Canadian Culture On The World Stage Canadian pianist alain Lefèvre will be on tour in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East this coming January (2004). http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/focus/culture2004-en.asp
Extractions: Français Contact Us Help Search ... About Us Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries Projecting Canadian culture around the world is one of the pillars of Canada's foreign policy. Canadian artists convey a sense of our values and interests through writing, music, dance, theatre and the visual arts. Their work adds depth and mutual appreciation to our international relations. The support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) helps Canadian artists showcase our culture abroad, and allows both artists and the public to benefit from cultural exchanges, international marketing assistance, and project development grants and training. The examples below are but a sample of the vast number of Canadian artists and cultural groups performing or staging their productions abroad in the coming months. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Transcriptions: Bach, Wagner [FL 2 3179] - Analekta In this recording, pianist alain Lefèvre has chosen to present a programme entirely devoted to Franz Liszts piano transcriptions of celebrated works by http://www.analekta.com/site/cat.e/fl_2_3179.html
Extractions: FL 2 3179 (CD) UPC 774204317928 Transcriptions According to Liszt In the nineteenth century, at a time when neither radio nor recordings existed, transcriptions for piano or small ensemble of pieces from the symphonic or operatic literature constituted a privileged means of making large-scale works accessible to music-lovers. The transcription genre had become, until the invention of recording at the beginning of the twentieth century, no less than a major musical industry. Several composers of the first order chose to make these transcriptions, one of their aims being to promote their own works. But for Franz Liszt, who is recognized as being one of the most prolific transcribers of his generation, the process USA Residents: Order it from
ArkivMusic Hommage À André Mathieu / Alain Lefèvre Until pianist alain Lefèvre recorded André Mathieu s piano concerto, I had never heard this Canadian composer s name, let alone his music, most of which is http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=95158
Sorry - We Can't Find That Page concert of the season features 24 year old Latvian pianist Liene Circene. alain Lefèvre, piano. Toronto audiences rarely get a chance to hear this http://glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/0011.html
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Newsletter pianist alain Lefèvre on July 22nd at 800 pm at Salle Gilles Lefebvre. Since this concert is sold out, alain Lefèvre will return to Orford on http://www.arts-orford.org/newsletter/vol1n11juillet2005en.html
Extractions: An Evening of Music and Images for the Whole Family As part of its Orford en Famille weekend, the Orford Arts Centre will welcome and the Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke on July 23 rd . The event, The OSS, Film Music Classics! ] will get under way at 8:00 pm E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Star Trek, and Les Aventuriers de l'Arche Perdue , among others. For the occasion, the Arts Centre will offer a special rate for (4) persons including activities, supper , and the concert for only $90. Family activities are scheduled to begin after 2:00 pm and include a trip up Mount Orford by ski lift, two concerts by Academy students at the top of the mountain, and a BBQ supper on the Orford Arts Centre terrace.
Press Release pianist alain Lefèvre on July 22ndat 800 pm at Salle Gilles Lefebvre . For this concert, alain Lefèvre has put together a programme of works that http://www.arts-orford.org/newsletter/communique/2005-07-22en.html
Extractions: La Valse The second part of the concert features a colourful array of works. Walter Boudreau's La Valse de l'Asile was written while the composer was mentally enmeshed in Claude Gauvreau's . Gauvreau and Mathieu both died young, and in tragic circumstances. The eloquence of this work recalls Ravel's La Valse garnered the 2004 Classical Internet Award and an ADISQ Félix, the artist's third. Hailed a "hero" by the Los Angeles Times, and a "lightning bolt" pianist by the Washington Post, this "man with a mission" (as the London review Piano describes him) has appeared as guest soloist with many of the world's major orchestras.
