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Bruno Belthoise

April 13, 2024

Bruno Belthoise (born 9 July 1964) is a French classical pianist and improviser.

Bruno Belthoise 2012.

Biography edit

Born in Paris, Belthoise comes from a family of artists. His grandfather Guy Verdot, a writer and drama critic, introduced him to theatre and literature. His aunt Béatrice Belthoise,[1] an actress, is at the origin of his taste for narration. His mother Dominique Verdot, a graduate of History of Art, took him to Italy and museums to discover the masters of the Quattrocento. Finally, his grandmother Yvonne Lephay-Belthoise, a violinist and pianist, encouraged him to develop his gifts for music. Belthoise began his musical studies at the piano at the age of seven with Isabelle Duha[2] but also percussion with Serge Biondi and violin with his grandmother. Feeling more deeply attracted by the piano, he continued his musical studies with her and then met pianist Claude Maillols[3] who, for five years, taught him technique and repertoire.

Studies, awards, concerts edit

In 1985, Belthoise entered the École normale de musique de Paris in Françoise Buffet-Arsenijevic[4]'s class, also studying in parallel with Madeleine Giraudeau-Basset. In 1987 he obtained the Diploma of Teaching unanimously of the jury then the Superior Diploma of Execution of piano in 1989, the same year as the pianist Frederic Chiu. He then perfected his skills on various occasions with François-René Duchâble, Bruno Rigutto, Helena Sá and Costa. He also studied harmony with Françoise Lengelé. From 1985 onwards, his qualities as a chamber musician were noticed by several performers with whom he gave his first concerts (Jean-Claude Dewaele, Maurice Gabay, Frédéric Laroque,[5] Jean-Philippe Audin,[6] Pascal Meslé...) and recorded in 1987 for the Cybelia Records, the three sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1027-1029 in Les Solistes Français series. In 1988, he received the Charles Oulmont Prize from the Fondation de France and in 1991 he was laureate of the Laurent-Vibert Foundation. Belthoise has been invited since 1993 by festivals in France and abroad (Festival International de la Vézère, Les Concerts de Vollore, Festival de l'été Mosan, Festival d'Estoril...). He performs as soloist or with his partners (Yves Charpentier, Anne Chamussy,[7] Christophe Giovaninetti,[8] the Concert Impromptu, the Ensemble viennois de Paris, the Trio Pangea[9]). He may also be heard on France Musique, the Saarländischer Rundfunk or Antena 2 in Lisbon where he likes to interpret the French repertoire: Fauré, Poulenc, Honegger, Milhaud, Roussel, up to the composers of today. He gave first performances of works by Emmanuel Hieaux, Bernard de Vienne [fr], Marc Kowalczyk [fr], Louis Marischal, Alberto Colla, Raymond Alessandrini.

Bruno Belthoise was named Classic Revelation by the Société civile pour l'administration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes [fr] in 1997.

Music by Portuguese composers edit

 
Centro Cultural de Belém, hommage à Fernando Lopes Graça, 2006

From 1993, Belthoise began a very personal research work towards an original repertoire. Deeply attracted by unknown works and passionate about Portuguese culture, he multiplied the opportunities to come into contact with the piano repertoire of Portuguese composers. In 1995, he recorded his first solo piano album (Disques Coriolan) devoted to the works of Francisco de Lacerda (1869–1934), a conductor and composer friend of Claude Debussy. This world premiere recording, published in France, was hailed by the French and Portuguese press. Like a founding act, this record designated Belthoise as an essential interpreter of 20th century Portuguese music. Between 1999 and 2011, Belthoise recorded several other monographs which are world premieres for Coriolan Records in the series Le Piano Portugais: Armando José Fernandes (1906–1983), Luiz Costa (1879–1960), Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994), Alexandre Delgado (1965–).

