffes du Nord - Trio Arcadia
27.02.2010: Italy, Venice, Palazzetto Bru-Zane
28.04.2010: Italy, Bologna Festival
15-16.05.2010: France, Touraine with X. Phillips & V. Mardirossian
24-26.05.2010: France, Orchestre Symphonique de St-Etienne conducted by Laurent Campellone (Tchaikovsky)
06.06.2010: France, Arles, Méjan - with JF Heisser
25-28.08.2010: France, Chambre Philharmonique conducted by Emmanuel Krivine (Brahms)
25-30.10.2010: Belgium, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (violin & direction - CPE Bach, Corelli, Vivaldi 4 Seasons)
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Arcadia Band Project is mainly based on the Arcadia Trio including Denis Kozhukhin, Jakob Koranyi, Stéphanie-Marie Degand + guest artists coming from all over the world to play chamber music together at the top level with the possibility of different combinations of musiciens and programs.
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Arcadia Band Project proposes different chamber music groups:
>> Jakob Koranyi and Denis Kozhukhin, duo cello & piano
>> Stéphanie-Marie Degand and Denis Kozhukhin, duo violin & piano
>> Trio Arcadia with Denis Kozhukhin, Jakob Koranyi and Stéphanie-Marie Degand
>> Arcadia Band Project
Project 1: Chopin Chamber Version
Programme: 2 Concertos for piano (with string quintet)
Musiciens: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Vladislav Kozhukhin (piano), Stéphanie-Marie Degand (violin),Andrej Bielow (violin), Alissa Margulis (violin), Eniko Magyar (viola)/ Yuri Revich (viola), Jakob Koranyi (cello), Richard Dubugnon (bass)
Date: 1st february 2010
>> Bouffes du Nord, Paris
>> Chopin Project
NB: A high definition DVD of this successful concert will be edited next March 2010 and can be sent if you contact us.
New video:
>> chopin-interviews
>> chopin concerto 2
>> chopin concerto 1
>> chopin trio
This Arcadia Band Project is to propose in other halls & festivals of Europe & USA.
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Recommended by the genius conductor Lionel Bringuier, Nicolas Bringuier is accepted and welcome in Arcadia Musica! This talented French pianist has recorded 2 recents Schumann and Bartók cds for Audite which are really exceptional and acclaimed by the press.
Nicolas Bringuier, pianist
>> short resume
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BARTÓK - Audite 2009
" "Not yet 30 years of age, French pianist Nicolas Bringuier brings a vivacity to his performances that connects compellingly with the music of Bartók. While this repertoire is most emphatically not the sole province of young male pianists, it would be hard to resist Bringuier’s razor-sharp facility and comparably penetrating vision – absolute prerequisites for tackling these wonderful pieces." - International Record Review, 10.2009 - Mark Tanner
>> video
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SCHUMANN - Audite 2007
"We seem to be in the middle of a Schumann fest as of late, and that is a good thing to me. The folks at Audite have openly stated that they don’t release recordings unless they feel the artist has something new to say, and Nicolas Bringuier certainly does. This is some of the most ingratiating Schumann on the market, and the SACD sound is truly spectacular, vibrant, warm, and a balm to the ears." Fanfare - November 2007) 31.10.2007- Steven E. Ritter
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Nicolas Altstaedt has won the very prestigious Credit Suisse Young Artist Award 2010 and is going to perform with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival on 17.09.2010
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
>> short resume
02/09 Nicolas Altstaedt receives Borletti Buitoni Fellowship 2009
05/09 Claves CD with concertos by Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Gulda receives 5 Diapasons
09/09 Nicolas Altstaedt plays in the opening concerto of the Kronberg Cello festival with Kremerata Baltica among Gidon Kremer, Gary Hoffmann and Steven Isserlis
10/09 Haydn cello concerto recording receives supersonic-award
12/09 Nicolas Altstaedt receives Credit Suisse Young Artist Award 2010 and is going to perform with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival on 17.09.2010
>> Credit Suisse
>> Lucerne
Arte portrait:
>> video
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Xavier Phillips plays to pay homage to Rostropovich exactly where his master had played alone 20 years ago for the Fall of Berlin Wall.
