Lucas Debargue (born 23 October 1990) is a French pianist and composer. He was awarded fourth prize at the XV
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...
.
Early life and education
Debargue was born in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
, France, on 23 October 1990. Growing up in
Compiègne
Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''.
Administration
Compiègne is the seat of two cantons:
* Compiègne-1 (with 19 ...
, he took his first piano lessons there at the age of 10, with Christine Muenier.
He stopped his piano studies at 15,
becoming more interested in literature.
At 17 he relocated to Paris to study for a degree in Arts and Literature at
Paris Diderot University
Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ...
.
In 2010 he quit literature studies and returned to the keyboard. When meeting with teacher
Rena Chereshevskaya, he decided to become a professional musician and prepare for competitions.
He graduated under her direction in 2016, at the
École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot".
Career
In 2015 Debargue was awarded fourth prize at the XV
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...
and the
Special Prize of the Moscow Music Critics Association for the musician "whose incredible gift, artistic vision and creative freedom have impressed the critics as well as the audience".
After the performance, Debargue was invited to play solo recitals, concerto engagements, and chamber music concerts at concert halls including the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the
Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the
St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, the
Theatre des Champs Elysées, the
Salle Gaveau
The Salle Gaveau, named after the French piano maker Gaveau, is a classical concert hall in Paris, located at 45-47 rue La Boétie, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is particularly intended for chamber music.
Construction
The plans for ...
, the
Milan Conservatory
The Milan Conservatory (''Conservatorio di Milano'') is a college of music in Milan, Italy.
History
The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following year ...
,
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadi ...
and
Royal Festival Hall in London, the
Concertgebouw
The Royal Concertgebouw ( nl, Koninklijk Concertgebouw, ) is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in ...
in Amsterdam, the
Prinzregententheater
The Prinzregententheater, or, as it was called in its first decades, the Prinz-Regenten-Theater, in English the Prince Regent Theatre, is a concert hall and opera house on Prinzregentenplatz in the Bavarian capital of Munich, Germany.
Building ...
in Munich, the
Berlin Philharmonie, the
Konserthuset in Stockholm, and
Carnegie Hall in New York.
He has collaborated with conductors including
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...
,
Andrey Boreyko
Andrey Boreyko (russian: Андре́й Ви́кторович Боре́йко, Andrey Viktorovich Boreyko, pl, Andrzej Borejko; born 22 July 1957) is a Polish-Russian conductor.
He has Polish ancestry on his father's side and Russian ancestry ...
,
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life and career
Pletnev was born into a musical fa ...
,
Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov (Russian: Влади́мир Теодо́рович Спивако́в; born 12 September 1944) is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.
Spi ...
,
Yutaka Sado
is a Japanese conductor.
While still in school, Sado obtained a position in the Kansai Nikikai, a Japanese school of opera, where he had the opportunity to work with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, learning operati ...
,
Tugan Sokhiev
Tugan Taymurazovich Sokhiev ( os, Сохиты Таймуразы фырт Тугъан, Soxity Tajmurazy fyrt Tuhan; russian: Туга́н Таймура́зович Сохиев; born 21 October 1977, Vladikavkaz, Ossetia) is an Ossetian conducti ...
and musicians such as
Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer ( lv, Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.
Life and career
Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holo ...
,
Janine Jansen
Janine Jansen (born 7 January 1978) is a Dutch violinist and violist.
Early life and education
Jansen was born in Soest in the Netherlands and came from a musical family. Her father plays organ, harpsichord and piano; from 1987 to mid-2011 h ...
and
Martin Fröst
Martin Fröst (born 14 December 1970) is a Swedish clarinetist and conductor. He is principal conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. He is also a developer of multimedia projects with music, choreography and light design, in which he appea ...
.
Debargue records for
Sony Classical
Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by ...
and was awarded the
ECHO Klassik The Echo Klassik, often stylized as ECHO Klassik, was Germany's major classical music award in 22 categories. The award, presented by the , was held annually, usually in October or September, separate from its parent award, the Echo Music Prize. Th ...
prize in 2017.
In 2017 a documentary directed by Martin Mirabel (Bel Air productions), ''Lucas Debargue : To Music'', was released and selected for the
FIPA in Biarritz in 2018.
In 2019
Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer ( lv, Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.
Life and career
Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holo ...
named Debargue a "Kremerata Baltica permanent guest".
Compositions
* ''Concertino,'' for piano, string orchestra and drums (2017), premiered by the author and Kremerata Baltica in Cesis (Latvia).
* ''Quatuor Symphonique,'' for piano quartet (2018), premiered in the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris with Eva Zavaro (violin), Adrien Boisseau (viola) and Jerome Pernoo (cello).
* ''Trio'', for violin, cello and piano (2019), premiered in Théâtre des Champs-Elysées by the author and David Castro-Balbi (violin) Alexandre Castro-Balbi (cello).
Discography
Solo recordings
Chamber music
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Debargue, Lucas
1990 births
Living people
Musicians from Paris
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
21st-century French male classical pianists
Sony Classical Records artists