He is also invited by Universities for conferences, (Lille 3, Lyon 2, Montreal...) writes articles for the specialized press (Piano, Latitudes, Seara Nova magazines) and gives recitals in Europe and North America. Since 2001, he has been regularly collaborating as soloist with the Portuguese national radio RDP-Antena 2 for live concerts and recordings. In a spirit of collaboration with current Portuguese composers, he is also at the origin of several commissions and has created works by Sérgio Azevedo (1968-), Alexandre Delgado (1965-) and Fernando Lapa (1950-). In parallel, he is developing a six-volume anthology of scores dedicated to Portuguese composers for piano with AvA Musical Editions [pt]. His work is encouraged by the most prestigious institutions in Portugal (Ministério da Cultura, Fundação Gulbenkian, Instituto Camões, RDP-Antena2...)

Young audience concerts edit

The world of childhood, storytelling and narration is a field in which Belthoise likes to evolve, create, imagine and invent. Indeed, since 1995 he has endeavoured to defend on the one hand the sound and literary heritage, and on the other hand living music as an educational vehicle in its own right. In addition, he engages in a close collaboration between writing, narration and musical creation to give birth to works that lead children to discover the musical world as a stimulation of the imagination. For him, as for "Frémeaux & Associés", his publisher, sound is like writing, it offers the possibility to the child to build his own dreamlike world and his reflection. It does not impose a pre-established universe and frees the young listener's imagination. A fine storyteller, Belthoise is also the author of narrative texts, co-written with his wife Béatrice Belthoise, and cultivates this storytelling art that he associates with his piano.

He designs and records three albums for La Librairie Sonore by Frémeaux & Associés: La véritable histoire de Babar (1997), Hänsel & Gretel (2003), Les aventures de Poucette (2008). Thanks to several shows for young audiences Belthoise tours concerts in front of thousands of children throughout France (Opéra Bastille, Arsenal de Metz, Opéra de Lille...), as well as in French-speaking countries (Switzerland, Belgium, Quebec). In these productions, he collaborates with his privileged partners: Laurent Martin (piano), Sébastien Marq (flute),[10] Le Concert Impromptu (wind quintet) and Christina Margotto (piano).[11] It is with the latter that he conceived since 2010 the series of Concertos Narrados at the Conservatory of Porto. Through this initiative, which combines musical creation and educational activities in five languages (French, Portuguese, Spanish, German, English), new works are created such as "Homero" (2012), a tale by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen to music by Fernando Lapa. The success of his albums and shows has been continually highlighted by the press since 1997, confirming that this quality educational project has nothing to envy either audiovisual or multimedia.

Collaborations edit

 
Belthoise and the Concert Impromptu, spectacle Bleu d’Outremer, Scène Nationale de Cavaillon (2005)

His need for diversity in modes of expression led Belthoise to meet the Syrian singer-songwriter Abed Azrie. Together they produced recitals and an album "Chants d'Amour et d'Ivresse" (2002) recorded live at Radio-France. He also composed for the wind quintet the Concert Impromptu for its show'Nouvelles Folies d'Espagne' (2002). His artistic collaboration with Le Concert Impromptu has also given rise to several shows, in which a polysemy is invented that brings together poetry, contemporary music and scenography. Thus, were created Bleu d'Outremer pour stimuler l'esprit (2005), echoing René Char's fulgurances and Vieira da Silva's painting, Mozart de Vienne (2007), meeting and confrontation between Bernard de Vienne, living composer and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pèlerinage Rothko (2009), inspired by Mark Rothko's vibrant painting. Their new production for the 2013 season is entitled BWK, musical theatre in homage to Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill and Paul Klee. Passionate about poetry and improvisation, he has been working since 2003 as a pianist, composer and actor with the Compagnie Alain Rais for Le Poète à New York (2003), Traverser (2006) and gives poetry-music recitals with Alain Rais [fr], Inês de Medeiros and Matthieu Fayette. In 2008, Belthoise created the Trio Pangea with Adolfo Rascón Carbajal (violin) and Teresa Valente Pereira (cello) and performs in Spain, France and Portugal. The new album of the Trio Pangea which was released in 2013 was dedicated to composer Emmanuel Hieaux's[12] chamber music published by Disques Coriolan in the Musique d'Aujourd'hui series. For the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc's death in 2013, he gave the complete works for wind quintet and piano in two concerts with the Concert Impromptu for the radio Antena 2 then recorded with the same ensemble an album dedicated to Darius Milhaud in collaboration with the RDP.

