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Eric Le Van

April 10, 2024

Eric Le Van (born June 14, 1964) is an American classical pianist particularly known for his interpretations of the music of Brahms and Scriabin.[1] He is also an archivist of unusual repertoire.[2][3] He has been guest soloist and recitalist in major festivals and venues in the United States and in Europe, notably the Weimar Franz Liszt Festival[4] and the Beethovenfest in Bonn,[5] the Fetes Romantiques de Nohant Festival in France,[6] as well as the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.[7]

Early on he entered the class of Earle C. Voorhies, whose own professor was Alexander Siloti, one of Liszt's pupils, and a cousin and teacher of Rachmaninov.[8] After graduating from the University of Southern California, he moved to Europe in 1986 where he became a protege of Rudolf Buchbinder at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. In Basel, he studied chamber music with Walter Levin, founder and first violinist of the LaSalle Quartet, and pianist Gérard Wyss. Later, he was a Fulbright scholar in the class of Karl-Heinz Kammerling at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, Germany, and pursued doctoral studies at La Sorbonne in Paris.

In chamber music, his partners include Michaela Paetsch,[9] and Axel Strauss.[10]

He was artistic director of the Franz Liszt Festival in Alsace, France from 1997 to 2003.[11] He now lives in the Los Angeles area with his family.

Further information: The Le Van Family Musicians

Reception edit

Le Van's recordings have been praised for their sensitivity, emotional depth, and power.[12][13][14]

His debut CD of Brahms' Sonatas no.1 & no.3 for Gallo Records immediately drew positive reviews. Jacques Bonnaure in Repertoire stated that he is one of the most important Brahms interpreters since Julius Katchen, and compared Le Van to Curzon and Arrau.[15]Le Monde de la musique praised Le Van's "lyrical generosity and expressive sincerity."[16] The Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande wrote of him as "an artist of the highest caliber."[17] The BBC Music Magazine described his performances as "powerfully impressive".[18] Bernard Jacobson in Fanfare Magazine elaborates on his "profound understanding" and his "sovereign technical facility".[19]

Le Van's survey of Liszt's chamber music, with cellist Guido Schiefen for Arte Nova (BMG), earned them the Neue Musik Zeitung's award "Critic Choice" for Best Chamber Music Disc of the Year in 2000.[20] Adrian Corleonis in Fanfare qualified the performers' contribution to the Liszt discography as "significant", and lauded their "consummate artistry and hand-in-glove collaboration."[21]Donald Vroon in The American Record Guide expressed that "Le Van here is better than any pianist on any chamber recording of these pieces."[22]

As for the premiere of Raff's works for piano and violin on Tudor Records, the Joachim Raff Society published an online review stating that: "if you plan to buy only one Raff recording this year, then this is the one."[23] On Classical Net, Donald Satz extensively reviewed the CD, concluding: "This is one of the most enjoyable recordings I have listened to in the past few years. Great music does not play itself; it needs exceptional performers to highlight its architecture and the compelling nature of its musical lines and progression. Neftel and Le Van have done this with a level of artistry and technique that is stunning. I give the recording a 10/10; the Satz Rating Scale shows the disc to be off the charts."[24]

Likewise, his readings of the complete Scriabin Mazurkas for Music & Arts were described by Bryce Morrison in Gramophone as "magically fleet and affectionate," "youthful, ardent and communicative."[25] The BBC Music Magazine gave it 4 stars, with Matthew Rye praising the "freshness and lustre of his tone—captured in one of the most natural piano recordings I have heard for some time."[26]Fanfare Magazine, citing "artistry of the highest order", described Mr. Le Van as " uncannily sensitive to Scriabin's nuances of phrase and harmonic subtleties," and Peter J. Rabinowitz selected the recording for the Want List 2004 of indispensable new recordings to have: "Eric Le Van plays with a rhythmic flexibility that few other living pianists could carry off. It's what you might call a polemical disc—certainly, it offers an extreme and distinctive interpretive perspective. But Le Van expresses his position in a way that's convincing, even mesmerizing."[27] In an in-depth review on the website MusicWeb International, critic Donald Satz concluded: "it is not an easy task to be competitive with the greatest Scriabin pianists of the past as Vladimir Sofronitsky, Samuel Feinberg, Sviatoslav Richter, Roberto Szidon, Vladimir Horowitz, and Scriabin himself. Le Van deserves to be placed in this exalted company, and he enjoys the best sonics that modern techniques can offer."[28]

