LAURENT METTRAUX

Route Principale 160, CH-1791 Courtaman (Switzerland)

phone: (+41) 26/684.18.65, Email: laurent.mettraux(at)bluewin.ch

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ARCHIVES: CONCERTS 2015-2016

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Elogio della Notte, M.549 (1997)

Myriam Bouhzada, mezzo-soprano – Laurie-Agnès Pécoud-Mihaylov, piano

Neuchâtel, Campus Arc 1, Auditorium 1 of the music school – Friday, May 29^th, 2015, 10.30 am

Quartet for Flute and Strings, M.683 (2014-5)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Presentation, score excerpts and audio excerpts

Camerata variabile

(Isabelle Schnöller, flute – Helena Winkelman, violin – Lea Boesch, viola – Christoph Dangel, cello)

With works by Juon, Kraus, Schubert and Strauss/Schönberg

Fribourg, Centre Le Phénix – Tuesday, June 2^nd, 2015, 8 pm

Zurich, Wasserkirche – Wednesday, June 3^rd, 2015, 7.30 pm

Basel, Gare du Nord – Thursday, June 4^th, 2015, 8 pm

Schaffhausen, Rathauslaube – Sunday, June 7^th, 2015, 5 pm

programme

Complainte, for solo violin, M.633 (2003)

During the 19^th Schubertiade organised by the French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace 2

Malwina Sosnowski, violin

With works by Biber, Holliger, Milstein and Schnittke

Biel, City Church – Saturday, September 5^th, 2015, 12.30 am

Biel, New Museum – Saturday, September 5^th, 2015, 3.30 pm

Vision immanente, for orchestra, M.464 (1992, revised 2006)

as well as

Ombre (Shadow), for orchestra, M.515 (1995-8)

PRESENTATION OF A NEW CD

Details and audio excerpt

Vevey (Switzerland), Auditorium AlphAnimA – Thursday, September 17^th, 2015, 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm

Offrande funèbre en hommage à Bach,

version for oboe, violin, cello and organ, M.675 (2010)

FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE VERSION WITH OBOE

Maximilian Schnaus, organ – Ensemble Lachrima (Thomas Hecker, oboe – Anne Sommer-Bloch, violin – Aleke Alpermann, cello)

With works by Cage, Francesco Filidei, Ligeti, Pärt and Purcell

Berlin, Sophienkirche – Friday, March 25^th, 2016, 5 pm

Le Tombeau de Ravel, chamber orchestra version, M.654b (2006, orch. 2007)

Sinfonietta Vidin, conducted by Konstantin Ilievsky

With works by Beethoven, Bloch and Brahms

Vidin (Bulgaria), Philharmonic Hall – Sunday, March 27^th, 2016, 11 am

Miroirs, from Stèles, cycle of piano pieces, after Segalen, M.670 (2007-8)

Valentine Buttard, piano

With works by Debussy, Hersant and Runtz

Fribourg, Centre Le Phénix – Friday, June 3^rd, 2016, 8 pm – programme

Serenata in chiaroscuro, for organ, M.650 (2005-6)

During the Höchster Orgelsommer

Erwin Messmer, organ

With works by Bach, Liszt and Schumann

Frankfurt-Höchst (Germany), Saint Justin's Church – Saturday, July 2^nd, 2016, 3 pm – programme

Danses suisses (Swiss Dances), for four-handed piano, M.635 (2003-4)

During the international piano festival Piano à Saint-Ursanne

Elena Bobrovskikh and Valentine Buttard, piano

With works by Brahms, Chopin, Debussy and Hersant

Saint-Ursanne (Switzerland), Cloître de la Collégiale – Sunday, August 7^th, 2016, 2 pm – programme

Soliloque, for solo violin, M.585 (1998)

During the Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea Darwin Vargas

Anna Dzialak Savytska, violin

With works for solo violin by Boulez, Anna Gavrylets, Ivan Karabits, Fabian Müller, Jocy de Oliveira and Jürg Wyttenbach

Valparaíso (Chile), Parque cultural – Wednesday, October 12^th, 2016, 8 pm – programme