Guillaume Coppola

Season 2017-2018

After four original and unanimously acclaimed CDs, Guillaume Coppola has now “confirmed his prominent place at the heart of the young generation” (Diapason). In addition to a verve and an expressive depth that make each of his performances keenly anticipated, his authen-ticity and simplicity have won the hearts of music-lovers. His eclectic and eloquent discography has been enthu-siastically welcomed by the world’s press, with every re-lease garnering the highest recognition.

He has performed in some 20 countries, appearing at prestigious European venues such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Prague Rudolfinum, the Liège Philhar-monie, the Reduta in Bratislava and the Liepaja International Piano Stars Festival, as well as in Asia (Shanghai, Xiamen) and South America. In France too, of course: at the Salle Pleyel, the Folle Journée de Nantes, the Piano Festival of La Roque-d’Anthéron, the Festival de l’Orangerie de Sceaux, Piano aux Jacobins, the Paris Chopin Festival, Solistes aux Serres d’Auteuil, the Radio France Montpellier Festival, the Lille Piano Festival, the Rendez-vous de Rochebonne, the Nohant Festival, the Auditorium de Dijon, the Auditorium de Bordeaux, MC2 Grenoble, the Dinard Festival and more.

In addition to solo recitals and concertos – the latter with the Orchestre National de Montpellier, the Saint-Etienne Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, under the baton of Arie van Beek, Enrique Mazzola and Laurent Campellone, among others – chamber

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music allows him to engage in fruitful collaboration with the violinists Régis Pasquier, Patrice Fontanarosa, Nicolas Dau-tricourt and Cécile Coppola (his sister), the cellist Antoine Pierlot, the Voce, Parisii, Debussy and Alfama String Quar-tets, the pianists Bruno Rigutto, Hervé Billaut, Eric Le Sage and David Bismuth, and singers such as Marc Mauillon, Laia Falcón and Bénédicte Tauran. He also appears with the Bor-deaux Opera Chorus under the direction of Salvatore Caputo.

Guillaume is a generous musician who takes every oppor-tunity to perform for audiences in prisons, hospitals and re-tirement homes. He participates in productions combining words and music, along with Marie-Christine Barrault, Didier Sandre, François Castang and Marie-Sophie Ferdane. His collaborations with composers have included giving the pre-mieres of works by Marc Monnet (Paris, 2015), Isabel Pires (who dedicated a piece to him), Gao Ping, Steven Stucky and Sylvain Griotto.

Guillaume studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, in the class of Bruno Rigutto. Having taken first prizes in piano and chamber music, he proceeded to hone his skills in numerous masterclasses in France and abroad, with Jean-Claude Pennetier, Dmitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher and others. At the outset of his career, he received valuable support from sources such as the Radio France Gé-nération Jeunes Interprètes programme, the Lions Clubs, the Cziffra and Bourgeois Foundations, and internationally from the Prix Déclic of the Institut Français and the New Masters on Tour series.

Coppola reveals the limpid simplicity that lies at the heart of Schubert’s dance music with a magical touch, bringing enchantment to every page. JH, BBC Music Magazine

Coppola’s impressive Liszt recital ranges from the scintillating Rossini-Liszt La danza to the late, enigmatic Bagatelle sans tonalite, with a stunning Funerailles as high point. BBC Music Magazine

Der Klavierabend mit Guillaume Coppola - diesem zarten, feinen Mann – war zauberhaft…Habe den Abend sehr genossen… Dr Franz Putz, Direktor der Bundespresse, Österreich

Guillaume Coppola, l’un des jeunes pianistes les plus attachants de sa génération […]. Avec l’intelligence et la sensibilité qu’on lui connaît, Guillaume Coppola établit un dialogue permanent et continu entre Mompou et quelques-uns des grands compositeurs de son époque ou du passé dont les préoccupations esthétiques ou le style permettent cet échange. Serge Chauzy, Classic ToulouseP

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Recital Silence MusicsBuilded around works by the pianist and composer Feferico Mompou, this programme invites other composers who tried to express the return to basics, a stylistic purity, a form of asceticism and mysticism. The works are linked through the ages and styles, resonate with each other, and that creates a continuous journey renewed form of recital, as a work in itself. An incredible sound experience, almost hypnotic.…

Chopin Prelude No.4 / Satie Gnossienne, Gymnopédie /Debussy Clair de lune / Granados Orientale… Mompou Música Callada (extracts), Préludes, PaisajesChopin Sonata no.2, Op.35 « The Funeral March »

ChiaroscuroIn the key of b flat, a play on light, the reflection of feelings. A sonata from Mozart’s mature period, although warm and in a major scale, seems tinged with tender resignation. In a minor scale in Chopin, in the sad clarity of a Nocturne or the desperate darkness of the 2nd Sonata, light sometimes radiates: the moon? Someone offering comfort? A happy memory?

