Renaud Capuçon violin
Mao Fujita piano
A second evening of Beethoven with Renaud Capuçon and Mao Fujita.
Dates
Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano II
Sonata No. 4 Op. 23
Sonata No. 6 Op. 30, No. 1
Sonata No. 8 Op. 30, No. 3
Sonata No. 9 Op. 47, « Kreutzer »
Sonata No. 10 Op. 96
About
Alongside Beethoven’s seventeen quartets, his ten sonatas for piano and violin constitute one of the finest examples of musical inventiveness. Nine of them were composed between 1796 and 1803, and the last one was penned in 1812, which places them on the cusp of the 19th and 20th centuries. Almost twenty years ago, Renaud Capuçon performed and recorded this complete cycle with Frank Braley. The performance showcased the expressiveness, elegance and complementary playing of the two artists. This season, he is joined by the young Japanese pianist Mao Fujita, winner of the Clara Haskil Prize in Switzerland and silver medallist at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. French audiences first discovered him at the 2024 Easter edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, founded and directed by Renaud Capuçon, where they performed a programme of trios alongside Kian Soltani. Here they are performing as a duo for these two Parisian concerts dedicated to Beethoven’s sonatas.
Production Théâtre des Champs-Élysées