Pianist Olivier Moulin tours major cities in Vietnam

(To Quoc) - During his tour in 5 major cities: Hanoi, Hue, Da Nang, Da Lat, Ho Chi Minh City, French pianist Olivier Moulin will bring to Vietnamese audiences a special classical music program in memory of the great French composer Gabriel Fauré on the 100th anniversary of his death (1924-2024).

Described by the Washington Post as "a young artist who has proven maturity, elegance and sophistication", Olivier Moulin has excelled at the top of the Lyon National Conservatory of Music with absolute consensus and praise from the jury.

Known from the Kingdom of Music competition organized by Radio - France with the prestigious first prize, Olivier Moulin is also the champion of the Epinal International Piano Competition, the French Music Youth Award of the Maurice Ravel International Academy...

He has been invited to perform at many prestigious international festivals such as La Roque d'Anthéron, Montpellier & Radio-France, Festival Croisements in China, Festival Virtuosi in Brazil, International Piano Festival En Blanco y Negro in Mexico, Lisztomanias in Istanbul - Turkey, Motley Tulip International Arts Festival in Belarus...

Artist Olivier Moulin has also performed in prestigious auditoriums in France (Grand Auditorium of Radio-France, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Unesco, Auditorium of the Louvre Museum, Lyon Theatre and Avignon Theatre...), in Europe (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Spain...), in Asia (Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia...), and in America (United States, Brazil, Mexico).

Olivier Moulin is a piano teacher at the Grand Nancy Regional Conservatory and President of the Epinal International Piano Competition. He regularly teaches masterclasses in Europe, the United States, Mexico, Japan, China, etc.

Nghệ sĩ dương cầm Olivier Moulin lưu diễn tại các thành phố lớn của Việt Nam - Ảnh 1.

French pianist Olivier Moulin (Coryright @Shanghai Concert Hall)

During this tour in major cities of Vietnam, artist Olivier Moulin will play piano solo in a special classical music program in memory of the great French composer Gabriel Fauré on the 100th anniversary of his death (1924-2024).

Born on 12 May 1845 in Pamiers (Ariège) and died on 4 November 1924 in Paris, Gabriel Fauré was a great French pianist, organist and composer. A student of Saint-Saëns and Gustave Lefèvre at the Niedermeyer School in Paris, Fauré conducted the orchestra at the Madeleine church in Paris, before becoming an organist. He was later appointed professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory and from 1905 to 1920 he served as director of the Conservatory. He was one of the greatest French composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Fauré's works are distinguished by their melodic sophistication and compositional balance. If Gabriel Fauré is recognized as a genius of harmony, he is also considered a master of French melody.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death, this concert is organized to pay tribute to the great French composer and pedagogue Gabriel Fauré and the two great artists he trained. Through the concert, we will have the opportunity to enjoy some of his very special piano works. These works are like a mirror when performed alongside the music of his two most outstanding students, Georges Enesco and Maurice Ravel, who showed deep respect for their teacher.

PROGRAMME

Gabriel FAUREÉ (1845 – 1924)

● Pavane op.50 (6')

● Theme and variations in C sharp minor (16')

● Ballade op.19 (14')

Georges ENESCO (1862 – 1918)

● Works written for Fauré (2')

Maurice RAVEL (1875 - 1937)

● Lullaby in memory of Fauré (3')

● Pavane for a deceased princess (6')

● Gaspard of the Night (23')

TOUR SCHEDULE IN VIETNAM