by Daniel Hathaway
French pianist Lucas Debargue inspired a standing ovation after only the second piece he played during his Cleveland debut in Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall on Friday evening, February 3. That tribute from a rapt audience might have come even earlier had he not made a direct segue from Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata, K. 132 into Chopin’s Ballade No. 4. No wonder he wowed both critics and audience at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition. [Read more…]
by Mike Telin
During any music competition, it is not unusual for the jury and the critics to disagree as to who the winner should be. Such was the case during the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, when the jury awarded French pianist Lucas Debargue the fourth prize, while his emotional expression and musical individuality earned him the Moscow Music Critics’ Award as “the pianist whose incredible gift, artistic vision, and creative freedom have impressed the critics as well as the audience.”
On Friday, February 3 at 8:00 pm in Reinberger Chamber Music Hall at Severance Hall, Lucas Debargue will make his Cleveland recital debut with a program featuring Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in C, K. 132, Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 4, Op. 52, Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, and Nikolai Medtner’s Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 5. [Read more…]