Discography edit

Bibliography edit

  • Grand témoin — Bruno Belthoise : Vers un piano de l'imaginaire, in Improvisation so piano, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva éditions, 2017, p. 143-150. ISBN 978 2 35055 228 6

References edit

  1. ^ Bruno Belthoise at IMDb
  2. ^ Isabelle Duha 2018-12-14 at the Wayback Machine on Conservatoire de Paris website
  3. ^ Claude Maillols
  4. ^ Françoise Buffet-Arsenijevic on the website of the Conservatoire de Paris
  5. ^ Frédéric Laroque
  6. ^ Jean-Philippe Audin
  7. ^ Anne Chamussy[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Christophe Giovaninetti 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine on the Conservatoire de Paris website
  9. ^ Trio Pangea
  10. ^ Sébastien Marq
  11. ^ Christina Margotto
  12. ^ Emmanuel Hieaux : Sept tourne-pages - Bruno Belthoise & Hélène Josse, piano (YouTube)

External links edit

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Bruno Belthoise born 9 July 1964 is a French classical pianist and improviser Bruno Belthoise 2012 Contents 1 Biography 2 Studies awards concerts 3 Music by Portuguese composers 4 Young audience concerts 5 Collaborations 6 Discography 7 Bibliography 8 References 9 External linksBiography editBorn in Paris Belthoise comes from a family of artists His grandfather Guy Verdot a writer and drama critic introduced him to theatre and literature His aunt Beatrice Belthoise 1 an actress is at the origin of his taste for narration His mother Dominique Verdot a graduate of History of Art took him to Italy and museums to discover the masters of the Quattrocento Finally his grandmother Yvonne Lephay Belthoise a violinist and pianist encouraged him to develop his gifts for music Belthoise began his musical studies at the piano at the age of seven with Isabelle Duha 2 but also percussion with Serge Biondi and violin with his grandmother Feeling more deeply attracted by the piano he continued his musical studies with her and then met pianist Claude Maillols 3 who for five years taught him technique and repertoire Studies awards concerts editIn 1985 Belthoise entered the Ecole normale de musique de Paris in Francoise Buffet Arsenijevic 4 s class also studying in parallel with Madeleine Giraudeau Basset In 1987 he obtained the Diploma of Teaching unanimously of the jury then the Superior Diploma of Execution of piano in 1989 the same year as the pianist Frederic Chiu He then perfected his skills on various occasions with Francois Rene Duchable Bruno Rigutto Helena Sa and Costa He also studied harmony with Francoise Lengele From 1985 onwards his qualities as a chamber musician were noticed by several performers with whom he gave his first concerts Jean Claude Dewaele Maurice Gabay Frederic Laroque 5 Jean Philippe Audin 6 Pascal Mesle and recorded in 1987 for the Cybelia Records the three sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1027 1029 in Les Solistes Francais series In 1988 he received the Charles Oulmont Prize from the Fondation de France and in 1991 he was laureate of the Laurent Vibert Foundation Belthoise has been invited since 1993 by festivals in France and abroad Festival International de la Vezere Les Concerts de Vollore Festival de l ete Mosan Festival d Estoril He performs as soloist or with his partners Yves Charpentier Anne Chamussy 7 Christophe Giovaninetti 8 the Concert Impromptu the Ensemble viennois de Paris the Trio Pangea 9 He may also be heard on France Musique the Saarlandischer Rundfunk or Antena 2 in Lisbon where he likes to interpret the French repertoire Faure Poulenc Honegger Milhaud Roussel up to the composers of today He gave first performances of works by Emmanuel Hieaux Bernard de Vienne fr Marc Kowalczyk fr Louis Marischal Alberto Colla Raymond Alessandrini Bruno Belthoise was named Classic Revelation by the Societe civile pour l administration des droits des artistes et musiciens interpretes fr in 1997 Music by Portuguese composers edit nbsp Centro Cultural de Belem hommage a