Of second Brahms CD, the American Record Guide commented: "it is exhilarating to hear Brahms playing that feels so alive."[29]L'éducation musicale hailed Le Van as "a worldwide Brahms authority."[30]

Le Van's recording "Exil. Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents" was released in 2013 with Music & Arts. It features the works – including world premieres – of five Jewish composers who were amongst the wave of intellectuals and artists who left Europe in the 1930s for the United States: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Erich Zeisl, Ernst Toch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. These emigres, fleeing the upsurge of European fascism, contributed to make Southern California one of the capitals of world culture, and profoundly altered the horizons of American music and the arts. Zeisl biographer Malcolm Cole heralds these composers' works as "magnificently served" in Le Van's own readings, and Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg, daughter of Erich Zeisl and daughter-in-law of Arnold Schoenberg, endorses the CD as "deeply moving and thrilling": "Le Van played my father's pieces with so much emotion and beauty. I have listened to all the pieces on the CD and he plays them all wonderfully, including the Schoenberg which I have heard many times: he renders them so lyrically which makes them sound, though modern, so romantic and beautiful!" The New York Times' chief music critic Anthony Tommasini has praised the CD as "a fascinating new recording.".[31] Le Van's recording was featured on HBDirect's magazine, and was also recommended on Expedition Audio.[32] He has given several interviews on this release, including for Pizzicato magazine.[33]

Discography edit

  • Brahms: Sonatas No.1 & 3. Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Gallo CD-946
  • Liszt: Complete Works for Cello and Piano. Guido Schiefen (cello); Eric Le Van (piano). Label: BMG-Arte Nova 74321 76809 2/ Oehms Classics OC 246
  • Raff: Sonatillen for violin and piano Op.99 & 6 Morceaux for violin and piano Op. 85. Michaela Paetsch Neftel (violin); Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Tudor 7109
  • Scriabin: Complete Mazurkas. Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Music & Arts CD-1125
  • Brahms: Sonata No 2, Scherzo Op. 4, Ballades Op. 10. Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Gallo CD-1203
  • Exil. Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents. Eric Le Van (piano), Label: Music & Arts CD-1271

Sources edit

  1. ^ Young, John Bell (January 4, 2005). " A poetic approach, Eric Le Van plays Scriabin Mazurkas" Music and Vision Daily
  2. ^ "Erich Zeisl Official Website".
  3. ^ "Sheva Collections" (PDF).
  4. ^ "2003 Konzerte".
  5. ^ Beethovenfest. 2006 Programme, p. 6
  6. ^ "1994 Fetes Romantiques de Nohant".
  7. ^ "American Liszt Society".
  8. ^ Donald, Satz. "Scriabin – A Circle of One, Part 5 (Mazurkas – Le Van)".
  9. ^ Don, Satz. "Classical Net". Classical Net.
  10. ^ . LACMA. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013.
  11. ^ "Jazz à Munster, entre tradition et découvertes". L'Alsace.
  12. ^ "Pizzicato". Pizzicato. October 1998.
  13. ^ "Fanfare". Fanfare. November–December 1998.
  14. ^ "Musica e Dischidate=November 1998". Musica e Dischi.
  15. ^ "Repertoire". Repertoire. October 1998.
  16. ^ "Le Monde de la Musique". Le Monde de la Musique. December 1998.
  17. ^ "Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande". Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande. December 1998.
  18. ^ "BBC Music Magazine". BBC Music Magazine. January 2009.
  19. ^ "Fanfare Magazine". Fanfare Magazine. November–December 1998.
  20. ^ "Critics' Choice". Neue Musik Zeitung. 2000.
  21. ^ "Fanfare". Fanfare. November–December 2000.
  22. ^ "The American Record Guide". The American Record Guide. November–December 2000.
  23. ^ "Joachim Raff Society". Joachim Raff Society. August 2003.
  24. ^ "Classical Net". Classical Net. December 2005.
  25. ^ "Gramophone". Gramophone. June 2004.
  26. ^ "BBC Music Magazine". BBC Music Magazine. April 2004.
  27. ^ "Fanfare". Fanfare. January 2004.
  28. ^ "MusicWeb International". MusicWeb International. August 2005.
  29. ^ "American Record Guide". American Record Guide. January–February 2011.
  30. ^ "L'éducation musicale". L'Éducation Musicale. August 2011.
  31. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (March 12, 2014). "Classical Playlist: John Adams, Prokofiev, Harrison Birtwistle and More". ArtsBeat. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  32. ^ Ballyk, Paul (January 14, 2014). "Exil: Piano music by Korngold, Schoenberg, Zeisl & Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Eric Le Van, piano". Expedition Audio. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  33. ^ Franck, Remy (May 16, 2014). "Eric Le Van about his CD 'Exile': "To a composer, there is nothing worse than the feeling that he is irrelevant"". Pizzicato. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • "An American pianist in France: An Interview with Eric Le Van" by Bernard Jacobson. Fanfare Magazine. Jan./Feb.2002
  • "Musical Maverick" An Interview with Eric Le Van". Clavier Magazine. February 2006. Volume 45, No.2.

