samedi 13 Mai. 2017 - 20h00

Atelier Marcel Hastir (étage 2)

Memory of a Mensch – création mondiale – David Holyoake,composition et piano, Daniel Rubenstein, violon – ainsi que Eliane Reyes, piano, Jean-Marc Fessart, clarinette,  et l’Ensemble Mendelssohn  avec notamment le Walzer delle Rondini (création mondiale elle aussi de Anna Segal)

Ce concert unique redonnera vie à l’histoire de Marcel Hastir, l’homme et l’artiste qui a fait preuve de tant de courage, ayant aidé et sauvé de nombreux juifs pendant l’occupation nazie de la Belgique. Le compositeur et pianiste David Holyoake et le violoniste Daniel Rubenstein joueront  en première la nouvelle composition « Memory of a Mensch » , dédiée à la mémoire de Marcel Hastir. Un programme riche et varié associera par ailleurs dans le 1ère partie Daniel Rubenstein, violon, et Eliane Reyes, piano , et dans la 2e partie l’Ensemble Mendelssohn et le clarinettiste Jean-Marc Fessard, notamment pour une 2e création mondiale, celle du Walzer delle Rondini for clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello de Anna Segal

Entrée: 15 € – 7 € pour enfants de moins de 12 ans

MUSICIAN LINE-UP: First half:

Daniel Rubenstein (violin) – Eliane Reyes (piano)

César Franck – Sonate pour violon et piano

David Holyoake (short talk as composer in residence, + piano with Daniel Rubenstein (violin)

David Holyoake – Memory of a Mensch (création)

i. A Doina for the Jews

ii. Theosophists and Dreams

iii. Train Escape

 Second half: 

Ensemble Mendelssohn: Daniel Rubenstein, violin I – Sophie Ackermann, violin II – Vincent Hepp, alto – Nicolas Deletaille, cello –  with clarinetist Jean-Marc Fessard

Anna Segal: Il Walzer delle Rondini for clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello (creation)

Prokofiev – Ouverture sur des thèmes juifs, op.34

LES COMPOSITEURS

DAVID HOLYOAKE – Background & Education – http://www.davidholyoake.com/  

  photos Isabelle Françaix

– voir  http://www.isabellefrancaix.com/fr/portfolio-43445-0-40-david-holyoake-compositeur.html 

David is a composer originally from Melbourne Australia, and now based in Brussels. He is represented as an Associate Artist with the Australian Music Centre, and published by Reed Music. David is passionate about new classical music as deep language, and as a source of spiritual connection or social or personal transformation. His music searches for a contemporary yet universal vocabulary, new yet refusing the ongoing fashion for atonality and the denial of beauty within the contemporary classical ‘scene’. .

After completing his studies and gaining second prize for composition at the Keys Australian Music Competition in 2006, David developed his craft by working as a composer for amateur and professional theatre in Australia and London. In 2012 he completed a commission from Nyctolopic to create a 1 hour original score for a new contemporary dance-theatre work called The City Will Crumble, inspired by the philosophy and aesthetic of film noir.  His works have been performed at such venues as the Great Hall, National Gallery of Victoria, Fairfiels Halls, and the  Beursschouwburg. As composer, David has received grant awards from the Arts Council of England, Arts Victoria, and the Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles. He is a member of the Melbourne Composers League and has works held within the British Music Collection

David is also an environmental activist and climate change policy expert. He believes musicians and artists should be better organised as a force for change. In this vein, he received a commission from London based Ensemble Matisse to composer Extinct Birds – an innovative new music creation including sound recordings of extinct and endangered song birds against contemporary chamber music. By juxtaposing human song against the song of species whose destruction we have caused, Extinct Birds came with a powerful environmental message. In Belgium he has recently been commissioned by Trio Metafora – members of Ensembles Musiques Nouvelles to create a work about climate change and financial greed.

During his 6 months residency in 2016 as a composer in residence at Atelier Marcel Hastir, Brussels, David was engaged with the archives about the interesting life of visual artist Marcel Hastir, who bravely saved many jews during the war and was a notable and humanitarian artist and painter. The resulting work, dedicated to the memory of this special man, will be performed in a concert in May 2017.

More at: www.davidholyoake.com    –  http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/holyoake-david

 ANNA SEGAL, Composer / Performer

Critically acclaimed composer Anna Segal belongs to a new generation of classical composers: An unusual, versatile composer in various disciplines – Symphonic and Chamber music, solo concertos, Lieder with Orchestra, Choir works and even Chansons. Her compositions were already performed in many countries.

Born in Ukraine, she began studying piano and composition at the age of 5. After graduating from music school and college with degrees in piano and musicology, she later studied composition at The Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. After immigrating to Israel, she studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and graduated in Composition (M.A.) under Prof. Ami Maayani. – Anna Segal is a member of ACUM and The Israel Composers’ League (ICL). She is a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship.

Her works are regularly performed by many orchestras, ensembles and soloists: Berliner Symphoniker (conducted by Maestro Lior Shambadal at The Berlin Philharmonie), London Mozart Players Orchestra, Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra, The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Irkutsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Daego Chamber Orchestra (Korea), Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, The Raanana Symphonette, Uwe Komischke (Germany), Ramon Jaffe (Germany), The Israel Stage Orchestra and Baskent Chamber Orchestra in Turkey – among others.