Fernando Lopes Graca 2006From 1993 Belthoise began a very personal research work towards an original repertoire Deeply attracted by unknown works and passionate about Portuguese culture he multiplied the opportunities to come into contact with the piano repertoire of Portuguese composers In 1995 he recorded his first solo piano album Disques Coriolan devoted to the works of Francisco de Lacerda 1869 1934 a conductor and composer friend of Claude Debussy This world premiere recording published in France was hailed by the French and Portuguese press Like a founding act this record designated Belthoise as an essential interpreter of 20th century Portuguese music Between 1999 and 2011 Belthoise recorded several other monographs which are world premieres for Coriolan Records in the series Le Piano Portugais Armando Jose Fernandes 1906 1983 Luiz Costa 1879 1960 Fernando Lopes Graca 1906 1994 Alexandre Delgado 1965 He is also invited by Universities for conferences Lille 3 Lyon 2 Montreal writes articles for the specialized press Piano Latitudes Seara Nova magazines and gives recitals in Europe and North America Since 2001 he has been regularly collaborating as soloist with the Portuguese national radio RDP Antena 2 for live concerts and recordings In a spirit of collaboration with current Portuguese composers he is also at the origin of several commissions and has created works by Sergio Azevedo 1968 Alexandre Delgado 1965 and Fernando Lapa 1950 In parallel he is developing a six volume anthology of scores dedicated to Portuguese composers for piano with AvA Musical Editions pt His work is encouraged by the most prestigious institutions in Portugal Ministerio da Cultura Fundacao Gulbenkian Instituto Camoes RDP Antena2 Young audience concerts editThe world of childhood storytelling and narration is a field in which Belthoise likes to evolve create imagine and invent Indeed since 1995 he has endeavoured to defend on the one hand the sound and literary heritage and on the other hand living music as an educational vehicle in its own right In addition he engages in a close collaboration between writing narration and musical creation to give birth to works that lead children to discover the musical world as a stimulation of the imagination For him as for Fremeaux amp Associes his publisher sound is like writing it offers the possibility to the child to build his own dreamlike world and his reflection It does not impose a pre established universe and frees the young listener s imagination A fine storyteller Belthoise is also the author of narrative texts co written with his wife Beatrice Belthoise and cultivates this storytelling art that he associates with his piano He designs and records three albums for La Librairie Sonore by Fremeaux amp Associes La veritable histoire de Babar 1997 Hansel amp Gretel 2003 Les aventures de Poucette 2008 Thanks to several shows for young audiences Belthoise tours concerts in front of thousands of children throughout France Opera Bastille Arsenal de Metz Opera de Lille as well as in French speaking countries Switzerland Belgium Quebec In these productions he collaborates with his privileged partners Laurent Martin piano Sebastien Marq flute 10 Le Concert Impromptu wind quintet and Christina Margotto piano 11 It is with the latter that he conceived since 2010 the series of Concertos Narrados at the Conservatory of Porto Through this initiative which combines musical creation and educational activities in five languages French Portuguese Spanish German English new works are created such as Homero 2012 a tale by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen to music by Fernando Lapa The success of his albums and shows has been continually highlighted by the press since 1997 confirming that this quality educational project has nothing to envy either audiovisual or multimedia Collaborations edit nbsp Belthoise and the Concert Impromptu spectacle Bleu d Outremer Scene Nationale de Cavaillon 2005 His need for diversity in modes of