Des lunes et des feux Arielle Beck

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20:
• 1 Schumann: Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: I. Einfach - Sehr rasch und leicht - Noch rascher - Erstes Tempo - Wie im Anfang 05:42
• 2 Schumann: Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: II. Hastig - Nach und nach immer lebhafter und stärker - Wie vorher - Adagio 05:31
• 3 Schumann: Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: III. Einfach und zart - Intermezzo - Adagio 04:19
• 4 Schumann: Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: IV. Innig - Schneller - Sehr lebhaft - Immer lebhafter - Stretta - Mit einigem Pomp 06:04
• 5 Schumann: Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: V. Zum Beschluss - Allegro 05:38
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76:
• 6 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 1, Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor. Un poco agitato 03:38
• 7 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 2, Capriccio in B Minor. Allegretto non troppo 03:22
• 8 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 3, Intermezzo in A-Flat Major. Grazioso 02:31
• 9 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 4, Intermezzo in B-Flat Major. Allegretto grazioso 02:05
• 10 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 5, Capriccio in C-Sharp Minor. Agitato, ma non troppo presto 02:57
• 11 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 6, Intermezzo in A Minor. Andante con moto 03:27
• 12 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 7,Intermezzo in A Minor. Moderato semplice 02:43
• 13 Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 8, Capriccio in C Major. Grazioso ed un poco vivace 03:49
• Arielle Beck (b. 2009): Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann:
• 14 Beck: Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann 11:52
• Total Runtime 01:03:38

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For her debut album, Arielle Beck chose to get back to the source of German Romanticism: a living gushing source, since the young pianist chose to couple 19th century masterpieces with her own variations on the theme of Schumann’s Bunte Blätter, which once inspired Brahms and Clara Schumann. This young musician is definitely the worthy heir of her illustrious elders.

Arielle Beck, piano

Arielle Beck
An artist with outstanding maturity, Arielle Beck has performed in prestigious concert venues such as La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Le Piano Symphonique (Lucerne), Variations musicales de Tannay, Sommets musicaux de Gstaad, Festival Piano aux Jacobins (Toulouse), Festival classique (Menton), Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid), Rencontres musicales d’Évian à la Grange au Lac, Schubertíada de Vilabertran, Arcachon Chamber Music Festival, Pianos Folies du Touquet, Estivales d’Artenetra, Vague classique at Six-Fours-les-Plages, La Folle Journée in Nantes and Tokyo.

She was invited to perform with such orchestras as the Orchestre national de Montpellier, Orchestre philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre philharmonique de Nice, Paris Mozart Orchestra, Filharmonia Opolska (Poland), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra (Japan), Chamber Orchestra Mannheim (Germany), The Academy of St Martin in the Fields in London (UK), under the batons of Lionel Bringuier, Lawrence Foster, Claire Gibault, Leo Hussain, Lio Kuokman, Paul Meyer, Jakub Montewka, Volodymyr Sirenko and Bruno Weil.

As a chamber musician, she has appeared along with Olivier Charlier, Matthew Hunt, Tomo Keller, Andrzej Krawiec, Aleksey Shadrin, Tedi Papavrami and David Walter.

Born in Paris in 2009, Arielle Beck was trained by Igor Lazko, a former pupil of Iakov Zak. In the meantime, after having spent her early years at the Paris Conservatoire (rue de Madrid) in Anne-Lise Gastaldi’s and Billy Eidi’s classes, she received tuition from Bruno Rigutto and Romano Pallottini. Then, aged 14, she was unanimously accepted at the CNSMDP in the class of Claire Désert. Since she has been 9 years old, she has also been given advice by Stephen Kovacevich.

In 2018, she received special recognition for her precocious talent, as a recipient of the First Grand Prize at the International Young Chopin Competition in Switzerland, whose chairperson was Martha Argerich. In 2024, she obtained the 20th Elba Festival Prize in Italy, which provides awards on an annual basis to young talented musicians recommended by George Edelman. Her musical career was also supported by the Fondation de l’Or du Rhin as well as Piano Cantabile and Lieven Piano Foundations.

Recorded at the age of 15, Moons and Flames is her first album.

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