法國五月藝術節 浦朗克鋼琴協奏曲

桂冠音樂總監/指揮　葉詠詩
鋼琴　利比爾 Julien Libeer

日期及時間：2023年6月17日 (星期六) 8pm

地點：香港大會堂音樂廳

票價：$480, $340, $200 立即購票

節目

比利時鋼琴家利比爾憑藉他極具深度的演繹及對音樂追尋的真摰熱誠，感動世界各地樂迷，在芸芸新一代鋼琴家中脫穎而出。利比爾將於法國五月藝術節中作香港首演，不但會舉行獨奏會，還會聯同香港小交響樂團及桂冠音樂總監葉詠詩牽起法國琴緣，演奏浦朗克的鋼琴協奏曲，以高水準之姿演奏浦朗克優美精緻，清晰明快的氣息風格。

藝術家:

葉詠詩 (桂冠音樂總監)

亞洲樂壇備受尊崇的指揮家葉詠詩，於2002年起出任香港小交響樂團音樂總監，2020年4月底卸任，轉任桂冠音樂總監。

葉詠詩在1985年贏得法國貝桑松第35屆國際青年指揮大賽冠軍及「金豎琴」獎，並在1988年獲第八屆東京國際指揮比賽獎項。她曾先後出任香港大學的學院藝術家、新加坡國立大學楊秀桃音樂學院王鼎昌傑出客座教授、廣州交響樂團的首席指揮和音樂總監及香港管弦樂團的駐團指揮。

葉詠詩經常獲邀擔任世界各地樂團的客席指揮，曾合作的包括中國中央樂團、中國國家交響樂團、中國愛樂樂團、上海交響樂團、首爾愛樂樂團、大阪管弦樂團、新日本愛樂交響樂團、札幌、讀賣、台灣、布里斯本、墨爾本、昆士蘭等交響樂團及新西蘭的奧克蘭愛樂樂團等。在歐洲，她曾與法國圖盧茲國家樂團、貝桑松室樂團、波蘭華沙愛樂樂團、西班牙特納里夫島交響樂團合作演出。此外，她亦曾率領廣州交響樂團於國際知名的維也納音樂協會會堂（黃金大廳）演出及參與北京國際音樂節。葉詠詩曾與多位國際知名的獨奏家合作，包括杜美、傅聰、明茨、普爾曼、穆特及蘇嘉文等；近年曾指揮的歌劇包括香港小交響樂團伴奏的《詩人李白》、香港藝術節兒童歌劇《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》及台灣愛樂的《畫魂》。

葉詠詩繼2004年帶領香港小交響樂團代表中國參加「中國在法國」文化年的成功演出後，經常獲邀赴世界各地演出，當中包括美國、加拿大、巴西、阿根廷、烏拉圭及台灣，以及法國、德國、波蘭、意大利、葡萄牙、日本、韓國和立陶宛的音樂節。

生於廣州，香港長大的葉詠詩，憑香港皇家賽馬會音樂基金獎學金遠赴倫敦皇家音樂學院攻讀；後於美國印第安納大學取得小提琴及指揮碩士學位。1986和1992年夏季，她分別獲得哥士域斯基獎學金及小澤征爾獎學金前往鄧肯活音樂中心研習指揮。指導過她的指揮大師包括狄瑪爾、伯恩斯坦、小澤征爾、米亞及艾德敦。葉詠詩於2007年獲法國「藝術及文學騎士勳章」，2010年獲英國皇家音樂學院頒授院士榮銜（FRCM），2013年獲香港各界婦女聯合協進會頒發「香港六藝卓越女性」獎及由香港政府授勳銅紫荊星章。2015年，她獲法國政府頒發「國家榮譽騎士勳章」，2022年獲香港演藝學院頒授榮譽院士，表揚她在音樂界的傑出成就。

利比爾 (鋼琴)

Born in 1987 near Brussels, Belgium, Julien Libeer’s earliest musical memory was the famous documentary on the recording of West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein. The piano, which he took up at age six, quickly became the faithful companion for expressing a love of music that thrives as much on opera, orchestra, and chamber music as on the piano repertoire.

