Lucas Debargue

Lucas Debargue (born October 23, 1990) is a French pianist and composer. He was awarded fourth prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Lucas Debargue
Born (1990-10-23) October 23, 1990
Paris, France
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Pianist
InstrumentsPiano
LabelsSony Classical
Websitelucasdebargue.com

Early life and education

Debargue was born in Paris, France, on October 23, 1990. Growing up in Compiègne, he took his first piano lessons there at the age of 11, with Christine Muenier.[1]

He stopped his piano studies at 15,[2] becoming more interested in literature.[3]

At 17 he relocated to Paris to study for a degree in Arts and Literature at Paris Diderot University.[4]

In 2010 he quit literature studies and returned to the keyboard. When meeting with teacher Rena Chereshevskaya, he decided to become a professional musician and prepare for competitions.[2] He graduated under her direction in 2016, at the École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot".[5]

Career

In 2015 Debargue was awarded fourth prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Special Prize of the Moscow Music Critics Association for the musician "whose incredible gift, artistic vision and creative freedom have impressed the critics as well as the audience".[6]

After the performance, Debargue was invited to play solo recitals, concerto engagements, and chamber music concerts at concert halls including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, the Theatre des Champs Elysées, the Salle Gaveau, the Milan Conservatory, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konserthuset in Stockholm, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

He has collaborated with conductors including Valery Gergiev, Andrey Boreyko, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Spivakov, Yutaka Sado, Tugan Sokhiev and musicians such as Gidon Kremer, Janine Jansen and Martin Fröst.[7]

Debargue records for Sony Classical and was awarded the ECHO Klassik prize in 2017.[8]

In 2017 a documentary directed by Martin Mirabel (Bel Air productions), Lucas Debargue : To Music, was released and selected for the FIPA in Biarritz in 2018.[9][10]

In 2019 Gidon Kremer named Debargue a "Kremerata Baltica permanent guest"[11]

Compositions
  • Concertino, for piano, string orchestra and drums (2017), premiered by the author and Kremerata Baltica in Cesis (Latvia).[12]
  • Quatuor Symphonique, for piano quartet (2018), premiered in the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris with Eva Zavaro (violin), Adrien Boisseau (viola) and Jerome Pernoo (cello).[13]
  • Trio, for violin, cello and piano (2019), premiered in Théâtre des Champs-Elysées by the author and David Castro-Balbi (violin) Alexandre Castro-Balbi (cello).[14]

Discography

Solo recordings
Release dateAlbumLabel
April 8, 2016Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, RavelSony Classical
September 23, 2016Bach, Beethoven, MedtnerSony Classical
October 27, 2017Schubert, SzymanowskiSony Classical
October 4, 2019 Scarlatti 52 Sonatas Sony Classical

Chamber music
Release date Album Partners Label
November 3, 2017 Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du temps Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, Torleif Thedéen Sony Classical
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References
  1. Entertainment, Sony Music. "Sony Classical". Sony Classical (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  2. "Lucas Debargue (Piano) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. Hewett, Ivan (2016-10-10). "Lucas Debargue: 'The French have a problem with self-hatred'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  4. "Meet Lucas Debargue, the Young Classical Pianist Breaking All the Rules". KQED. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  5. "RÉSULTATS PRIX CORTOT 2016". Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  6. "The real winner in the Tchaikovsky competition is the man who came last". The Spectator. 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  7. "ABOUT | Lucas Debargue I Official website". Lucas Debargue I Official website (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  8. "ECHO Klassik 2017: Der Pianist Lucas Debargue im Porträt". concerti.de. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  9. Lucas Debargue: To Music, retrieved 2019-06-14
  10. "Lucas Debargue : tout à la musique". FIPA, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  11. "Lucas Debargue and Georgijs Osokins become first permanent guest artists of Kremerata Baltica – Kremerata Baltica". Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  12. "Cesis, Latvia – Kremerata Baltica". Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  13. "Centre de musique de chambre de Paris | Boeuf de Chambre". Centre de musique de chambre de Paris (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  14. "Debargue et les frères Castro-Balbi : brillant point de fusion". Classicagenda (in French). 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
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