Orchestre Symphonique De Québec alain Lefèvre, Piano. Rachmaninov, Three Études Tableaux (orchestration by n°3 by Rachmaninov represents for any pianist who dares to approach it. alain http://www.osq.qc.ca/2004-2005/pages-eg/hr_11-24-04.htm
Ottawa XPress - Music - Artist alain Lefèvre Sunday, Aug 7, 2005 at 230pm Centre d Arts Orford alain is an incredible pianist and I am an avid fan of his since I discovered him a few http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/artist.aspx?iIDGroupe=2316
Ottawa XPress - Music - Artist alain Lefèvre Saturday, Apr 24, 2004 at 830pm Théâtre Granada alain is an incredible pianist and I am an avid fan of his since I discovered him a few http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/artist.aspx?iIDGroupe=2316&iIDSpectacle=4550&iI
CBC Shop Online Rising to that occasion, is pianist alain LEFÈVRE, with the ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE LAVAL as directed by JEANFRANÇOIS RIVEST. http://www.cbcshop.ca/CBC/shopping/product.aspx?Product_ID=5220&Variant_ID=SMCD
Review, André Mathieu's Piano Concerto Aside from his undeniable technical abilities, pianist alain Lefèvre is a fountain of musical knowledge, and the many years he has spent searching out and http://www.uhfmag.com/discreviews/MathieuConcerto.html
Extractions: In Europe, in the age of Mozart and the other prodigious musicians, and even well beyond, all of life revolved about the arts, literature and music. Europe was an immense hothouse where a genius could develop fully. But in Canada, and indeed in all North America, things were different. There were countries to be built and societies to be organized. Large fortunes were then rare, and patrons were even rarer. Musical society was in its infancy. In short, the great European capitals were Canada's only reference in music. What is more, music, literature and painting had to share the public stage with costly and popular sporting events. Happily, in Europe the presence of so many musical and literary celebrities led to an emulation that survived economic and political revolutions. That is how Mathieu, on his first voyage to Paris, had the privilege of living in this stimulating atmosphere and meeting masters of both composition and interpretation. But then came the war and the return home, where Mathieu did not find the same fervor among his peers. At the tender age of 15 he suffers a romantic disappointment, the result of the narrow-mindedness of the time. He also suffers from the undue pressure of parents wanting to continue in a lifestyle to which they have become accustomed. Overwork and a growing alcohol problem lead to a burnout.
Hour.ca - Music - Artist alain Lefèvre Saturday, May 14, 2005 Théâtre du VieuxTerrebonne alain is an incredible pianist and I am an avid fan of his since I discovered him a few http://www.hour.ca/music/artist.aspx?iIDGroupe=2316&iIDRepresentation=93121
Hour.ca - Music - Artist alain Lefèvre Thursday, Mar 7, 2002 at 8pm Salle PierreMercure alain is an incredible pianist and I am an avid fan of his since I discovered him a few http://www.hour.ca/music/artist.aspx?iIDGroupe=2316&iIDRepresentation=7755
Press Releases Audiences will hear Canadian pianist alain Lefèvre in two programs and three pianist alain Lefèvre, soprano Hélène Guilmette and five musicians from the http://www.osm.ca/en/index_communiques_communiques_fiche.cfm?TheCommID=71
Press Releases Canadian pianist alain Lefèvre will be heard in two of the season s programs. He will join the OSM in performing in a premiere performance here of the http://www.osm.ca/en/index_communiques_communiques_fiche.cfm?TheCommID=70
Ombú :: Minna Re Shin Her teachers have included Charles Reiner, alain Lefèvre, Anton Kuerti, Menahem Pressler, The revelation of a young oriental pianist, Minna Re Shin. http://ombu.ca/en/minnareshin/
Ombú :: Minna Re Shin photo Yves Lacombe In the words of the legendary Russian pianist Lazar Berman, Her teachers have included Charles Reiner, alain Lefèvre, Anton Kuerti, http://ombu.ca/en/minnareshin/?format=printable
DELIAN SOCIETY PANTHEON been successfully revived by the brilliant young Canadian pianist alain Lefèvre. Canadian Summer Canadian Summer for piano solo (alain Lefèvre) http://www.newmusicclassics.com/mathieu.html
Extractions: His education interrupted by World War II, Mathieu was back in Paris to study with Arthur Honegger in 1947. Unable, however, to adjust to life in the French capital, the young composer returned shortly thereafter to his homeland. By the late 1940s his prospects began to wane. Although he continued to compose, adopting a late-romantic idiom reminiscent of Rachmaninoff, showmanship took increasing precedence over substance in his public appearances as a pianist. Mathieu managed to earn some income by teaching piano and composition, but withdrew increasingly from public life. His future seemed to take a turn for the better in 1960 at the time of his marriage to Marie-Ange Massicotte, but in 1962 Mathieu was shattered by the death of his father, Rodolphe, who had contracted a severe case of bronchial pneumonia. Chronic alcoholism finally took its toll, and Mathieu's life was cut short at just thirty-nine years of age in 1968. Today Mathieu is perhaps best known as the composer of the official theme music of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, an ironic posthumous tribute to a composer whose genius, had circumstances been more favorable, would almost certainly have been admired today in the great concert halls of the world. Nevertheless, his musical legacy is considerable, and includes not only a substantial number of pieces for piano solo in various genres, but also piano concertinos and concertos; symphonic poems and other works for orchestra; chamber music; and vocal works. The "Quebec" Concerto, an abridged version of Mathieu's Third Piano Concerto, was featured in the 1947 Canadian motion picture
Victoria Symphony Canada - Concerts And Events Giuseppe Pietraroia, alain Lefèvre. Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor Victorias own brilliant pianist, vocalist and recording artist Louise Rose, http://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/index.asp?sortBy=series
