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in October 1987) is a Belgian classical pianist. Libeer has won several awards for his compositions, and regularly performs his works at a variety of international stadiums. He is the host of Belgian television show ''Studio Flagey Klassik'', a television show about classical music.


Biography


Education and studies

As a child, Libeer developed a keen interest for classical music, ranging from opera, orchestra, and
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. At four years old, he aspired to become a conductor after watching
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conducting
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. He decided to become a pianist only after discovering Romanian pianist and composer, Dinu Lipatti. Between 2005 and 2009, Libeer studied at the
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(along with Daniel Blumenthal). At 18 years of age, he honed his skills working with French-Polish
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, Jean Fassina, in Paris. Libeer had an intense collaboration with Portuguese pianist
Maria João Pires Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Early life and education Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthu ...
at the
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, whose advice and support strongly influenced Libeer's views over the last few years. He regularly shared the stage with the pianist over the same years. Libeer is an associate artist of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he also specialized in chamber music with the members of the
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. He collaborated and received advice from Dmitri Bashkirov, Alfred Brendel,
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, Jura Margulis and
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( Alban Berg Quartett). After staying away from international competition, Libeer received the Juventus Award for most promising young European soloist in 2008, and was elected ''Young Musician of the Year'' by the Belgian Music Press Association in 2010. The Klara award was attributed to him twice, in 2013 and 2016.


Career

Libeer is a
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at Flagey (
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, Belgium) since 2020. He has performed as a soloist, concertist and
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ian at the Barbican Hall (
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(
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), Palau de la Música Catalana (
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), Elbphilharmonie (
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), and is a regular guest of the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels and
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. In addition, other tours have taken him to Japan (Tokyo,
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),
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Chants festival),
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) and the United States (Miami International Piano Festival). He has performed with numerous orchestras: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen,
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,
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,
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, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra,
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and
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; working along conductors such as Trevor Pinnock,
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,
Augustin Dumay Augustin Dumay (born 17 January 1949) is a French violinist and conductor from Paris. Biography Dumay was invited as a soloist to appear with Yo-Yo Ma in Paris by Herbert von Karajan. Later on, he performed Béla Bartók's ''Second Concerto'' wi ...
, Hervé Niquet, Joshua Weilerstein, Enrique Mazzola, and
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. His dedication to the works of Dinu Lipatti has resulted in collaborations with the
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Radio Orchestra, among others, and to two recordings produced by the Belgium record label Evil Penguin Classic. He works on a regular basis with the Danish String Quartet, Camille Thomas, with whom he recorded the album ''Réminiscences'' (La Dolce Volta), Paul Lewis,
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and Lorenzo Gatto, with whom he also performed and recorded the complete
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violin and piano sonatas over several seasons (at venues including Wigmore Hall,
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, and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam). Libeer is a regular guest of Belgian and international media. He is the producer, host and mediator of ''Studio Flagey Klassiek'' on
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, a major
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show on classical music (2016). He hosted "Salon Libeer", a concert series at the Bruges Concertgebouw, in which he joins with fellow musicians and speakers to discuss the musical experiences of the audience (2017–2021). Since February 2022, Libeer has been hosting the lecture series "Dead or Alive" in collaboration with
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and the
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, a philosophical exploration of the shifts in classical music making where leading figures are invited to debate ( philosophers, writers, musicians…). In 2013, Libeer starred in a documentary film ''Technique doesn't exist'', along with Maria João Pires and Donald Sturrock. In 2018,
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honored him in another 50-minute documentary ''Jeunes solistes, grands destins: Julien Libeer'' (''Young soloist, great destiny: Julien Libeer'').
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of the Singing
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project, Libeer supervises high level
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rehearsals in the primary schools of the
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municipality. The project has gathered the help of various artists since its creation in 2014 by Zeno Popescu.


Discography

Libeer's recordings were critically acclaimed worldwide. Alongside albums with cellist Camille Thomas (''Réminiscences'', La Dolce Volta) and violinist Lorenzo Gatto (complete
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
violin and piano sonatas,
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), Libeer recorded '' BachBartók'' in 2020 and ''J.S. Bach & beyond – A Well-Tempered Conversation'' in 2022 for Harmonia Mundi. He takes a conceptual approach to Bach's legendary
Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of in ...
mirrored with the work of classical and contemporary composers in
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. This last project was performed live at concerts with various arrangements:
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, piano and
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Solos

* ''J.S. Bach & beyond – A Well-Tempered Conversation'' – A dialogue in which
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's
Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of in ...
, Book 1 'converse' with later pieces (in the corresponding minor
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) by the following composers:
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
,
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
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Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...
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Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...
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Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...
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György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
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Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...
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Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...
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Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University ...
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Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...
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Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...
. Julien Libeer, piano ; * Guest: Adam Laloum, piano (2CD, 2022, Harmonia Mundi) – Press awards: ffff
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, ''Classical album of the year 2022''
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, Heute Klassiek Empfehlung 10/10 (in Germany), Joker from Crescendo Magazine (in Belgium). * ''Bach-Bartók – Piano Suites'' –
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: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816; Partita for keyboard No. 2, BWV 826
Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...
: Suite for Piano, Op. 14; Out of Doors, Sz. 81. Julien Libeer, piano. (1CD, 2020, Harmonia Mundi) – Press awards: ****
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; 5 de Diapason. * ''Lignes Claires'' –
Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...
:
Valses nobles et sentimentales The ''Valses nobles et sentimentales'' is a suite of waltzes composed by Maurice Ravel. The piano version was published in 1911, and an orchestral version was published in 1912. The title was chosen in homage to Franz Schubert, who had release ...
, M. 61;
Le Tombeau de Couperin ''Le Tombeau de Couperin'' (''The Couperin's Grave'') is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the me ...
, M. 68 – Dinu Lipatti: Nocturne for piano; Piano Sonatina for the left hand. Julien Libeer, piano. (1CD, 2016, Evil Penguin Classic) – Press award: 5 de Diapason.


Duets

* Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No. 3 in E Flat-Major, Op. 12 No. 3; No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 2; No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30 No. 1; No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3. Lorenzo Gatto, violin and Julien Libeer, piano. (1CD, 2019,
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). Press award: CHOC from Classica. * Ludwig van Beethoven : Violin Sonatas No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1; No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96; No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring". Lorenzo Gatto, violin and Julien Libeer, piano. (1CD, 2018, Alpha Classics). * Ludwig van Beethoven : Violin Sonatas No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23; No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2. Lorenzo Gatto, violin and Julien Libeer, piano. (1CD, 2016, Alpha Classics) – Press awards:
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of the year 2016, CHOC of the year 2016 from Classica. * ''Réminiscences'' –
Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...
: Élégie, op. 24;
Trois mélodies, Op. 7 (Fauré) ''Trois mélodies'' is a set of mélodies for solo voice and piano, by Gabriel Fauré. It consists of "Après un rêve" (Op. 7, No. 1), one of Faure's most popular vocal pieces, "Hymne" (Op. 7, No. 2), and "Barcarolle" (Op. 7, No. 3). The songs w ...
; 3 Songs, Op. 23 (I. Les Berceaux); Sicilienne, Op. 78 –
Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...
: Le Carnaval des animaux ( The Carnival of the Animals), R. 125 – XIII. Le cygne (The Swan); Suite for Cello and Piano, Op. 16 (II. Sérénade) – César Franck:
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in A Major, FWV 8 –
Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysaÿe ...
: Sonata for solo cello, in C minor, Op.28 – Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voyage. Camille Thomas, cello and Julien Libeer, piano. (1CD, 2016, La Dolce Volta) – Press awards: CHOC from Classica, ECHO Klassik-Preis (Germany).


Orchestral productions

* ''Lignes Parallèlles'' –
Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, Hob. I:49 "La passione" (The Passion) – Dinu Lipatti: Concertino in Classical Style in G Major, Op. 3, for piano and Chamber orchestra –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595. Julien Libeer, piano; Les Métamorphoses, orchestra; Raphaël Feye, conductor. (1CD, 2018, Evil Penguin Classic) – Press award: 5 de Diapason.


Collaborations

* César Franck: Complete
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– Various musicians : Leon Blekh,
Augustin Dumay Augustin Dumay (born 17 January 1949) is a French violinist and conductor from Paris. Biography Dumay was invited as a soloist to appear with Yo-Yo Ma in Paris by Herbert von Karajan. Later on, he performed Béla Bartók's ''Second Concerto'' wi ...
, Anna Agafia, Lorenzo Gatto, Shuichi Okada, Miguel da Silva, Ari Evan, Gary Hoffman, Stéphanie Huang,
Frank Braley Frank Braley (born 4 February 1968) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Braley began studying the piano at the age of four with his mother. At the age of ten, he gave his first concert with the Orchestre philharm ...
, Alexandre Chenorkian, Jonathan Fournel, Salih Can Gevrek, Julien Libeer, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Philippe Cormann, Quartetto Adorno, Trio Ernest, Karski Quartet. (4CD, 2022,
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Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel is a Belgian academic institution for artistic training of young musicians, which was created by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. History Offshoot of ideas about musical training initiated by Eugène Ysaÿe 20 years ...
, Palazzetto Bru Zane) – Press awards:
Diapason d'Or The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the ...
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Télérama ''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing editor. Ludovic Desautez is dep ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Libeer, Julien 1987 births Living people Belgian classical pianists Royal Conservatory of Brussels alumni