Renaud Capuçon violin
Mao Fujita piano
First head-to-head performance of Beethoven by Renaud Capuçon and Mao Fujita.
Dates
Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano I
Sonata No. 1 Op. 12, No. 1
Sonata No. 2 Op. 12, No. 2
Sonata No. 3 Op. 12, No. 3
Sonata No. 5 Op. 24, “Spring”
Sonata No. 7 Op. 30, No. 2
About
Alongside Beethoven’s seventeen string quartets, his set of ten sonatas for piano and violin constitutes a collection of the very highest order in terms of musical invention. Nine of them were composed between 1796 and 1803, and the final one dates from 1812, thus placing them at the cusp of the 18th and 19th centuries. Almost twenty years ago, Renaud Capuçon performed and subsequently 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