Name: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Start: 2024-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gulbenkian Foundation

Organization

Conductor

George Benjamin

Singer

Countertenor

Bejun Mehta

Others

Gulbenkian Choir

Orchestra

Gulbenkian Orchestra

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Lisbon

Portugal

Gulbenkian Foundation

Grande Auditório

Le Tombeau de Couperin: Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel (+3 More)

Public

Concerto for Orchestra

Dream of the Song

Sinfonietta

Approved

Aluno de Olivier Messiaen no Conservatório de Paris, George Benjamin cedo começou a cumprir a ambição de um futuro auspicioso como compositor. Aos 20 anos integrara já a programação dos exclusivos e prestigiados BBC Proms, através da apresentação de Ringed by the Flat Horizon; pouco depois, First Light seria dirigida por Simon Rattle, à frente da London Sinfonietta. Em paralelo, Benjamin foi-se afirmando também como maestro, tendo estreado peças de Rihm ou Ligeti. À frente da Orquestra Gulbenkian, lidera um programa eclético que inclui também importantes obras de Ravel e Janáček.

português

A student of Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory, George Benjamin soon began to fulfill the ambition of an auspicious future as a composer. At the age of 20 he had already integrated the programming of the exclusive and prestigious BBC Proms , through the presentation of Ringed by the Flat Horizon ; shortly after, First Light would be directed by Simon Rattle, ahead of the London Sinfonietta. At the same time, Benjamin also established himself as a conductor, having premiered pieces by Rihm or Ligeti. At the head of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, he leads an eclectic program that also includes important works by Ravel and Janáček.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble