BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20@poonamusic.com DTSTART:20150111T131500Z DTEND:20150111T153000Z DTSTAMP:20150612T180201Z URL:https://poonamusic.com/events/pommier-graffin-demarquette-trio/ SUMMARY:POMMIER - GRAFFIN - DEMARQUETTE TRIO DESCRIPTION:Mazda Hall at 6.30 pm(Free Admittance)In a programme of Beethov en: Piano trio Op. 70 No. 2\; Schumann: Piano trio No. 1 Op. 63 and Ravel: Piano trioJean-Bernard Pommier played the piano from the age of four gave his first public concert at the age of seven and went on to study piano a t the Paris Conservatoire with Yves Nat and Pierre Sancan as well as condu cting with Eugè\;ne Bigot. International recognition came quickly. I n 1960\, he received First Prize in the Young Musicians International Comp etition in Berlin\, in 1961 was awarded the "\;Prix de la Guilde des A rtistes Solistes Franç\;ais"\; whilst in 1962 (at the age of sev enteen) he was the youngest finalist in the Tchaikovsky Competition\, Mosc ow\, awarded First Honourable Mention by the jury presided over by Emil Gi lels.Mr. Pommier&rsquo\;s career has taken him all over the world as a pia nist\, working closely with conductors like Karajan and Celibidache and hi mself conducting many important orchestras.Philippe Graffin is a highly so ught after chamber musician and is founder and artistic director of the &q uot\;Consonances"\;\, a chamber music festival held in St. Nazaire\, F rance\, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015. Philippe has also w ritten a short children&rsquo\;s story for violin and narrator\, La F&eacu te\;e Caché\;e (The Hidden Fairy)\, illustrated with musical excerpt s by Mozart\, Paganini\, Kreisler and Ravel. Graffin made his first record ing with Yehudi Menuhin conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and hi s many highly acclaimed recordings since then bear witness to a questing m ind and include many world premieres. \; As concerto soloist\, he has performed with numerous famous orchestras and has had works written for hi m by Rodion Shchedrin\, Vytautas Barkaukas\, David Matthews\, Philippe Her sant and Yves Prin. Henri Demarquette was admitted to the Conservatoire Na tional Supé\;rieur de Musique in Paris at the age of 13\, where he s tudied under Philippe Muller and Maurice Gendron. He was awarded first pri ze by unanimous decision of the jury and pursued his studies under Pierre Fournier and Paul Tortelier in France\, and Janos Starker at Bloomington i n the United States. He began to perform from the age of 14 and at 17 he m ade his dé\;but recital at the Thé\;â\;tre du Châ\;t elet and his performance with the pianist Hé\;lè\;ne Grimaud w as recorded by France 3. He was immediately spotted by Lord Yehudi Menuhin who invited him to play the Dvořá\;k Cello Concerto in Prague and Paris at performances conducted by Lord Menuhin himself. Henri Demarquette is particularly interested in contemporary music. CATEGORIES:Trios LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India GEO:18.5198845;73.87824479999995 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mazda Hall:geo:18.51 98845,73.87824479999995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR