Jan Michiels (°1966) studied with Abel Matthys at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. From 1988 to 1993 he studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin under the direction of Hans Leygraf. In 1988 he won the ‘Tenuto’ music competition, followed in 1989 by the international Emmanuel Durlet competition and in 1991 the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium. In 1992 he was awarded by the JeM / Cera prize for musicians. In residence at the Festival of Flanders (1996), he also took the 'Gouden Vleugels’ at the KBC Music Prize in 2006. Jan Michiels is a Doctor of Arts and professor of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he also led the contemporary music class for eight years. Michiels regularly teaches masterclasses outside of Belgium. Though he forms a piano four hands duo with his wife Inge Spinette, he has an active solo career that has seen him play under the direction of well-known maestros (such as Angus, Asbury, Baudo, Boreyko, Edwards, Eötvös Meylemans, Nézet-Séguin , Ono, Pfaff, Rahbari, Rundel, Soustrot, Stern, Tabachnik, Tamayo, Zagrosek and Zender) as well as work with choreographers such as Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Vincent Dunoyer and Sen Hea Ha. His vast discography nourished by his extensive repertoire has won several awards. This concert will be an opportunity to discover his newest CD, Le Tombeau de Debussy, a tribute to the ultimate works of Claude Debussy which will be released in January 2012 to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Debussy was very popular in Belgium and often played here from 1893 onwards.
Jan Michiels - piano
Programme
“Le Tombeau de Debussy”
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Berceuse héroïque (to pay tribute to His Majesty King Albert I of Belgium and his soldiers) (1914)
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 – 1973)
Omaggio – A Claudio Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Studies, 1st book (1915)
for the ‘cinq doigts’ : according to Mr. Czerny
for the Tierces
for the Quartes
Paul Dukas (1865 – 1935)
La plainte, au loin, du faune
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Studies, 1st book (1915)
for the Sixtes
for the Octaves
for the 'huit doigts'
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)
Sostenuto e rubato (extract improvisations) – in memory of Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
For the work of "Vêtement du Blessé" (1915)
Élégie (1915)
Studies, 2nd book (1915)
for the Sonorités opposées
for the Arpèges composés
for the Accords
Start of the concert at 19h30.
Price for the welcome drink and the concert: 15 € incl. VAT.
Price for the concert and a 3 courses dinner, wine included: 60 € incl. VAT.
Information and reservation: mercedeshouse.brussels@daimler.com or 02/400.42.51.