April 10, 2024
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Eric Le Van born June 14 1964 is an American classical pianist particularly known for his interpretations of the music of Brahms and Scriabin 1 He is also an archivist of unusual repertoire 2 3 He has been guest soloist and recitalist in major festivals and venues in the United States and in Europe notably the Weimar Franz Liszt Festival 4 and the Beethovenfest in Bonn 5 the Fetes Romantiques de Nohant Festival in France 6 as well as the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress in Washington D C 7 Early on he entered the class of Earle C Voorhies whose own professor was Alexander Siloti one of Liszt s pupils and a cousin and teacher of Rachmaninov 8 After graduating from the University of Southern California he moved to Europe in 1986 where he became a protege of Rudolf Buchbinder at the Musik Akademie in Basel Switzerland In Basel he studied chamber music with Walter Levin founder and first violinist of the LaSalle Quartet and pianist Gerard Wyss Later he was a Fulbright scholar in the class of Karl Heinz Kammerling at the Hochschule fur Musik in Hannover Germany and pursued doctoral studies at La Sorbonne in Paris In chamber music his partners include Michaela Paetsch 9 and Axel Strauss 10 He was artistic director of the Franz Liszt Festival in Alsace France from 1997 to 2003 11 He now lives in the Los Angeles area with his family Further information The Le Van Family Musicians Contents 1 Reception 2 Discography 3 Sources 4 External linksReception editA major contributor to this section appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Le Van s recordings have been praised for their sensitivity emotional depth and power 12 13 14 His debut CD of Brahms Sonatas no 1 amp no 3 for Gallo Records immediately drew positive reviews Jacques Bonnaure in Repertoire stated that he is one of the most important Brahms interpreters since Julius Katchen and compared Le Van to Curzon and Arrau 15 Le Monde de la musique praised Le Van s lyrical generosity and expressive sincerity 16 The Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande wrote of him as an artist of the highest caliber 17 The BBC Music Magazine described his performances as powerfully impressive 18 Bernard Jacobson in Fanfare Magazine elaborates on his profound understanding and his sovereign technical facility 19 Le Van s survey of Liszt s chamber music with cellist Guido Schiefen for Arte Nova BMG earned them the Neue Musik Zeitung s award Critic Choice for Best Chamber Music Disc of the Year in 2000 20 Adrian Corleonis in Fanfare qualified the performers contribution to the Liszt discography as significant and lauded their consummate artistry and hand in glove collaboration 21 Donald Vroon in The American Record Guide expressed that Le Van here is better than any pianist on any chamber recording of these pieces 22 As for the premiere of Raff s works for piano and violin on Tudor Records the Joachim Raff Society published an online review stating that if you plan to buy only one Raff recording this year then this is the one 23 On Classical Net Donald Satz extensively reviewed the CD concluding This is one of the most enjoyable recordings I have listened to in the past few years Great music does not play itself it needs exceptional performers to highlight its architecture and the compelling nature of its musical lines and progression Neftel and Le Van have done this with a level of artistry and technique that is stunning I give the recording a 10 10 the Satz Rating Scale shows the disc to be off the charts 24 Likewise his readings of the complete Scriabin Mazurkas for Music amp Arts were described by Bryce Morrison in Gramophone as magically fleet and affectionate youthful ardent and communicative 25 The BBC Music Magazine gave it 4 stars with Matthew Rye praising the freshness and lustre of his tone captured in one of the most natural piano recordings I have heard for some time 26 Fanfare Magazine citing artistry of the highest order described Mr Le Van as uncannily sensitive to Scriabin s nuances of phrase and harmonic subtleties and Peter J Rabinowitz selected the recording for the Want List 2004 of indispensable new recordings to have Eric Le Van plays with a rhythmic flexibility that few other living pianists could carry off It s what you might call a polemical disc certainly it offers an extreme and distinctive interpretive perspective But Le Van expresses his position in a way that s convincing even mesmerizing 27 In an in depth review on the website MusicWeb International critic Donald Satz concluded it is not an easy task to be competitive with the greatest Scriabin pianists of the past as Vladimir Sofronitsky Samuel Feinberg Sviatoslav Richter Roberto