Pianist Mirabelle Kajenjeri and violinist Elias David Moncado, both laureates of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, will perform in the auditorium of the Lens art centre to celebrate the release of the fifth album in the La Fondation Gautier Capuçon présente collection.
The album programme brings together a selection of luminous and contrasting works, where poetic lyricism meets dazzling virtuosity, showcasing the full expressive richness of the violin and piano repertoire:
- Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
- Maurice Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major
- Franz Waxman, after Georges Bizet – Carmen Fantasy for violin and piano
- Claude Debussy – Beau soir (song, arranged for violin and piano)
- Lili Boulanger – Nocturne for violin and piano
- Manuel Ponce – Estrellita (arranged for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz)
- Viktor Kosenko – Dreams for violin and piano
Mirabelle Kajenjeri is a French pianist born in 1998 to parents of Burundian and Ukrainian heritage. A graduate of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, where she studied with Ewa Kupiec, and of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she studied with Mikhaïl Faerman, she draws deep inspiration from her multicultural background.
Elias David Moncado is a German-Spanish-Malaysian violinist. In 2019, he became the youngest recipient of the Grand Prize and ten special awards at the Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition in Poland. He has won numerous international competitions, including First Prize at the Valsesia Musica Competition and the Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition in 2021, as well as the distinction of youngest laureate at the Sendai International Violin Competition in 2019.
An apéritif will be served in the foyer from 5:00 pm, and the exhibition galleries will remain open until the start of the concert.
Tickets from CHF 40.–