Other highlights include her chamber piece « Overtones of the Night » – that won the first prize, and was performed at the Modern Music Festival in Korea and in 2009, « Cabaret Macbeth » (Dir. Dani Ehrlich) – that was performed as part of the Experimental Art festival in Tel-Aviv and at Felicja Blumental Music Center (2011), music for the award-winning movie « Night Shift » (Dir. Slava Lesov), music for the Cantango Berlin Ensemble, a series of especially-developed Family Concerts that were performed in many countries etc. – Copyright © ANNA SEGAL – anna_segal@hotmail.com

  Daniel Rubenstein, violon

Originaire de Bruxelles, Daniel Rubenstein est diplômé avec distinction du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles et de l’Université d’Indiana en 3 instruments (violon, alto et piano) et est actif depuis comme violoniste et altiste concertiste, ainsi que dans de certaines occasions comme pianiste. – Daniel Rubenstein s’est produit en soliste, en récital et en musique de chambre en Belgique, Hollande, Allemagne, Espagne, Portugal, France, Italie, Luxembourg, Irlande, Bulgarie, Roumanie, Brésil, Turquie, Tunisie, Israël, Corée du Sud et Japon. ​Cela inclue des concerts dans des salles importantes comme l’Auditorium Manuel De Falla à Grenade, l’Auditorium National de Murcia, le National Concert Hall de Dublin, le Jerusalem Henry Crown Symphony Hall, le Tel-Aviv Museum, le CCR Concert Hall et Kadıköy Süreyya à Istanbul, la Phlharmonique d’Antalya, la Sala Reduta à Brasov, la Grande Salle Henri Leboeuf – Bozar et le Studio 4 de Flagey à Bruxelles, la Koningin Elisabethzaal à Anvers, l’Acropolium de Carthage, Minato Mirai à Yokohama,  etc. 

​1er Prix de plusieurs concours nationaux, Daniel Rubenstein a donné son premier concert en soliste à l’âge de 15 ans avec l’Orchestre National de Belgique sous la direction Mendi Rodan, après quoi il joua sous la direction de chefs tels qu’André Vandernoot, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Proinssias O’Duin, Georges Octors, Ronald Zollman etc. Chambriste actif, il a joué avec près de 100 musiciens tels que Abdel-Rahman El Bacha, Brigitte Engerer, David Lively, DanielBlumenthal, Peter Frankl, Hagaï Shaham, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Olivier Charlier, Yuzuko Horigome, Augustin Dumay, Peter Zazofsky, Liviu Prunaru, Gil Sharon, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lluis Claret, Alexander Dmitriev, Luc Dewez, Miha Haran, Marc Grauwels, Francis Orval, Michel Lethiec, Pascal Moragues etc. dans un répertoire de plus de 200 oeuvres. – ​Son intérêt pour la musique actuelle mena à de nombreuses collaborations ayant abouties à la création de près de 30 oeuvres écrites pour lui, ou qui lui sont dédiées, de compositeurs reconnus. Il fit aussi la création en Israël du concerto pour violon et oud de Aviya Kopelman.  ​Daniel Rubenstein complète ses activités aux travers de ses 2 groupes fixes de musique de chambre, en tant que 1er violon de l’Ensemble Mendelssohn, et comme altiste de Estampes (trio flûte, alto et harpe). Sa discographie de 11 CD comprends entre autre des récitals au violon et à l’alto, de la musique de chambre et des créations mondiales. Plusieurs de ses enregistrements ont reçut d’excellentes critiques de la presse internationale (Gramophone, Crescendo, Klassik Heute, Fanfare). 

​Pédagogue engagé, il est professeur de violon et d’alto au Conservatoire royal de Mons / Arts2 (BE) enseignant les étudiants en Bachelor et en Master, ainsi que professeur-associé (chargé d’enseignement) en musique de chambre au Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles où il fut aussi professeur invité de violon. Il donne réguliérement des masterclass en Europe et à l’étranger. ​Daniel Rubenstein a repris en 2009 la direction artistique du Festival Mozart à Waterloo (BE), festival international de musique de chambre qui a célébré en 2015 son 20ème anniversaire.  – www.danielrubenstein.com

Eliane Reyes – Guest artist

In the spectrum of international competitions, Eliane has won innumerable awards including 1st prize in Ettlingen, Germany and 1st prize at the Cervantes International Piano Competition in Cuba. Finalist at the Montreal International Musical Competition, the Clara Schumann International Piano Competition in Düsseldorf, where she was equally rewarded for chamber music, and at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, to mention but a few. Eliane Reyes devotes herself to a career as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician to the unanimous acclaim of the international press and audiences. Through her numerous performances, she has attained the absolute support of the Rheinold Blüthner, Nany Philippart, Spes, Solti and Vocatio Foundations. Amongst artists such as Martha Argerich or Vladimir Ashkenazy, Eliane has had the opportunity to be invited to give recitals and to perform alongside Augustin Dumay, Ivry Gitlis, Misha Maisky and José van Dam.

Jean-Marc FESSARD – guest artist

Jean-Marc Fessard est issu de la grande tradition de l’école française de clarinette qu’il a représentée au Congrès International de Phoenix (USA).Diplômé du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris où il obtient les plus hautes distinctions en clarinette, clarinette basse et musique de chambre ainsi que le Diplôme Supérieur, il est lauréat du Concours d’Interprétation Jacques Lancelot (1er Prix), des Concours Internationaux de Paris (3ème Prix 1996), Illzach (1er Prix 1997), et Gdańsk (1er Prix et Prix spécial de la Société Brahms de Hamburg 1997).

 ENSEMBLE MENDELSSOHN

Daniel Rubenstein-Sophie Ackermann-Vincent Hepp-Nicolas Deletaille et – guest – Jean-Marc Fessard

Sophie Ackermann – violin

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