Co-founder of International Summer Academy Jean-Baptiste Doulcet announces his 2024 album release
after a successful first edition of the french connection academy, jean-baptiste doulcet records for his 2024 album release in poissy, france
Pianist Jean-Baptiste Doulcet co-founded the French Connection Academy with Emilie Callesen, which took place for the first time this year in Odense, Denmark. The course will repeat annually, inviting young string players and pianists to experience a week of high-quality music-making and cultural exchange between Denmark and France. The teachers this year included:
Marc Coppey
(Professor of Cello at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris)
Stéphanie-Marie Degand
(Professor of ‘Modern’ and ‘Early Music’ Violin at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris)
Kristoffer Dolatko
(Professor of Violin at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester)
Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist (Professor of Piano at the Ingesund Academy of Music at Karlstad University)
Jon Dahlkvist
(Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at the Ingesund Academy of Music at Karlstad University)
Jean-Baptiste Doulcet
Professor of Piano and Improvisation
See below for pictures from the Academy
Following the course in early July, Jean-Baptiste Doulcet spent four days recording in Poissy (France) for his upcoming CD release in 2024. Keep an eye out for more news about this!
Recording in Poissy, France
upcoming concerts
1st AUGUST 2023 | 9PM | GRANET MUSEUM, LA ROQUE D’ANTHéron
La Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival
PROGRAMME
Sibelius: Six Impromptus Op. 5
Debussy: Masques, Evenings Illuminated by the Heat of Coal
Grieg: Ballad in G Minor Op. 24
Nielsen: Three Pieces Op. 59
Ravel: Sonatine
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5th AUGUST 2023 | 9PM | Le Cairn Cultural Center of Lans en Vercors
Musiques en Vercors Festival
PROGRAMME
Sibelius: Six Impromptus Op. 5
Debussy: Masques, Evenings Illuminated by the Heat of Coal
Grieg: Ballad in G Minor Op. 24
Nielsen: Three Pieces Op. 59
Ravel: Sonatine
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21st AUGUST 2023 | 7PM | Saint-Julien
17th ‘Around the Quartet’ Festival
PROGRAMME
Franz Liszt:
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for cello and piano in G minor op. 65
Felix Mendelssohn: Trio No. 2 in C minor op. 66
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23rd AUGUST 2023 | 6PM | Saint-Julien
17th ‘Around the Quartet’ Festival
PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonate pour violon et piano op. 12/2
Ferdinand Ries : Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano
Johann Nepomuk Hummel : Sonate pour violon et piano op. 64
Ludwig van Beethoven : Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano op. 11
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25th AUGUST 2023 | 7PM | Saint-Julien
17th ‘Around the Quartet’ Festival
PROGRAMME
Josef Suk : Méditation sur un vieux choral tchèque op. 35a pour quatuor à cordes
Leos Janáček : Quatuor à cordes n° 1 "Sonate à Kreutzer"
Antonin Dvořák : Quintette pour piano et cordes en la majeur op. 81