For five decisive years, French-Polish pedagogue Jean Fassina was the patient, demanding, wise teacher that any aspiring musician should have the chance to encounter. This experience was followed by the equally intense collaboration with Maria João Pires at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, whose advice and support strongly influenced Julien’s views over the last few years.

Julien has performed at the Barbican Hall (London), Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Musica (Barcelona), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), and is a regular guest of the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. In addition, other tours have taken him to Japan (Tokyo, Sumida Tryphony Hall), Lebanon (Beirut Chants festival), Turkey (Ankara Music Festival) and the US (Miami International Piano Festival). He is an artist in residence at Flagey.

He has performed with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Brussels Philharmonic, Belgian National Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and New Japan Philharmonic; under conductors including Trevor Pinnock, Jun Märkl, Michel Tabachnik, Augustin Dumay, Hervé Niquet, Joshua Weilerstein and Enrique Mazzola. His dedication to the works of Dinu Lipatti have resulted in warm collaborations with the Bucarest Radio Orchestra, among others.

An accomplished chamber musician, he works on a regular basis with Augustin Dumay, Camille Thomas, Frank Braley, Maria João Pires and Lorenzo Gatto, with whom he has performed the complete Beethoven violin sonatas over several seasons (at venues including Wigmore Hall, Louvre and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam).

Highlights of last seasons have included invitations of the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Wigmore Hall, Flagey (Brussels) and the Steinway International Concert Series (Cardiff). He was a guest at the Enescu Festival, the Beirut Chants Festival, the Miami International Piano Festival and has performed chamber music concerts at De Doelen (Rotterdam), the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Charleroi) and the Théâtre des Abesses (Paris).

Other recent highlights include the completion of Julien’s complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas recording with Lorenzo Gatto (Alpha Classics), which won the Diapason d’or de l’Année 2016; his debut concerto album featuring Lipatti’s Concertino for piano and orchestra and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, KV 595 (Les Métamorphoses Orchestra and conductor Raphaël Feye, on Evil Penguin Records). In addition, he was the recipient of an Echo Klassik Award in 2017 for his album with cellist Camille Thomas. Julien has then moved on to sign with Harmonia Mundi International, releasing an adventurous Bach –Bartók in 2020, followed in 2022 by A Well-tempered Conversation, a conceptual take on Bach’s iconic Well-Tempered Keyboard.

Julien Libeer has studied with Daniel Blumenthal (Royal Conservatory of Brussels), Jean Fassina (Paris) and Maria João Pires, and is an associate artist of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he also specialized in chamber music with the members of the Artemis Quartet. Furthermore, he has received the advice of Dmitry Bashkirov, Alfred Brendel, Nelson Delle Vigne-Fabbri, Jura Margulis and Gerhard Schulz (Alban Berg Quartet).

Beyond concertizing, Julien is driven to initiate or collaborate in projects which are rooted in the idea that music, far beyond its esthetic value, can be a force of change for anyone willing to listen. Amongst these projects was Julien hosting a Belgian TV series, that made a case for musical storytelling. He furthermore hosts the Salon Libeer concert series at the Bruges Concertgebouw, in which he joins a fellow musician and a speaker (e.g. philosopher, historian, author), as well as the lecture series Dead or Alive, a philosophical exploration of the shifts in classical music making (in collaboration with LUCA School of Arts and the Catholic University of Leuven.

As the artistic director of the Singing Molenbeek project, he supervises high level choir rehearsals in the primary schools of a Brussels suburb famous for all kinds of wrong reasons. It is Julien’s hope that introducing these children to music, with all its demands and rewards, will help them grow personally and socially.

藤倉大 (作曲)