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22.9.2024 klo 20

HiH! nro 51: Vincent Courtois & Eric-Maria Couturier

Vincent Courtois'n ja Eric-Maria Couturierin duokonsertit ovat ilahduttaneet musiikin ystäviä yli genrerajojen. Tänä syksynä nämä ranskalaiset sellomestarit ovat Vapaat äänet -kiertueella Baltiassa ja saapuvat Helsinkiin sunnuntaina 22. syyskuuta. He esiintyvät Hietsun Paviljongissa Hietsu is Happening! -kollektiivin ja Helsinki Jazz ry:n kutsumana.

Vincent Courtois'lla ja Éric-Maria Couturierilla on muutakin yhteistä kuin klassinen sellokoulutus, he jakavat myös intohimon seikkailuun. Vincent Courtois on jo vuosia etsinyt sitä jazzista ja improvisaatiosta, mutta Couturierin suosikkimaailma on nuotinnettu nykymusiikki. Yhdessä he uskaltautuvat täysin improvisoituihin konsertteihin. 

Vincent Courtois
Classical training endowed him with technique, precision, and instrumental control. His curiosity and eclecticism led him to play with brilliant musicians from different backgrounds, from jazz to pop music: Rita Mitsouko, Christian Escoudé, Michel Petrucciani, Michel Portal, Rabih Abou Kahlil, to name a few. With Sylvie Courvoisier, Dominique Pifarely, Joëlle Léandre and Joachim Kühn, Courtois gets back to his instrument's classical aspect. His collaboration with Louis Sclavis, with whom he shares a cinematic approach of music, endows him with a fine sense of melody. Strengthened by his many experiences and influences, Vincent Courtois has developed a unique musical exploration.
In 2012 he formed a trio with Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker both on tenor saxophone and Fincker also on clarinet, that has cultivated a unique sound through five programs and five records, and numerous concerts performed around the World.

Eric-Maria Couturier
Polymorphous and virtuoso, Éric-Maria Couturier regularly performs on the major international stages, as a soloist, or in chamber music with the Talweg trio, with other artists such as Mauricio Pollini, Martha Argerich and Juliana Steinbach, and with the Ensemble intercontemporain, which he joined in 2002.
He has improvised in concert with David Linx, Laika and the Unit, Sébastien Lanson, and the electronics of the Plug trio with Michele Rabbia and Nicolas Crosse. With Bertrand Chavarria, he created a piece illustrating the energy of karate. He performs In Japan and in Europe with singer Noh Ryoko Aoki and percussionist Tsuchitori Toshi, a collaborator of Peter Brook.
He has worked with the greatest conductors, including Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Georg Solti, Carlo-Maria Giulini, Peter Eötvös, Susanna Mälkki, Jonathan Nott and Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others. He appears as soloist in the cello concertos of Haydn, Dvořák, Brahms double, Shostakovich, Eötvös, Fujikura, Kurtág, Merlin, Pfitzner, Saariaho and Robin, whose Quarks concerto is dedicated to him.

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