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Paraphrase, for solo cello, M.692 (2019)

 

inspired by an excerpt of the Sarabande of the 3rd Suite for unaccompanied cello by Bach

 

German First Performance

 

During the KammermusikFEST! «Schweiz»

 

Maja Weber, cello

With works by Brahms, van Eyck, Markus Flückiger, Fröhlich, Hans Huber, Kummer, Liszt, Martin, Fanny Mendelssohn, Fabian Müller, Raff, Carl Rütti and Hans-Jürg Sommer, as well as folk songs from Switzerland (with the Stradivari Quartett – piano duo Soós/Haag – Maurice Steger, recorder – Volker Jacobsen, viola – David Pia, cello – Nadja Räss, yodeler – Lisa Stoll, alphorn – Nicolas Senn, hackbrett)

 

Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, Great Concert Hall Tuesday, September 24th, 2024, 8 pm

programme

 

 

 

 

Excerpts of the song cycle Racines avides, for voice and piano, M.462 (1991-2)

 

During the International Festival of the Lied, Fribourg

 

Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezzo – Cédric Pescia, piano

Fribourg (Switzerland), Ballroom of the Grand Society House (Grand-Rue 68) Sunday, October 6th, 2024, 5 pm

programme

 

 

 

 

Émergences, for violin and accordion, M.652 (2006)

 

Roza Süto, violin – Camille Chapuis, accordion

With works by Noriko Baba, Nicolas Bacri, Rudolf Kelterborn, György Kurtág and Agata Zubel (with Léo Beurtheret, saxophone – Fiona Fauchois, soprano – Héloïse Garlopeau, soprano – Ana Carolina Kafrouni Tomazi, oboe – Sofie Leifer, violin – Antonia Sayako Fuglsang, violin – Maïa Xifaras, cello)

 

Lausanne, Plateforme 10, Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (mudac) – Sunday, January 12th, 2025, 4 pm  programme 

 

 

 

 

Prélude-entrée, for organ, M.694 (2024-5)

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Romandy Organists Association,

in co-production with the Lausanne Cathedral Concert Society,

as part of the 6th Lausanne International Organ Festival

and the festivities for the 750th anniversary of the Lausanne Cathedral

 

Gabriel Abraham Ávila Martínez, organ

 

With first performances of works by Arturo Corrales, Véronique Dubuis, Ezko Kikoutchi and Valentin Villard (played by Francesco Alessandrini, Emanuele Lo Bianco, Elizaveta Lobanova and Zeltzin Pérez Enriquez), works by Louis Broquet, Aloÿs Fornerod, Henri Gagnebin, Pierre Segond and Julien-François Zbinden (played by Jean-Christophe Geiser, Vincent Thévenaz, Nicolas Viatte and Edmond Voeffray) and improvisations by Antonio Garcia, Cyril Julien and Adrien Pièce

 

Lausanne, Cathedral Sunday, July 6th, 2025, 5 pm  programme

 

 

 

 

Le Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

During the 32e Piano en Valois Festival

 

Kotaro Fukuma, piano

 

With works by Debussy, Fauré and Ravel

 

La Rochefoucauld (Charente, France), Les Carmes Thursday, October 16th, 2025, 8 pm  programme

 

 

 

 

Le Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)

 

German Premiere

 

During the Wittlicher Konzerte

                                          

Kotaro Fukuma, piano

 

With works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and Satie

 

Wittlich (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), former synagogue Saturday, October 18th, 2025, 7 pm  programme

 

 

 

 

Le Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)

 

Premiere in the Netherlands

 

During the Zondagmatinee in De Paulus

 

Kotaro Fukuma, piano

 

With works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and Satie

 

Oegstgeest (province of South Holland, Netherlands), Cultuurhuis De Paulus Sunday, October 19th, 2025, 4 pm  programme

 

 

 

 

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

 

During the Rankweiler Basilikakonzerte

 

Erwin Messmer, organ

 

With works by Alain, Bach, Baermann, Buxtehude, Cahuzac, Gaathaug, Graf, Karg-Elert, Lefèvre and Tarragona Valli (with Gervasio Tarragona Valli, clarinet)

 

Rankweil (Vorarlberg, Austria), basilica Sunday, October 19th, 2025, 7 pmprogramme

 

 

 

 

Le Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)

 

Kotaro Fukuma, piano

 

With works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and Satie

 

Nettetal (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), KulturAula (during the NetteKlassik concerts) Saturday, November 8th, 2025, 6 pm  programme

 

Göttingen (Lower Saxony, Germany), great hall of the University (during the concerts of the Göttingen Society of Chamber Music) Sunday, November 9th, 2025, 7 pm  programme

 

 

 

 

Le Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)

 

Japan Premiere

 

Kotaro Fukuma, piano

 

With works by Chopin, Mozart and Ravel

 

Saitama (Japan), Plaza West, Sakura Hall Saturday, November 22th, 2025, 2 pm  programme

 

                                                          

 

 

Le Sommeil de la raison produit des monstres,

(The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters),

after Goya, for solo arpeggione, M.647 (2005)

 

During the Concerts intimes « Le Temps Retrouvé »

 

Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione

 

With works by Bach, Britten, Jean-Michel Gillard, Kris Oelbrandt and Alberto Schiavo

 

Sainte-Ode (Belgium), « Le fenil aux mille divans » (1, rue du Hadja) Sunday, November 30th, 2025, 4 pm

 

 

 

 

Le Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)

 

Kotaro Fukuma, piano

 

With works by Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel and Schubert/Liszt

 

Sapporo (Japan), Concert Hall Kitara Friday, December 12th, 2025, 7 pm  programme

 

 

 

 

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

 

During the concert cycle Orgelpunkt in der Heiliggeistkirche

 

Erwin Messmer, organ

 

With works by Bach, Duruflé, Gaathaug, Karg-Elert and Rheinberger

 

Berne, Holy Ghost Church Friday, April 24th, 2026, 0.30 pm programme

 

 

 

Other various concerts are to be planned, but I am awaiting the dates, the locations...

 

!!!!! Changes of dates and locations may be possible !!!!!