expression led Belthoise to meet the Syrian singer songwriter Abed Azrie Together they produced recitals and an album Chants d Amour et d Ivresse 2002 recorded live at Radio France He also composed for the wind quintet the Concert Impromptu for its show Nouvelles Folies d Espagne 2002 His artistic collaboration with Le Concert Impromptu has also given rise to several shows in which a polysemy is invented that brings together poetry contemporary music and scenography Thus were created Bleu d Outremer pour stimuler l esprit 2005 echoing Rene Char s fulgurances and Vieira da Silva s painting Mozart de Vienne 2007 meeting and confrontation between Bernard de Vienne living composer and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Pelerinage Rothko 2009 inspired by Mark Rothko s vibrant painting Their new production for the 2013 season is entitled BWK musical theatre in homage to Berthold Brecht Kurt Weill and Paul Klee Passionate about poetry and improvisation he has been working since 2003 as a pianist composer and actor with the Compagnie Alain Rais for Le Poete a New York 2003 Traverser 2006 and gives poetry music recitals with Alain Rais fr Ines de Medeiros and Matthieu Fayette In 2008 Belthoise created the Trio Pangea with Adolfo Rascon Carbajal violin and Teresa Valente Pereira cello and performs in Spain France and Portugal The new album of the Trio Pangea which was released in 2013 was dedicated to composer Emmanuel Hieaux s 12 chamber music published by Disques Coriolan in the Musique d Aujourd hui series For the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc s death in 2013 he gave the complete works for wind quintet and piano in two concerts with the Concert Impromptu for the radio Antena 2 then recorded with the same ensemble an album dedicated to Darius Milhaud in collaboration with the RDP Discography editJohann Sebastian Bach Trois sonates BWV 1027 1029 CY 1102 Ensemble Viennois de Paris Un soir a Vienne EV 9804 Francis Poulenc s L Histoire de Babar le petit elephant amp Camille Saint Saens s Le Carnaval des Animaux FA 804 Emmanuel Hieaux amp Georges Bizet Hansel amp Gretel Jeux d Enfants FA 836 Francisco de Lacerda Œuvres pour piano COR 330 701 Armando Jose Fernandes Œuvres pour piano COR 330 901 Armando Jose Fernandes Sonatas COR 330 0201 Luiz Costa œuvres pour piano COR 330 0001 Alexandre Delgado Bamboleio COR 33a 301 Bruno Belthoise Fandango pour quintette a vent LCI 02 02 1AA Abed Azrie et ses musiciens Live in Radio France 2CD NTCD807 Raymond Alessandrini Les Aventures de Poucette FA 869 Bernard de Vienne Les Identites remarquables COR 330 0901 Fernando Lopes Graca amp Jose Atalaya Geografia da Musica IV NUM 1208 Fernando Lopes Graca Melodias Rusticas Portuguesas COR 330 028 Emmanuel Hieaux Une goutte d ombre COR 330 110Bibliography editGrand temoin Bruno Belthoise Vers un piano de l imaginaire in Improvisationsopiano Jean Pierre Thiollet Neva editions 2017 p 143 150 ISBN 978 2 35055 228 6References edit Bruno Belthoise at IMDb Isabelle Duha Archived 2018 12 14 at the Wayback Machine on Conservatoire de Paris website Claude Maillols Francoise Buffet Arsenijevic on the website of the Conservatoire de Paris Frederic Laroque Jean Philippe Audin Anne Chamussy permanent dead link Christophe Giovaninetti Archived 2018 12 15 at the Wayback Machine on the Conservatoire de Paris website Trio Pangea Sebastien Marq Christina Margotto Emmanuel Hieaux Sept tourne pages Bruno Belthoise amp Helene Josse piano YouTube External links editFremeaux amp Associes la culture d entreprise juin Musique portugaise Montreal Une conscience de la modernite RTPi Universite de Lyon II https www youtube com watch v FS9IEuxxETc Bruno Belthoise amp Sebastien Marq vers le jeune public https www youtube com watch v M1F8cHnjaW8 Repertorio para pianistas AvA Musical Editions http www editions ava com Revue Latitudes https web archive org web 20140714172949 http www revues plurielles org php index php nav 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