Liszt 6 ConsolationsMozart Sonata no.17 in B flat major, K.570Chopin Nocturne Op.9 no.1 in B flat minorChopin Sonata no.2, Op.35 « The Funeral March »

Loving mirror R. Schumann Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck Op.14C. Schumann Sonata in G minorC. Schumann Variations on a theme by R. Schumann Op.20R. Schumann Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22

Chamber Music Piano 4 hands or 2 pianos with Hervé Billautsee appendix

Duo cello & pianowith Antoine Pierlot Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70Schubert Sonata «Arpeggione» in A minor D.821Brahms Sonata No.1 in E minor Op.38Shostakovich Sonata Op.40

Quintet with stringswith Alfama, Voce, Parisii, Debussy… quartetsSchumann Quintet in E flat major Op.44Brahms Quintet in F minor Op.34Franck Quintet in F minorDvorak Quintet No.2 Op.81Granados Quintet Op.49Mozart Concertos K.413 and K.414 (chamber version)

Sextet with winds with Cassiopée of Klarthe QuintetMozart Quintet for piano and winds K.452 Beethoven Quintet for piano and winds Op.16 Berio Opus Number Zoo for wind quintetPoulenc Sextet

Projects with choirsWaltzes with the Spirito-Choeur Britten conducted by Nicole Corti, and Thomas Enhco, pianoBrahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Hungarian Dances Chopin Waltzes for pianoShostakovich, Strauss… Transcriptions of famous waltzes for choir and piano

Petite Messe solennellewith the Chœur de l’Opéra National de Bordeau conducted by Salvatore CaputoLiszt 6 Consolations for pianoRossini Petite Messe solennelle

Concerts with narrators (French)

Miroirs brûlantswith Didier Sandre and baritone Marc Mauillon Melodies composed by Poulenc on poems from Paul Eluard

Spain impressionswith Marie-Christine BarraultSpanish dances by Granados, Poetry of Garcia Lorca

Journey in the company of Mr Crochewith François CastangMusics by de Debussy, Satie, Granados, Liszt texts by Debussy

Liszt Melodramaswith François CastangLiszt Melodramas3 Sonnets of Petrarch read and performed

GRANADOSDanzas españolasEloquentia, 2012

«Maestro» de Pianiste5 Diapasons4 Etoiles Classica«Soleil» de Musikzen.com«Disque du moment» Pianobleu.com

FRANZ LISZTUn portraitEloquentia, 2011

Label Année Liszt 2011 ffff TéléramaDiapason d’Or DécouverteCoup de cœur de l’Académie Charles CrosSélection Le Monde disques préférés 2009Sélection À Nous ParisCoup de cœur Europe 1«Disque du moment» Pianobleu.com

POULENC - ELUARDMiroirs brûlantsEloquentia, 2013with bariton Marc Mauillon

ffff Telerama5 DiapasonsSélection les EchosCadences: Les Incontournables 2013

SCHUBERTValses nobles et sentimentalesEloquentia, 2014

5 Diapasons5 Etoiles BBC Music MagazineClic de Classiquenews Sélection les Echos« Disque du moment » Pianobleu.com4 Coeurs La Voix du Nord

Discography

Le duo Hervé Billaut-Guillaume Coppola s’entend à merveille dans les 16 Valses op. 39 et les quatre Danses hongroises de Brahms traitées avec énergie et sens poétique à l’instar du Divertissement à la hongroise de Schubert, équilibré sous les doigts de deux interprètes en parfaite os-mose. Michel Le Naour, Concertclassic.com, juillet 2016

BRAHMS - SCHUBERTWiener RhapsodieEloquentia, 2016with pianist Hervé Billaut

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