Xavier Phillips, cello
Exclusive representation in Spain (+ other Spanish-speaking countries) in collaboration with Musica Glotz
>> short resume
Special Homage to Rostropovich
25.09.2009:
Berlin (anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall)
Programme: solo recital Bach, Britten...
06.11.2009
Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. Programme: Shostakovich Concerto n°1 op. 107.
Concert with the ORTVE conducted by Adrian Leaper.
Lalo's Concerto- 23 & 24.10.2008 >> video
New website:
www.xavierphillips.com
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David Grimal has recorded Bach Sonatas and Partitas + Janacek, Szymanovskyi, Enesco, Bartok with George Pludermacher for Naïve.
David Grimal, violin
>> short resume
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Les Dissonances
Cité de la Musique
Live recording of the concert in the Cité de la Musique-Paris-30/10/2008
>>strauss-metamorphoses (live cité)
>>video-dissonances
>>notes programme
BACH/GRIMAL
intégrale sonates & partitas pour violon seul
>> Naïve
EUROPA
Janacek, Szymanovskyi, Enesco, Bartok
David Grimal, violon
George Pludermacher, piano
CD Ambroisie / Naïve 2008
>>video promo
>> janacek (extract)
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The young virtuoso violonist Alexandra Soumm has recorded Bruch and Paganini for Claves.
Alexandra Soumm (violin)
Exclusive representation in Spain (+other Spanish-speaking countries) in collaboration with Askonas Holt.
>> short resume
First recording of Alexandra Soumm, young virtuoso of violin promised to a great future.
Bruch Concerto for violin in G major op.26, Paganini Concerto n°1 in B major, with the Rhenanie-Palatinat Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by G. Mark (Claves)
>> audio extract
"À 19 ans, Alexandra Soumm témoigne dans ce premier disque d'une personnalité passionnée et lyrique... Sur son admirable Stradivarius, la jeune violoniste fait entendre un timbre d'une grande qualité, un phrasé enflammé qui illumine les mille facettes du Concerto de Max Bruch. Plus à l'aise encore dans le Concerto de Paganini, elle prend possession de cette redoutable partition avec une grande aisance et une parfaite élégance. Le son devient son messager de prédilection : précis et limpide dans les aïgus, ombrageux sur la corde de sol, changeant d'humeur avec une promptitude étonnante. Une telle versatilité, une telle virtuosité font de la jeune violoniste une interprète accomplie du Diable du Violon." Costin Cazaban - Le Monde de la Musique
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Martha Argerich recommends Geza Hosszu-Legocky and his group The 5 Devils! Geza now plays the Stradivarius 1715 Joachim on loan from Nippon Music Foundation and the support of Lorin Maazel and Janos Starker.
Geza Hosszu-Legocky, violon & The 5DeViLS
Representation in France, Spain + other countries for specific projects.
>> short resume
Geza Hosszu-Legocky plays now the Stradivarius Joachim (1715) on loan from Nippon Music Foundation (and the support of Lorin Maazel and Janos Starker).
Martha Argerich recommends Geza Hosszu-Legocky, young very talented violonist, who can propose concerts with a 1st classical part and a 2nd part with his successful classical / gypzy jazz group, The 5DeViLS.
>> short resume
A few dates:
28 & 29.01.2010: Bruch Violin Concerto with the Orquesta de Cordoba conducted by Manel Hernandez Silva.
>> info
06-07.02.2010: Martha Argerich & Friends at Salle Pleyel in Paris
21.12.2010: Geza & The 5 Devils for a Tsygan Christmas in Lyon
Geza Hosszu-Legocky:
>> artist's website
The 5 Devils's youtube:
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© music: dissonances & david grimal - richard strauss metamorphoses- live recorded by radio france musique of the concert in the cité de la musique in paris 30/10/2008 >>live recording
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