Szidon Vladimir Horowitz and Scriabin himself Le Van deserves to be placed in this exalted company and he enjoys the best sonics that modern techniques can offer 28 Of second Brahms CD the American Record Guide commented it is exhilarating to hear Brahms playing that feels so alive 29 L education musicale hailed Le Van as a worldwide Brahms authority 30 Le Van s recording Exil Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents was released in 2013 with Music amp Arts It features the works including world premieres of five Jewish composers who were amongst the wave of intellectuals and artists who left Europe in the 1930s for the United States Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Zeisl Ernst Toch Arnold Schoenberg and Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco These emigres fleeing the upsurge of European fascism contributed to make Southern California one of the capitals of world culture and profoundly altered the horizons of American music and the arts Zeisl biographer Malcolm Cole heralds these composers works as magnificently served in Le Van s own readings and Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg daughter of Erich Zeisl and daughter in law of Arnold Schoenberg endorses the CD as deeply moving and thrilling Le Van played my father s pieces with so much emotion and beauty I have listened to all the pieces on the CD and he plays them all wonderfully including the Schoenberg which I have heard many times he renders them so lyrically which makes them sound though modern so romantic and beautiful The New York Times chief music critic Anthony Tommasini has praised the CD as a fascinating new recording 31 Le Van s recording was featured on HBDirect s magazine and was also recommended on Expedition Audio 32 He has given several interviews on this release including for Pizzicato magazine 33 Discography editBrahms Sonatas No 1 amp 3 Eric Le Van piano Label Gallo CD 946 Liszt Complete Works for Cello and Piano Guido Schiefen cello Eric Le Van piano Label BMG Arte Nova 74321 76809 2 Oehms Classics OC 246 Raff Sonatillen for violin and piano Op 99 amp 6 Morceaux for violin and piano Op 85 Michaela Paetsch Neftel violin Eric Le Van piano Label Tudor 7109 Scriabin Complete Mazurkas Eric Le Van piano Label Music amp Arts CD 1125 Brahms Sonata No 2 Scherzo Op 4 Ballades Op 10 Eric Le Van piano Label Gallo CD 1203 Exil Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents Eric Le Van piano Label Music amp Arts CD 1271Sources edit Young John Bell January 4 2005 A poetic approach Eric Le Van plays Scriabin Mazurkas Music and Vision Daily Erich Zeisl Official Website Sheva Collections PDF 2003 Konzerte Beethovenfest 2006 Programme p 6 1994 Fetes Romantiques de Nohant American Liszt Society Donald Satz Scriabin A Circle of One Part 5 Mazurkas Le Van Don Satz Classical Net Classical Net LACMA LACMA Archived from the original on June 3 2013 Jazz a Munster entre tradition et decouvertes L Alsace Pizzicato Pizzicato October 1998 Fanfare Fanfare November December 1998 Musica e Dischidate November 1998 Musica e Dischi Repertoire Repertoire October 1998 Le Monde de la Musique Le Monde de la Musique December 1998 Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande December 1998 BBC Music Magazine BBC Music Magazine January 2009 Fanfare Magazine Fanfare Magazine November December 1998 Critics Choice Neue Musik Zeitung 2000 Fanfare Fanfare November December 2000 The American Record Guide The American Record Guide November December 2000 Joachim Raff Society Joachim Raff Society August 2003 Classical Net Classical Net December 2005 Gramophone Gramophone June 2004 BBC Music Magazine BBC Music Magazine April 2004 Fanfare Fanfare January 2004 MusicWeb International MusicWeb International August 2005 American Record Guide American Record Guide January February 2011 L education musicale L Education Musicale August 2011 Tommasini Anthony March 12 2014 Classical Playlist John Adams Prokofiev Harrison Birtwistle and More ArtsBeat Retrieved May 25 2016 Ballyk Paul January 14 2014 Exil Piano music by Korngold Schoenberg Zeisl amp Castelnuovo Tedesco Eric Le Van piano Expedition Audio Retrieved May 25 2016 Franck Remy May 16 2014 Eric Le Van about his CD Exile To a composer there is nothing worse than the feeling that he is irrelevant Pizzicato Retrieved May 25 2016 External links editOfficial website An American pianist in France An Interview with Eric Le Van by Bernard Jacobson Fanfare Magazine Jan Feb 2002 Musical Maverick An Interview with Eric Le Van Clavier Magazine February 2006 Volume 45 No 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eric Le Van amp oldid 1145161409, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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