Invisibles Astrig Siranossian & Nathanäel Gouin

• Jean Cras (1879 - 1932): Cello Sonata:
• 1 Cras: Cello Sonata: I. Allegro 11:51
• 2 Cras: Cello Sonata: II. Adagio 08:06
• 3 Cras: Cello Sonata: III. Vif 10:33
• Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900 - 1936): Cello Sonata in A Minor:
• 4 Ferroud: Cello Sonata in A Minor: I. Capriccio. Allegro moderato 06:06
• 5 Ferroud: Cello Sonata in A Minor: II. Intermezzo. Allegro 04:39
• 6 Ferroud: Cello Sonata in A Minor: III. Rondo. Molto vivace 03:51
• Marcelle Soulage (1894 - 1970): Cello Sonata in F-Sharp Minor:
• 7 Soulage: Cello Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: I. Allegro moderato 09:03
• 8 Soulage: Cello Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: II. Nocturne 06:07
• 9 Soulage: Cello Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: III. Allegro vivo 03:59
• Total Runtime 01:04:15

Info for Invisibles

Astrig Siranossian and Nathanaël Gouin pluck from obscurity three rare works that time has rendered (temporarily) invisible. The first of these sonatas for cello and piano, recorded at the La Grange-Fleuret Music Library, was composed by Jean Cras in 1901, when he was a young naval officer aged twenty-two. It displays his precocious mastery of form and texture. Pierre-Octave Ferroud’s Sonata, written in 1932, four years before this promising composer died in a car accident at the age of thirty-six, evokes a very different mood. Marcelle Soulage is certainly the least-known of the three. A pupil of Nadia Boulanger, teacher, radio producer and journalist in addition to her work as a composer, she was a founder member of the Groupe Instrumental Féminin in the 1950s. Her Sonata in F sharp minor, written in 1919 when she was twenty-five, reveals inventive qualities that were already very apparent.

Astrig Siranossian, cello
Nathanael Gouin, piano

Astrig Siranossian
Winner of the First Prize and several times winner of the Special Prize of the Krzysztof Penderecki International Cello Competition, Astrig Siranossian performs as soloist with famous orchestras. A regular guest of Daniel Barenboim’s, her musical partners are no less than Martha Argerich, Simon Rattle, Yo-Yo Ma, Zubin Mehta, Emmanuel Pahud, Daniel Ottensamer… The most well-known venues have already hosted the young musician: Paris Philharmonic, Musikverein in Vienna, KKL Luzern, Basel Casino, Dijon Opera, Flagey in Brussels, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Kennedy Center Washington….

Her Last recording « Dear Mademoiselle » a tribute to Nadia Boulanger, recorded with the pianist Nathanaël Gouin and Daniel Barenboim received the honor of the press and international medias.

Her previous recording got many prizes including the « Shcalplattenprize », the Musica Prize, Télérama ffff.. She is regularly invited by international TV channels and radios.

Since 2016, Astrig Siranossian is leading the festival « Les Musicades » taking place in Romans sur Isère, her hometown in France. In 2020 she created the charity project « Spidak-Sevane » to bring education and material to children in Armenia.

Astrig Siranossian started music at the age of three. Five years later she was admitted to the CNR in Lyon, furthered her studies at the Lyon CNSM in Lyon, obtaining her diploma of higher studies with distinction. She completed her training in Switzerland at the Basel Conservatory in Ivan Monighetti’s class, passing her Concert Masters and Soloist Masters Degree with flying honors.

Astrig plays a 1676 Ruggieri cello, generously loaned by the Boubo Music Foundation in Binningen.

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